Pulis hopes to reboot 'new Drogba'
Friday, May 25, 2012 at 3:30 PM | by Daniel Whiteway 
With Didier Drogba now confirming that he will be leaving Chelsea and not going to another English club, Stoke boss Tony Pulis has found an alternative to his (not really his) plan to bring the Ivorian to the Britannia; bring in the man once dubbed the “new Didier Drogab”.
According to the Daily Star, Pulis is looking to bring in Andre Villas-Boas’ best buddy, Romelu Lukaku, to Stoke City on a season long loan deal to give the player some much needed playing time and to reignite his stuttering career in English football, as well giving Stoke’s forward line a boost.
Lukaku, who joined Chelsea before Villas-Boas’ arrival and cost the club £18m last Summer, only made eight first team appearances for the club last season and not scoring a single goal. Lukaku expressed his anger about his time at Chelsea thus far in the aftermath of the Champions League final, claiming has learned “nothing” at the club.
However, Stoke as well as West Ham, are interested in the teenager who netted 33 times in 73 games for Anderlecht and won something rather dubiously (from my English ‘don’t want to upset anyone point of view’) called the “Belgian Ebony Shoe” in his time at the club.
The story continues with news that Lukaku is one of three young Belgians at Chelsea who will need to impress their new manager (whoever that might be, Roman Abramovich?) else they will find themselves out on loan next season. The other two youngsters are goalkeeper Thibault Courtois (who enjoyed a stellar season on loan at Atletico Madrid) and winger Kevin de Bruyne, both aged 20.
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