Romelu Lukaku: Napoli warn they may take action over striker’s training failure

Lukaku has only played 64 minutes of football this season.

The former Inter Milan forward has 124 caps for his country and is aiming to play at a fourth World Cup this summer.

Belgium’s all-time leading scorer, with 89 goals, said on Monday that he “could never turn his back on Napoli” and that he wanted nothing more than to “play and let my team win”.

Lukaku, whose father Roger died in September, said: “This season has been very challenging for me, between the injury and personal loss.

“I know there has been a lot of noise about my situation in the last few days and it is important to clarify everything.

“The truth is that I haven’t been feeling well physically in recent weeks, I had some tests while I was in Belgium and it turned out there was inflammation and fluid in the iliopsoas muscle, near the scar tissue.

“This is the second problem I have had since I returned at the beginning of November. I chose to do the rehabilitation in Belgium so that I can be ready when called upon.”