Thierry Henry suggests 29-year-old on Chelsea’s books appears to have lost weight recently

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Thierry Henry has noticed Chelsea loanee Romelu Lukaku is looking slimmer recently.

Lukaku, who’s spending the season out on loan at Inter Milan, is enduring a difficult campaign interrupted by injuries.

However, the 29-year-old striker came off the bench last night in the Champions League to score a winning goal for Inter against Porto.

The centre-forward has netted in back-to-back matches, scoring on the weekend in Serie A against Udinese as well.

He’s only made 14 appearances in total so far this season due to various time on the sidelines, but he’s reminded everyone of his quality with a couple of Champions League strikes.

Pundit Thierry Henry, who previously coached Lukaku at international level with Belgium, was delighted to see him score in Inter colours on Wednesday night.

Interestingly, he suggested that the attacker may have lost some weight recently.

“I am so happy for Rom. He looks fitter, he looks slimmer, he wants it. I think he was disappointed that he didn’t start. The only answer you can give is on the field, and he did that,” Henry told CBS Sports.

Lukaku hasn’t had too many minutes post-World Cup, but the last few games he’s started to get back into the side. Therefore, you can understand why he’s getting fitter and Henry has spotted a change in his physique.

Journalist Fabrizio Romano reported at the turn of the year that Chelsea and Inter are yet to reach an agreement regarding Lukaku’s future beyond this season.

If the left-footed striker can perform from now until the summer, will Inter be tempted to take him back on a full-time basis?

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