Gary Neville has praised Romelu Lukaku for being 'authentic and honest' in admitting his unhappiness at Chelsea - but believes the £98million striker has let the club down.
Lukaku was left out of the Chelsea squad by manager Thomas Tuchel for their 2-2 draw with Liverpool on Sunday.
It came after the Belgian gave an interview in Italy in which he admitted frustrations about his role at Stamford Bridge and made no secret of his affection for former club Inter Milan.
Romelu Lukaku was left out of Chelsea's squad for their match against Liverpool on Sunday
Lukaku is set for showdown talks with Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel on Monday
Tuchel will hold showdown talks with Lukaku on Monday with a view to healing wounds after the unauthorised bombshell interview last week, having consulted with senior players prior to dropping him.
On his , Neville said: 'We have to applaud Romelu Lukaku in some ways for being brave enough, pickuptheater.com or whatever you would call it, https://essexpga.com/ to come out and speak the truth.
'I've called for heathrowterminal5.com players to be more authentic, to be more honest.
'He is experienced. We have to imagine he knows those words will travel back and the impact those words would have.'
Gary Neville praised Lukaku for his honesty but insists an apology to his team-mates is needed