Romelu Lukaku has revealed that he will "never forgive" Andre Villas-Boas after their disastrous time together at Chelsea.
The Blues completed the signing of Lukaku from Anderlecht in the summer of 2011 for a fee reported of £20million.
Lukaku arrived at Stamford Bridge with a rich reputation having become a household name in Belgium, where he was top scorer in their domestic league in the 2009/2010 season, aged just 16.
But he spent much of his debut season with the reserves and was omitted from the Blues’ Champions League squad for that season.
And Lukaku maintains he will always respect Roberto Di Matteo for integrating him into the first team squad after taking over from Villas-Boas, who he will always hold a grudge against for his lack of game time.
"Di Matteo told me that I would stay with the group until after the final," he told Het Laatste Nieuws.
"He thought everyone should come along, including the ones who were suspended and the few boys who were not in the Champions League squad. I am also grateful to him for that.
"This win is one of the things I’ve always dreamed about. You want to celebrate something like that with the team at that time. That is nice in itself at the age of nineteen.
"I am happy for the whole club, but there is one man who took a lot from me: the previous trainer (Villas-Boas). I will never forgive him for that.
"Once I had to play in the front left, another time in the front right. You don't develop that way.
"Then at some point you have to think about yourself. So I told the club what I thought of it. I know, Villas-Boas was also under pressure.
"But that’s why he didn’t have to treat me like that. Di Matteo approached me completely differently, he immediately involved me in everything. That should have been much earlier. Really, I never forgave the previous coach."
