{"id":23766,"date":"2024-03-24T20:02:38","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T20:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/hes-strong-mentally-cisse-praises-resilient-chelsea-star\/"},"modified":"2024-03-24T20:02:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T20:02:38","slug":"hes-strong-mentally-cisse-praises-resilient-chelsea-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/hes-strong-mentally-cisse-praises-resilient-chelsea-star\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He\u2019s strong mentally\u2019 \u2013 Cisse praises resilient Chelsea star"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former Liverpool attacker Djibril Cisse has lauded Chelsea player Romelu Lukaku for his propensity to thrive under the weight of criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Since Todd Boehly assumed co-ownership at Chelsea in May 2022, the club has witnessed a revolving door of players, with not all acquisitions proving successful.<\/p>\n<p>Despite ongoing efforts to overhaul the squad, remnants of the Roman Abramovich era linger, with Lukaku currently plying his trade on loan at Roma.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s pursuit to offload Lukaku, following his underwhelming second stint at Stamford Bridge, remained unfruitful this summer, culminating in his temporary departure.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the Belgian marksman has found his stride in Italy, leaving a tangible impact with 10 goals in 26 Serie A outings and an additional seven strikes in the Europa League across nine appearances.<\/p>\n<p>In a staunch defence of Lukaku, Cisse conveyed his admiration for the former Man United star\u2019s unwavering mental fortitude and goal-scoring prowess.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to DH Net, Cisse articulated: \u201cVery much so [I like him as a player]. He is a great player who scores goals wherever he goes. He is often criticised, but mentally, he is a strong guy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems that criticism makes him better and that is very strong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cisse\u2019s endorsement underscores Lukaku\u2019s ability to transform adversity into motivation, a trait emblematic of his resilience on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He\u2019s strong mentally\u2019 \u2013 Cisse praises resilient Chelsea star<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Liverpool attacker Djibril Cisse has lauded Chelsea player Romelu Lukaku for his propensity to thrive under the weight of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[606,12814,15,160],"tags":[609,12815,180,201],"class_list":["post-23766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea","category-cisse","category-news","category-sport","tag-chelsea","tag-cisse","tag-news","tag-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}