US EditionPremier League Legend Romelu Lukaku 'Extorted' over His Dead Dad's Body – 'It Breaks Our Soul' - Daily Star
- Romelu Lukaku and his brother Jordan claim they are being "extorted" regarding their father Roger Lukaku's body, preventing the planned funeral in Belgium.
- Roger Lukaku, a former player for Zaire, died at the age of 58 on September 28, 2025.
- Romelu revealed on Instagram that the funeral will now occur in Kinshasa, DR Congo, due to complications.
- Romelu expressed deep sorrow, stating, "It breaks our soul for us to not put our father to rest.
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Romelu Lukaku (32 years old), a Belgian footballer from Naples Italian, and his brother Jordan (31), also a player and currently without a team — he starred, among other clubs, in Anderlecht , Lazio and Ponferradina (2022) — live a tense and unpleasant personal epic related to the death of his father, Roger Lukaku (58 years old), on 28 September in his country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo . One day after his death, Romelu posted on Inst…
Romelu and Brother Jordan failed to celebrate their father's funeral in Belgium: "Sabotage of some family members"
Belgo-Congolese footballers Romelu and Roger Lukaku have made public a dispute after their father Roger's death in Kinsasha.
Romelu Lukaku reveals 'extortion' claim as striker is 'denied chance to put father to rest'
Romelu Lukaku has astonishingly claimed that he and his brother have been "extorted" by people refusing to hand over their father’s dead body for his funeral in their home country of Belgium.Roger Lukaku, a former player for Zaire (now DR Congo), who ended his career in Belgium, died last month aged 58. But now Lukaku and his brother Jordan, who plays for Lazio, have revealed they are being denied the opportunity of laying their father to rest.T…
Romelu and Brother Jordan made a joint post on social media to fearlessly denounce family disputes that are preventing them from bringing the corpse back to Belgium and celebrating the funeral in Brussels
The star player lost his dad, who died at only 58 years of age. He shared his grief on social media and detailed the circumstances of this painful trial.
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