Voodoo message told Romelu Lukaku to leave Everton for Chelsea, says Moshiri

• Lukaku joined Manchester United after turning down Everton contract
• Major shareholder says he ‘wasted two summers trying to keep him’

Everton’s major shareholder, Farhad Moshiri, has claimed Romelu Lukaku refused to extend his contract at Goodison Park after a voodoo message told him to join Chelsea.

Lukaku was sold to Manchester United for £75m in the summer having rejected a new contract worth £140,000 a week at Everton in March. The Belgium international had wanted to rejoin Chelsea at the time and, according to Moshiri, may have extended his stay at Goodison but for a religious intervention.

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