{"id":2449,"date":"2026-08-18T13:59:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2026-08-18T13:59:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:59:55","slug":"will-lukaku-win-race-against-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/will-lukaku-win-race-against-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Lukaku win race against time?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-24.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-24.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-24-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-24-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fenerbahce take on Olympique Lyon in the first leg of their final Champions League qualifier on Tuesday, sweating on the fitness of Romelu Lukaku despite his appearance looking highly unlikely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Registration for the Belgian striker in the UEFA competition must be completed by midnight on the eve of the fixture at the latest, which means 23:59 on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Romelu Lukaku is the marquee signing for Fenerbahce during a transfer window that has also seen the Turkish giants bolster their squad with heavyweights like Vedat Muriqi, Mason Greenwood, and Nathan Ake, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, the Belgian forward is absent from the Fenerbahce squad, in stark contrast to Zachary Atekame, who has made the cut for Olympique Lyon ahead of the crucial Champions League play off tie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fenerbahce take on Olympique Lyon in the first leg of t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2451,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449\/revisions\/2451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}