"Napoli" and Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku reported that he was prevented from bringing the body of his deceased father to Europe.
According to Idman.Biz, the football player shared about this on his "Instagram" page.
"A message from me and my brother.
As you know, we had planned to hold the funeral this Friday, but due to certain decisions made in Kinshasa, the funeral will not be held in Belgium.
Our father passed away on September 28, we did everything we could to bring his body to Belgium, but we felt that some family members were trying to extort money from us... If our father were here today, he wouldn't allow it!
It hurts us a lot that we can't say goodbye to our father properly, but some people didn't want it to happen.
Now we understand why our father distanced us from some family members...
May his soul rest in peace," the forward wrote.
Roger Lukaku died at the age of 58. He played 5 matches for the Zaire (now DR Congo) national team and scored one goal.