Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku is a man of many talents. Not only is he a predatory goalscorer, he's also multilingual and able to speak in as many as eight different languages.

The Belgian's hidden talent was revealed as the Blues prepare for Wednesday's Champions League clash with Malmo.

Thanks to the worldwide appeal of Europe's premier club competition, journalists and broadcasters each receive a list of languages that players are able to communicate in.

Nick Stoll published Chelsea's list, giving an interesting insight to the talents of the club's top players, including Lukaku.

Lukaku, 28, was born in Antwerp, Belgium and has spent time in England and Italy, so it is comes as little surprise that he is fluent in languages of all three of those languages.

Chelsea star Romelu Lukaku is fluent in eight languages
Chelsea star Romelu Lukaku is fluent in eight languages

But we now know he can also speak French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch too, making him perhaps the most multilingual footballer anywhere on the planet.

The UEFA form does not include the Bantu language of Lingala, which Lukaku also speaks thanks to his Congolese roots.

He can communicate in so many different languages that UEFA struggled to fit all of them in the assigned box.

Lukaku feels mastering multiple languages helps him both on and off the pitch.

"It's important for me to express myself to my teammates," Lukaku told Bleacher Report, as per ESPN.

"It's important for me as a player that they understand me perfectly. How I want the ball. Where I want the ball. In front of the defender, beside the defender, behind the defender.

"I have to know those exact words in Italian because the subtleties are different in every language. There's no substitute for that."

He isn't the only footballer in the Stamford Bridge dressing room who can converse in an impressive number of tongues either.

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Mateo Kovacic can also speak a number of different languages
Mateo Kovacic can also speak a number of different languages

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