According to reports, after the initial offer was rejected by Inter Milan, Chelsea planned to return to Romelu Lukaku with a new offer worth $154 million.
According to reports, Inter Milan has been associated with Lukaku until 2024, but rejected Chelsea’s initial $118 million offer. BBC SportsThe Blues are also willing to include defender Marcos Alonso in the trade, but this is not enough to convince the San Siro club.
After ending the chase of Dortmund’s Erin Harland, Chelsea confirmed Lukaku as their replacement contract. According to reports, the Blues are preparing to offer Lukaku a contract that will enable the 28-year-old forward to earn $14 million per season, but does not include bonuses. Sky Sports Italy.
This is earlier Report Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) are also interested in signing Lukaku.
Lukaku started his Premier League career at Chelsea in 2011, and he expressed his hope to stay with Inter Milan after leading Inter Milan to the Serie A championship in the 2020-21 season. Lukaku became Inter Milan’s top scorer with 30 goals, 11 more than Lautaro Martinez, who ranked second.
After winning the Champions League last season, Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel hopes to further strengthen the team before the 2021-22 season. The European champions are looking for a stable striker and make Haaland their primary goal.
However, Dortmund, who linked the Norwegians to them in 2024, has repeatedly made it clear that they do not intend to sell Haaland, especially after losing Sancho to Manchester United this summer. Harland and Sancho scored 41 goals and 16 goals respectively. They were the best players of the Dortmund team last season. The German club won the DFB-Pokal domestic cup.
Lukaku’s first appearance Chelsea Far from being successful. He only played in 15 games for the Stamford Bridge team, but did not score in all games. After entering the three games of the 2013-14 season, Chelsea loaned Lukaku to Everton, which proved to be a good thing for the Belgian striker. Lukaku scored 16 goals and provided 8 assists for Everton in the Premier League. The Merseyside Club has signed a five-year permanent contract with Lukaku.
The Belgian national played four full seasons at Everton, including on loan, before moving to Manchester United in the summer of 2017. He spent two full seasons at Old Trafford, where he scored 42 goals and 13 assists in 96 games.
As Lukaku failed to win a trophy at Manchester United, he moved to Inter Milan in the summer of 2019 for a club record of $103 million. In his first season with the Italian team, Lukaku scored 34 goals in 51 games and provided 6 assists across the game. With 7 goals and 2 assists, he played a key role in Inter Milan’s entry into the Europa League final. Unfortunately, Inter Milan lost to Sevilla in the final.
Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku (left) scored his 20th league goal in Bologna this season.
Photo: AFP/Vincenzo Pinto
Lukaku brought his excellent form into the 2020-21 season, he led Inter Milan to win the first league championship in 11 years. He scored 24 goals in Serie A and provided 10 further assists as his team outperformed the second-ranked team and their rival AC Milan by 11 points.
