Romelu Lukaku Moved to Tears As Inter Milan Agree Deal to Sign Chelsea Outcast on a Season Long Loan

Romelu Lukaku Moved to Tears As Inter Milan Agree Deal to Sign Chelsea Outcast on a Season Long Loan

Martin Moses
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:05 PM
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  • Romelu Lukaku was reportedly moved to tears after his lawyer relayed the message that he will spend the next season at Inter Milan on loan
  • His loan deal back to Inter Milan was been agreed on after Inter Milan's President got involved in the negotiations
  • The 29-year-old fell out with Chelsea's fans after a very controversial interview last year where he said he wished to return to Inter Milan

Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku is said to have been emotional when he received the news that a compromise had been reached for him to return to Inter Milan.

Chelsea and Inter Milan have reached a deal in principle that will see Romelu Lukaku head back to Inter Milan on loan.

Lukaku joined Chelsea just last season in a club-record fee of 97.5 million euros, but on-and-off the pitch issues resulted in him wanting to move back to Milan.

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Romelu Lukaku's time at Chelsea has not gone as planned. Photo by Mohammad Karamali.
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The Daily Mail reports that the Belgian was emotional when his lawyer Sebastian Ledure informed him that a deal had been agreed on.

The report further states that Lukaku took a 35% pay cut to seal the move

He was expected to be the missing piece of Thomas Tuchel's attack. He started brightly with Premier League games against Arsenal and Aston Villa but fizzled out as the season progressed.

His place in the Chelsea team was continuously under threat, with prodigy Kai Havertz filling the position. He then gave an unauthorised interview where he appeared to blame Tuchel's tactics and spoke of his desire to head back to Inter Milan.

BBC Sports reports that the loan fee will be around 8 million euros. Inter Milan's President Steven Zhang personally joined the negotiations on Monday to strike the deal.

New Chelsea owner is understood to have been of the idea that a Lukaku exit was better for all the parties. Lukaku now heads back to a club where he enjoyed massive success after guiding them to the Seria A title.

The Belgian scored 8 Premier League goals in 26 appearances for the Blues. He had signed a five-year contract at Chelsea.

Reasons why Chelsea haven't signed any player yet

Sports Brief had also reported that It was expected to be a busy transfer window from Chelsea under the stewardship of new owner Todd Boehly.

A raft of changes were expected at the club with major departures and arrivals. So far, only departures have been witnessed, with the club losing Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen on free transfers.

When Boehly and his Clearlake Capital took over Chelsea, they had a couple of things they needed to sort out first before looking at transfers.

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Martin Moses is a sports journalist with over five years of experience in media. He graduated from Multimedia University of Kenya (Bachelor of Journalism, 2017-2021)
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