Chelsea agree £8m loan deal with Roma for Romelu Lukaku
Chelsea finally agree £5m loan deal with Roma for wantaway forward Romelu Lukaku as Jose Mourinho prepares to be reunited with the Belgian striker in Serie A return
- Chelsea have agreed a £5m loan deal with Roma for Romelu Lukaku
- The Belgian striker is set to be reunited with Roma manager Jose Mourinho
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Chelsea are drawing a close to the saga surrounding Romelu Lukaku’s immediate future by agreeing a loan deal with Roma.
The 30-year-old will take a pay cut to reunite with his former boss Jose Mourinho as Chelsea receive just over £5million as a loan fee.
Chelsea accepted less than their desired £8m fee so that they will not have to make any contribution to Lukaku’s salary while he is in Rome where he will earn around £6.4million.
However, he must take a further cut should he return to Chelsea again after a year.
Chelsea had been intent on selling Lukaku this summer, until the Belgian turned down a move to Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia, effectively sabotaged a switch to Inter Milan and then decided he did not want to join Juventus. Inter had offered £23m and £26m before pulling out after discovering that Lukaku had been talking to Juventus.
Romelu Lukaku is on the verge of joining Roma after Chelsea agreed a £5m loan deal for the forward
Jose Mourinho (left) is set to be reunited with Lukaku (right) as the Belgian edges nearer to a Serie A return
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Chelsea were then forced to consider a loan but wanted to protect themselves from paying Lukaku a hefty salary once again should he return next summer, when he would still have two years left on his contract.
Chelsea are now intent on adding another forward, ideally with Premier League experience.
Barcelona’s Raphinha and Ferran Torres are among names to have been discussed as well as Arsenal’s Emile Smith-Rowe as they assess options.
Roma officials Tiago Pinto and Dan Friedkin are scheduled to fly with Lukaku via private jet to Rome’s Campino airport for 5pm Tuesday.
Mourinho (left) and Lukaku (right) previously worked together during the pairs time at Manchester United
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