{"id":92148,"date":"2023-08-28T19:34:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=92148"},"modified":"2023-08-28T19:34:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:34:57","slug":"chelsea-agree-8m-loan-deal-with-roma-for-romelu-lukaku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/soccer\/chelsea-agree-8m-loan-deal-with-roma-for-romelu-lukaku\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea agree \u00a38m loan deal with Roma for Romelu Lukaku"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Chelsea finally agree \u00a35m loan deal with Roma for wantaway forward Romelu Lukaku as Jose Mourinho prepares to be reunited with the Belgian striker in Serie A return<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chelsea have agreed a \u00a35m loan deal with Roma for Romelu Lukaku<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Belgian striker is set to be reunited with Roma manager Jose Mourinho<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Would Mohamed Salah &#8216;do the dirty&#8217; on Liverpool by leaving? And what about Man United &#8216;diving&#8217;?: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off , Mail Sport&#8217;s new podcast<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chelsea are drawing a close to the saga surrounding Romelu Lukaku&#8217;s immediate future by agreeing a loan deal with Roma.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old will take a pay cut to reunite with his former boss Jose Mourinho as Chelsea receive just over \u00a35million as a loan fee.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea accepted less than their desired \u00a38m fee so that they will not have to make any contribution to Lukaku&#8217;s salary while he is in Rome where he will earn around \u00a36.4million.<\/p>\n<p>However, he must take a further cut should he return to Chelsea again after a year.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u00a323m and \u00a326m before pulling out after discovering that Lukaku had been talking to Juventus.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/28\/19\/74805279-0-image-a-1_1693248941006.jpg\" height=\"451\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Romelu Lukaku is on the verge of joining Roma after Chelsea agreed a \u00a35m loan deal for the forward<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/28\/19\/74805405-0-image-a-10_1693249061333.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/28\/19\/74805407-0-image-m-9_1693249050135.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Jose Mourinho (left) is set to be reunited with Lukaku (right) as the Belgian edges nearer to a Serie A return<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are now intent on adding another forward, ideally with Premier League experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona&#8217;s Raphinha and Ferran Torres are among names to have been discussed as well as Arsenal&#8217;s Emile Smith-Rowe as they assess options.<\/p>\n<p>Roma officials Tiago Pinto and Dan Friedkin are scheduled to fly with Lukaku via private jet to Rome&#8217;s Campino airport for 5pm Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/28\/19\/74805207-0-image-a-5_1693248962296.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mourinho (left) and Lukaku (right) previously worked together during the pairs time at Manchester United<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12454299\/Chelsea-agree-5m-loan-deal-Roma-wantaway-forward-Romelu-Lukaku-Jose-Mourinho-prepares-reunited-Belgian-striker-Serie-return.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea finally agree \u00a35m loan deal with Roma for wantaway forward Romelu Lukaku as Jose Mourinho prepares to be reunited<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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