The blue team has put the Belgian striker on the market to try to recover from the huge investment made in 2021
Lukaku landed at Stamford Bridge in 2021 for a total of 113 million
Just over a season ago, Chelsea announced the signing of Lukaku for 113 million euros. The Belgian striker, key in Inter’s achievement of the Scudetto, returned to Stamford Bridge to put the icing on the cake for a squad that had just won the Champions League but urgently needed an offensive reference. The story seemed doomed to have a happy ending, but the reality was very different from the enormous expectations generated.
According to information from the Evening Standard, Chelsea would have taken the definitive step to put Lukaku on the market, who is currently on loan at Inter. The Belgian does not seem willing to return to London and the ‘Nerazzurri’ team would welcome being able to continue counting on his services. However, the ‘blue’ box wants to obtain income from his transfer, and Inter is not in the economic conditions to carry out an operation of such caliber.The London team pins its hopes on Lukaku having a good performance during the World Cup in Qatar. The World Cup is the best scenario to attract the attention of new buyers, and a good performance by the Belgian would translate into a revaluation of its market value that could help recover part of the titanic investment made during the 2021 summer market.
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Nevertheless, his presence at the World Cup event is far from guaranteed. Lukaku’s physical problems have meant that he has been out in 15 games to date. To make matters worse, the Belgian, after stepping on the grass again this last week, has relapsed into his injury. If he arrives in Qatar, he will do so with an obvious lack of filming.