As announced by Pochettino, he was supposed to appear in the Blues training camp tomorrow, but he obtained leave until the 17th from Boehly’s club which hopes, by that date, to have concluded the negotiation for his transfer to the Zhang family company
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Romelu Lukaku is expected by Chelsea at the Cobhan sports center on Monday and not tomorrow, as the new Blues coach, Mauricio Pochettino, announced at the press conference. The London club has given the Belgian center forward a few days’ leave to see if in the meantime the negotiations with Inter will be concluded, determined to buy Big Rom’s tag after having had him on loan in 2022-23. The first Nerazzurri offer (30 million plus bonuses) was deemed insufficient by the Chelsea market men, but the negotiation is far from over: Lukaku’s lawyer, Sebastien Ledure, also taking advantage of the excellent relations between Roc Nation and Boehly, is already planning new contacts on the Milan-London axis with the aim of bridging the gap between supply and demand. Maybe by raising the bonuses in case Inter win the championship or the Champions League.
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Lukaku is excited because he wants to close the Chelsea page once and for all and the only way he is considering to do so is to move permanently to Inter. He said no, several times, to Al-Hilal, who would cover him with millions of euros just to register him; he didn’t take into consideration the approach of Milan and that of Juventus: Big Rom only wants Inter. On Instagram, among his stories about him, he posted a photo of last night’s training and then another in which he is lying on the sofa, while he looks at his cell phone. The latter doesn’t look like a random photo at all and can be interpreted as the expectation of good news on the outcome of the Inter-Chelsea negotiation. He asked Ledure to do everything possible, to force his hand with the Blues (who will save him from hiring him: 12 million net per season until 2026) to find an agreement. For his part, he has reduced his salary (from 8.5 to 7.5 million) to meet Inter and now he expects the white smoke by Monday, the day on which he should present himself to Cobhan. From viale della Liberazione he filters that a relaunch is not foreseen for now, but it is good to underline the words “for now”. Everything can change quickly, also depending on the evolution of the Onana affair, for which Marotta, Ausilio and Baccin are expecting a white smoke after the increase in United’s offer. Him tonight, tonight or tomorrow: any moment can be the right one for Inter’s new assault on Big Rom. The Giant is waiting for nothing else. Indeed … he trembles and looks at his cell phone waiting for the “right” message.
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