Lukaku preventing to seal Inter transfer amid Azpilicueta and Chalobah curiosity
The 30-year-old is already the highest-paid participant at Stamford Bridge, however turned down an extra £6m pay rise to maneuver to Al-Hilal. He needs to return for a second season on mortgage at Champions League finalists Inter and is prepared to halve his £325,000-a-week wage — which he did throughout his spell with the Italians — at Chelsea to permit the transfer to occur.
The Blues need to money in on Lukaku with a hefty switch payment and get his wage off the books. AC Milan had been rumoured to have an interest within the Belgium worldwide however no contact has been made with them.
Inter have additionally expressed an curiosity in Chelsea’s defensive duo Cesar Azpilicueta and Trevoh Chalobah. Azpilicueta’s future is unsure after Chelsea signed right-back Malo Gusto from Lyon in January.
Gusto, 20, spent the latter a part of final season on mortgage following his £31m switch however will return to Chelsea for pre-season training. Chelsea captain Azpilicueta is just not actively searching for a transfer this summer time however Inter see a possibility to signal the 33-year-old for a cut-price payment, with Chelsea overstocked in defence.
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Inter have additionally requested about signing Chalobah on a season-long mortgage. The 23-year-old’s future at Chelsea is unsure after the membership recalled Levi Colwill from his Brighton mortgage and he’ll be part of Mauricio Pochettino’s males in pre-season.
Even if Chelsea promote Kalidou Koulibaly, who is ready to observe the likes of N’Golo Kante, Hakim Ziyech and Edouard Mendy to Saudi Arabia, they nonetheless have loads of defensive expertise, with Wesley Fofana, Benoit Badiashile, Thiago Silva and Colwill all demanding first-team spots. Chalobah is open to leaving Chelsea this summer time and went to Milan to fulfill representatives from Inter final week.
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/ APAC Milan are eyeing Christian Pulisic after cooling their curiosity in Ruben Loftus-Cheek. The pair might be allowed to depart Chelsea, who’re additionally open to presents for Marc Cucurella, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ethan Ampadu.