Chelsea and Roma ask Lukaku to take £7m pay minimize as mortgage deal finalised
Lukaku’s £325,000-a-week wages at Chelsea see him earn round £17m a yr, a wage out of attain for Roma and the Blues are unwilling to subsidise.
Chelsea additionally need Lukaku to agree to scale back his wage for the rest of his contract, past any mortgage deal for the approaching season and till 2026, with Roma solely prepared to pay £7m for the striker’s short-term transfer.
For the Blues to simply accept a decrease mortgage payment, they wish to make important financial savings on Lukaku’s wages, who stays the highest-paid participant at Stamford Bridge.
The remaining step is talks between all three events to encourage the Belgium worldwide to facilitate the transfer by decreasing his earnings till 2026.
Speaking at a Belgian youth event on Saturday, Lukaku stated: “I am nervous. Tomorrow I am flying to Rome.”
Juventus are struggling to fund a rival bid having did not promote striker Dusan Vlahovic to boost funds through the switch window.
Inter Milan and Al-Hilal have withdrawn from the race, additional decreasing Chelsea’s choices to dump their £100m signing from 2021.
Chelsea hoped to promote Lukaku this summer time having set a £35m asking value however have needed to contemplate mortgage bids with the switch window closing on September 1.