A summer season exit has all the time seemed probably for Lukaku, who was linked with a return to Inter Milan earlier in the summertime in addition to a possible change to Juventus.
However, the 30-year-old is now on the verge of finishing his transfer to affix Jose Mourinho’s Roma aspect. Lukaku beforehand performed below Mourinho at Manchester United, after arriving at Old Trafford for £75million in the summertime of 2017.
The Belgian might bear medical at Roma and signal his contract on Tuesday, although that could be pushed again attributable to points with the UK’s air visitors management techniques forcing delays to flights.
Lukaku is about to take a pay reduce of greater than 50% to safe the transfer to Roma, with the striker conscious his £325,000-a-week wages would have proved problematic.
Chelsea had initially hoped to discover a everlasting purchaser for Lukaku, who stays the membership’s highest-paid participant. However, with the switch window closing this week, they've turned to a mortgage deal as an alternative.
Lukaku has been coaching away from the Chelsea first-team, and Mauricio Pochettino final week confirmed a “solution” was being worked on.
“The club and the player, both try to find a solution,” the Chelsea boss mentioned.
“The future can change things. Life can change. I saw [Jurgen] Klopp say I’m not going to be in this business when we should pay £100million, and then they offered £100million and he said, ‘Oh, I made a mistake’.
“That is the same situation. In football, the dynamic is fast and changes and we need to move on. Today, nothing has changed. If something changes we will adapt to the situation.”
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