Report: Lukaku told Inter he wants Chelsea
According to Sky Sport Italia, Romelu Lukaku has informed Inter that he wants to join Chelsea, so the club must now extract the maximum possible fee.
The Nerazzurri were hoping to keep their striker, rejecting €100m plus Marcos Alonso, but if the offer does reach €130m, it will be difficult to resist.
At the same time, Lukaku wants the opportunity to prove himself at Chelsea, a club that had cast him aside in 2014, after finding the form of his life in these two seasons at San Siro.
In two years, Lukaku scored 64 goals and provided 16 assists in 95 competitive games for Inter.
Sky Sport Italia transfer pundit Gianluca Di Marzio claims this evening that Lukaku has decided to accept the Chelsea courtship and informed Inter of his choice.
At this point, the club must now try to extract the maximum possible transfer fee from the Champions League winners, who have almost limitless finances behind them.
The previous offer of €100m plus Alonso is not enough, so must be increased, but the next bid is likely to be a successful one.
Lukaku was spotted speaking to coach Simone Inzaghi during today’s training session.
He had previously turned down Manchester City, because he thought that the project at Inter was ambitious, but Antonio Conte’s departure and the well-known financial problems at the club saw them downgrade their expectations.