In the early morning of June 30, Serie A giants Inter Milan posted a video of chairman Zhang Kangyang and Lukaku gathering on the roof of the Inter headquarters building on official social media, announcing the return of the Belgian center forward. At the same time, the Blues Chelsea also officially announced the news of Romelu Lukaku's loan departure.
According to renowned transfer expert Romano, it is a loan contract with no buyout clause, and Inter will pay a fixed loan fee of 10 million euros + float and bear the full salary of Lukaku. Of course, the little monster has also made sacrifices to return to Inter, and his salary next season is 9 million euros, which is at least 30% lower than in the Chelsea era. But in any case, Chelsea, who spent 115 million euros last summer to bring Lukaku back to Stamford Bridge, have engraved the three words of wrongdoing on their heads.
As for why Lukaku is unsatisfied at Chelsea, all the gods have said enough, and I will not repeat them here. However, the Blues risked becoming a laughingstock and sending him away at the price of cabbage, which is actually a very wise choice, and even for them, this practice is a very huge step forward and deserves praise.
Lukaku's unhappy season at Chelsea must have his own reasons, but as a famous manager, Tuchel did not tailor the billionaire to the water, which is also hard to blame. After all, under Conte, Lukaku played with great force. According to the general logic of professional football, if the number one star in the team breaks up with the head coach, it is generally the latter who will leave, and for this statement, the Portuguese coach Mourinho will definitely silently praise. But this time, Chelsea chose the latter between Lukaku and Tuchel, which is very rare in the history of the Blues.
As one of the Premier League giants, Chelsea is a club that is extremely unfriendly to coaches, and even known as the coach's graveyard. Since Abu joined Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2003, the Blues have changed managers 16 times in 20 years. Meritorious coach Jose Mourinho has been dismissed twice. Of course, the most impressive is the Italian manager Sarri in 2018/19, who led Chelsea to win the Europa League that season, but it was not enough to keep him at Stamford Bridge longer.
In the English League Cup final that season, Chelsea and the powerful Manchester City played inextricably, and the two sides could not break the deadlock until the end of extra time. In this case, Sarri was planned to put substitute goalkeeper Caballero on the line, with the aim of using the Argentine veteran's ability to save penalties and play a role in the penalty shootout. However, the Blues' main goalkeeper Kepa firmly refused to go off the field, allowing Sarri to be angry on the sidelines.
In the final penalty shootout, although Kepa saved Sane's penalty, Manchester City eventually won 4-3. Kepa's move to challenge the authority of the manager caused an uproar after the game, but Chelsea's punishment for him was only a week's salary forfeited + a public apology, and the Spanish goalkeeper even announced his return after missing only one game. Instead, Sarri was fired by Chelsea at the end of that season, citing a poor relationship with the fans.
However, from the beginning of Tuchel, Chelsea club's support for the manager began to increase indefinitely, and in the storm of Lukaku's media interview, the Blues executives sided with Tuchel. Now. The Abu era has become history, but the blues' new boss Burleigh still supports Tuchel and does not hesitate to send the price of Lukaku cabbage back to China. In addition, the club is also looking for ways to meet the Germans' reinforcement requirements, actively operating transfers from Stirling, Dembele, Rafinha and even De Ligt, which also allows fans to have higher expectations for the Blues next season.