According to Italian media all market sources, although the Roma player will not refuse to stay in the team, it will be difficult for the Red Wolves to buy out his contract, and the player is still likely to leave Roma City after the loan expires this summer.
Judging from the statistics of this season, Lukaku has played 27 games for Roma in Serie A so far, scoring 10 goals and providing 3 assists, second only to Dybala in the team's goal-making efficiency, and is also one of the biggest contributors to Roma's ability to squeeze into the top five in Serie A.
However, with the departure of Roma's meritorious coach Jose Mourinho and the frequent absence of his old partner Dybala due to injury, Lukaku has been even more lonely on the pitch.
According to statistics, from the beginning of 2024 to the present, Lukaku has only scored 4 goals for Roma in all competitions, and his form has begun to decline seriously, and his hip-pulling performance has also made the Roma management very dissatisfied.
Of course, from a financial point of view, Lukaku is also a huge burden for Roma. The Belgian striker has been loaned to Roma by Chelsea for €5 million this season and has an annual salary of around €7.5 million.
More crucially, Roma will pay Chelsea up to €43 million if they buy out Romelu Lukaku's contract this summer. In addition, due to the repeal of Italy's new tax law at the beginning of this year, Rome will also give Lukaku no less than 18 million euros in pre-tax salary.
It is worth mentioning that Roma president Friedkin will raise 60 million euros this summer to meet UEFA's FFP demands, and it will be difficult for him to spare enough money to buy out Lukaku's contract and pay his exorbitant salary.
To the embarrassment of Roma fans, Lukaku seems to have realised that he has no future at Roma, and in an interview with the media, he went so far as to say about the Europa League quarter-finals: "I can't give it my all in the Europa League, I've been rooting for them since I was a kid. ”
While it's uncertain that Romelu Lukaku could move to AC Milan this summer, a number of Italian media outlets have revealed that AC Milan's midfielder Olivier Giroud is likely to join the MLS next season. Therefore, Lukaku heard the wind and the possibility of giving the Rossoneri a nomination in advance.
In the summer of 2019, he moved from Manchester United to Inter Milan for 80 million euros, and after only two seasons, he accepted Chelsea's high-salary offer, and rushed to move to Stamford Bridge to "find his blue dream!"
Unfortunately, Lukaku's competitive form began to plummet after joining the Blues, and he gradually lost his place in the main team, and finally had to return to Inter Milan on loan from Chelsea in the summer of 2022.
And after half a season of good football for Inter, especially after helping the Nerazzurri reach the Champions League final, Lukaku began to drift again. When Inter Milan raised funds to buy out the Belgian striker's contract, Lukaku actually believed in Juventus coach Allegri's promise of tens of millions of annual salaries and a main position.
The embarrassing thing is that in the case that Juve has no way to send Vlahovic away, Lukaku, who has broken down the relationship with Inter, is still unable to wear the Bianconeri jersey in the end, and Chelsea has no place for him, and Lukaku once fell into the dilemma of having no ball to play.
Although former Roma boss Jose Mourinho pulled Lukaku last summer and made him play a key role in Roma's squad. However, after the Portuguese coach left his class, Lukaku, who had lost asylum, was gradually beaten back to his original form, and Roma lost interest in buying out his contract.
To be sure, while Romelu Lukaku may be willing to join AC Milan, the Rossoneri have simply ignored it, focusing on Bologna striker Zirkze. Although the asking price offered by the other party is as high as 80 million euros, AC Milan is still willing to use 50 million euros plus the player as a bargaining chip.