When Chelsea embarked on their pre-season tour of the United States, it was discovered that Romelu Lukaku's name was not on the accompanying list. Some analysts believe that Chelsea want to sell the player rather than continue on loan, and Napoli could be the next owner of the Belgium striker.
It is reported that Napoli and Lukaku himself have reached a personal agreement with an annual salary of about 6 million euros, and the two sides will sign a three-year contract. For the 31-year-old Belgium, it should be the last good chance to stay in the big European team.
However, many fans believe that Lukaku is going to stage another big drama once a year, negotiate personal treatment, fail to transfer, and then "cry, make trouble and hang himself", and finally loan to another team, forming a complete closed loop.
I believe that many fans, even Chelsea fans, may forget that Lukaku still belongs to Stamford Bridge. Romelu Lukaku is a player full of topics, contributing a lot of excellent "memes", his whole football career is very interesting, many high-priced transfers, but he has not been able to find an ideal home, his life is scattered, like a bird without feet, can only soar around.
Thirteen years ago, Chelsea spent 13 million to bring Lukaku from Anderlecht, when the Belgium was still a young boy, only 18 years old, and started his career with a big club. However, just a year later, Lukaku embarked on a loan spell that ended with West Brom and Everton before moving to Everton on a permanent basis.
Subsequently, Mourinho helped Manchester United win the treble, and suddenly remembered a strong center forward, Lukaku came to Old Trafford from Everton for a transfer fee of 84 million, and he is also the fifth most expensive player in Manchester United history so far, behind Pogba, Antony, Sancho and Maguire. However, the good times were short-lived, and Lukaku did not bring any titles to Manchester United. Perhaps, even Lukaku himself, not knowing which side of the opponent's goal is on, is the deepest memory left for Manchester United fans.
After Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's arrival, Romelu Lukaku left and began his football career with Inter Milan. In Lukaku's two seasons at Manchester United, he scored 42 goals and 12 assists, which is not good, not bad, and when he left, he only paid 10 million less than when he joined, and Manchester United did not "lose" too much.
In his two seasons at Inter Milan, Lukaku made 95 appearances, scoring 64 goals and providing 17 assists, helping the team to the Serie A title after an 11-year absence, and was named Serie A's best player. Seeing such a situation, Chelsea was overjoyed, and without saying a word, they threw out a cheque for 110 million and brought Lukaku back to the Premier League again.
The second entry into the palace may not all be good, and Lukaku seems to replicate his first experience at Stamford Bridge. Romelu Lukaku scored just 15 goals in his first season, leaving Chelsea third in the Premier League behind Manchester City and Liverpool, and the team's best result in the last eight years. It's just that Lukaku's relationship with the team and the coach is not harmonious, and since then, he has lingered in the days of loan.
Since then, Lukaku has returned to Inter Milan, and losing to Manchester City to finish runners-up in the Champions League is the biggest regret. In fact, after the end of this season, Inter Milan had already negotiated with Lukaku, but the player himself contacted Juventus, and in the end Inter was quite angry and had to give up this "old acquaintance". It can be seen that the story of the second entry into the palace still has no good ending.
Last season, Lukaku, who broke with Inter, could not go to Juventus, so he could only join Roma and reunite with Mourinho to continue to learn the advanced truth of which side of the goal was. Following the departure of Jose Mourinho, Romelu Lukaku also returned to Chelsea on loan in the summer. Unexpectedly, such a Mr. 100 million yuan can only spend the end of his career on loan.
In the past European Championship, Belgium did not perform well, Lukaku missed many chances to score, and also scored a "hat-trick" of invalid goals. Zero goals and a stop in the round of 16 are Lukaku's results at the European Championships. Obviously, such data cannot help him get a better voice, Chelsea is "full of talent", and it seems that he has no intention of staying, and giving up is the only option.
It is reported that Lukaku's contract with Chelsea has a clause on the termination of 38 million, as long as there is a club willing to bid, there is no problem with leaving. The reality is more cruel, European giants will not pay too much for strikers in their 30s, and it is difficult for interested teams to pay such a price, which is "consumed" every year, and Chelsea is "helpless" on loan, will such a cycle be repeated again this year?
In all fairness, Lukaku is still relatively positive on the pitch, and his ability is not too bad, and I believe that he can continue to score goals. Like his former team-mate Paul Pogba, off-field stories affect development on the field, and with Belgium declining overall, there really isn't much time left for Lukaku.