Chelsea have a ‘verbal agreement with striker Romelu Lukaku that he will be sold this summer, according to journalist Ben Jacobs.
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Amid all the speculation and rumours – The Givemesport website have claimed that Chelsea have made the decision to allow Romelu Lukaku leave the club and he will not play for the Blues again.
Now Jacobs has opened up and claimed that CHELSEA have an agreement with Lukaku that he is free to leave the club on a permanent basis at some point during the summer transefer window.
“Chelsea want €45m (£38m) for Romelu Lukaku,”. “Their position hasn’t changed since last summer.
“Al-Hilal had a bid for this amount accepted, but Lukaku wanted to stay in Italy. There is no formal release clause, but there is a verbal agreement between Chelsea and Lukaku that he will be sold if someone tables a bid for this amount.
“There remains interest from Saudi, but not from Al-Hilal anymore. The Napoli links could gather pace since their new sporting director Giovanni Manna was the driving force behind Lukaku’s proposed move to Juventus last summer.”
Lukaku has not had a bad season at Roma – he has been very impressive for the Italian side – but a move back to the Premier League should not happen – he needs to stay away from the English game.
A move to Saudi Arabia may not be a move that he would like – so that CHELSEA FC board will have a tough time trying to get him to make that move to the Middle East.
There will be a few more clubs interested in a move for the big man – but we would not be surprised to see that move happen – as Chelsea know that they could get some major money for the Belgian star.
So it has not come as a surprise that he has probably played his last game for the club and will probably pack his bags at the end of the season on a permanent basis.