Belgian international striker Romelu Lukaku arrived in Milan on Wednesday morning, where he will undergo a scheduled medical before completing procedures for his return to Inter on loan from Chelsea, notably a year after his return to last from Nirasori “.
Wearing an Inter scarf, the 29-year-old said after landing at Milan Linati Airport on Wednesday morning that he was “very happy,” according to a video clip broadcast by Gazzetta dello Sport.
Dozens of fans waited in vain for the Belgian striker on Tuesday evening, after the club’s managing director Giuseppe Marotta announced in the afternoon that the player would soon arrive in Milan.
According to Italian and English media reports, Chelsea and Inter have reached an agreement to return Lukaku to the team with which he won the Italian championship in 2021, a year after he was sold to his former team for 115 million euros.
Inter have reportedly agreed an eight million euro loan for Lukaku for one season, with the player accepting a pay cut in order to leave Stamford Bridge.
The Belgian returned last summer to Chelsea, who defended their colors from 2011 to 2014, but after scoring four goals in his first four matches, Lukaku did not score for a long time.
Lukaku ended the season as Chelsea’s top scorer with 15 goals in various competitions, but the former Manchester United and Everton player scored just eight league goals.
In the last 15 league matches, he scored only three times. He appeared in a controversial interview on Italian television last December in which he admitted he was unhappy with the way Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel used him and hinted that he was already considering leaving, expressing his regret at leaving Inter.
Tuchel punished the Belgian striker and briefly ruled him out of the starting XI until he had to apologize for his comments to the club and its supporters in January.
Chelsea finished the season in third place in the league and won the Club World Cup, but were beaten by Liverpool in the Fed Cup and League Cup finals and lost the Champions League title to Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. subsequently crowned with this title.
As for Inter, he abandoned the championship in favor of his sworn neighbor Milan and was satisfied with the second place, and the path of the team of coach Simone Inzaghi in the Champions League ended at the cost of the final at the hands of Liverpool.
