Despite the arrival of new coach Mauricio Pochettino, it was known that Romelu Lukaku’s chances of staying at Chelsea were minimal. They practically do not exist. He was also expected to stay in Italy where he spent last season on loan at Inter.But no one could have guessed that – Lukaku could wear the Juventus jersey next season! And the chances of that seem to be increasing…British Sky Sports reported today that Juventus officially opened talks with Chelsea over Lukaku. No further details are known…The situation surrounding Lukaku is quite complicated. Inter want to keep him, he wants to stay, but at the moment Chelsea have set the bar. Nerazzurri’s first offer for a new loan was flatly rejected. Chelsea want to finally get rid of the Belgian, who cost them a total of 128,000,000 euros on two occasions. The first time when they bought him from Anderlecht for 15,000,000 and the second time when they brought him back from Inter in the summer of 2021 for 113,000,000 European notes. So far, they have collected about 45,000,000 euros from his sales and loans and they want to reduce the damage as much as possible.##NAJAVA_MECA_7359253##Now they are asking 45,000,000 euros for the sale of Lukaku, and Inter’s second offer was a loan with a mandatory purchase for 30,000,000 euros. The Blues flatly refused that too. Inter are in a problem to offer more because first they have to sell someone because the money from Brozović was invested in Fratessi. The Nerazzurri have been negotiating with Manchester United over Andre Onana for days, but there is no final agreement yet. They are asking for €60,000,000 and the Red Devils are offering €50,000,000 with bonuses included. Inter are gambling not to sell Onana and lose the Lukaku battle…And Chelsea don’t want to wait. A few weeks ago, they contacted Juve with the idea of selling Lukaku to them. Allegedly, they offered Koulibaly, Loftus-Cheek, Pulisic, Chalobah and Lukaku in exchange for Dusan Vlahović. Or the option to select one of those players and receive a certain amount of money in exchange for the Serb. In the meantime, Koulibaly, Loftus-Cheek and Pulisic found new clubs, Juventus are not interested in Chalobah, but they are obviously interested in getting Lukaku and money in exchange for Vlahović. Or if they could just get Lukaku.New director Cristiano Giuntoli officially took over at the club yesterday and it looks like his first job will be to bring in Lukaku.The craziest thing about the whole story is the relationship between Juventus and Lukaku considering what happened last season. Bianconeri fans insulted him racially, he responded and received a suspension that was later overturned. There were some sparks during the Belgian’s first tenure at Inter, so it was unimaginable to even think about a scenario in which Lukaku wears the white and black jersey of the giants from Turin. But the football market is obviously full of surprises and nothing is ever impossible…🚨 BREAKING: Juventus have started discussions with Chelsea about the signing of Romelu Lukaku! 🇧🇪(Source: @SkySportsNews) pic.twitter.com/KsyHdHMWLz— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) July 8, 2023 Inter fans have already forgiven the Belgian once when he left the club for the first time. Then he pushed for a transfer to Chelsea and the fans felt betrayed. They destroyed his mural in Milan and wrote a banner.”We protected you as a son, as one of us, you showed that you are justr like the others and went after the money.”When he returned a year later, they swallowed the vanity and pride and forgave him.”We support Inter and we will not cause problems for the player, despite his behavior last year. No one will welcome him with scarves and flags, he will have to earn it in the future with shame and sweat. We supported him and treated him like a king, now he is like many others. We will not be against him when he wears the Inter shirt again, but we warn all fans not to fall into the trap and not to run and drool after him. Pretending that nothing happened will only strengthen the process that has been going on for years, which is the dumbing down of the fans,” they said on the occasion of the Belgian’s return to Inter.##EDITORS_CHOICE##He would definitely not be forgiven for moving to the camp of their biggest rival… But European football saw bigger “betrayals”.In the meantime, Lukaku rejected an offer from Saudi Al Hilal worth more than 50,000,000 euros per season.
