For a striker struggling to find decent form, with a heavy burden of some dreadful misses in the Champions League final and the World Cup, any lucrative new contract should be seen as a God-given present. For a striker struggling to find decent form, with a heavy burden of some dreadful misses in the Champions League final and the World Cup, any lucrative new contract should be seen as a God-given present. Crushing end of Lukaku’s season: he missed everything!But that’s not what Romelu Lukaku thinks. At least, his latest decisions show us he’s “slightly” unaware of his current market value.As per FootMercato journalist Santi Aouna, Big Rom met in Paris with Saad bin Nafel, president of Saudi Arabia’s side Al-Hilal, who came in person to convince the robust striker to join them next season.##NAJAVA_MECA_7318649##However, according to the same source, the Saudis have verbally offered him a salary of $20M a year, but the Belgian forward apparently demands four times more!? Discussions will continue, though, as both sides hope to reach a deal in the end that would fit all included.🚨 An meeting took place yesterday in a large Parisian hotel in France between Al-Hilal and Romelu #Lukaku.💰 The Saudis verbally offered a salary of $20M a year.💡 The Belgian striker is interested but wants a lot more. Discussions will continue.👤 @Santi_J_FM pic.twitter.com/MHRga7OKaW— ENJOY INTER TRANSFERS (@EnjoyInter) June 13, 2023 Lukaku left Stamford Bridge under turbulent circumstances last year after telling Italian reports that he wished to leave no more than six months on from his £98m move to West London in August 2021.Chelsea are now willing to part ways with Lukaku, and Al-Hilal are hoping to negotiate the deal.
