There is no way that Bayern is buying this oaf.
Romelu Lukaku | Chelsea
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Bayern arn't signing Lukaku 
Forget those guys. I'd integrate Broja, have and him and Kai as the strikers and call it a day. Let's spend our resources this summer on other areas in the squad.
There is just an air of an insufferable arsehole around lukaku.
For all the hype he is just not that good
For all the hype he is just not that good
He should just stay away from the EPL, not good enough.
Don’t think Inter would pay that fee for a loan, no more than 3/5 million
Agreement between Lukaku and Inter, but they don’t want/can pay nothing.
So now it’s all on Lukaku to force the exit with something like refusing to train and play, he has to find the solution, it’s all on him now
So now it’s all on Lukaku to force the exit with something like refusing to train and play, he has to find the solution, it’s all on him now
I suspect there is still money outstanding for him. I expect that they'll get him on loan and some of the monies owed on the transfer fee will be forgiven. How much that will be is anyones guess.
May be a swap with Lautaro ?
Inter apparently want Lukaku back and are in pole position for Dybala. I suppose that does mean Martinez could be on the move. But I’m not sure if we’re interested in him.
Wouldn't be a decent move for Bayern though !
That seems extremely unlikely.
Inter are reportedly being forced to sell one of their prize jewels (Bastoni, Lautaro, Skriniar) this summer because they need to raise funds. Why would they give a bunch of that money back immediately in a massive loan fee, much less commit to give the rest of it back (and more) with an obligated buy for an aging striker on huge wages?
Marotta is a very savvy operator in the transfer market. My guess is that he will take Lukaku only if he can loan him for a year relatively cheaply, especially as this might smooth things out if they sell Lautaro.
Why would Chelsea do that though? A deal has to at least pretend to be somewhat amendable to both sides, even if one side is getting the better end of the deal. Stories out of Italy say Inter and Lukaku's people have been on contact and he's willing to take a 50% pay cut to go back there. If Inter are as unwilling as you say, then I doubt Lukaku goes anywhere.
Where is any logic in this? You payed him over 100 million and now you are giving him for free just to save money from his salary?
Next year at this time he will be 30. Inter surely will not buy him for 50-60 mil.
Similiar (not on this level of course) as our situation with AWB and Palace. You cut your losses and sell him for half price. Or use him
Next year at this time he will be 30. Inter surely will not buy him for 50-60 mil.
Similiar (not on this level of course) as our situation with AWB and Palace. You cut your losses and sell him for half price. Or use him
this is what Chelsea do though
Yes they do for younger players who they buy for 15-20 mil and then earn money on loans and in the end they sell that player or use him.
With Lukaku they will just lose 100 mil.
Bakayoko?
You really expect that club from Italy will pay that sum? They just throw those clauses for fun. Lazio accepted 30 mil clause for our Pereira, ffs.
It definitely might not make sense for Chelsea. But Inter might figure that Chelsea are a wealthy club that could be willing to do a relatively simple loan just to get him out of the side and remove the distraction, especially if they can save the wages. That's the basis of a lot of loan moves.
He was 22 or 23 when they bought him. But yeah, they payed him a lot. Still they have time to sell him (if he is under contract, not sure about that)
A 20 million loan fee would be almost exactly the amortized yearly payment amount we owe them. 60 million fee after that would cover the remainder of the amortized payments. It’s either being set up that way very intentionally, or sone reporters can do basic math after using google and are trying to look smart.
The money for the amortized payments was already paid on by Roman to the holding company he used to funnel “debt” to the club though. So unless that money is frozen from use by the club, idk that Chelsea need to clear anything to come even with Lukaku. It’s not like it’s being paid back to Abramovich, or like it came out of the operating budget of the club.
I wouldn’t expect them to get so much for Lukaku. But a lot of his contract, with both clubs, was tied up in “personal branding” from what I understand. So I wouldn’t expect sitting on the bench taking a check to be high on his list either.
The money for the amortized payments was already paid on by Roman to the holding company he used to funnel “debt” to the club though. So unless that money is frozen from use by the club, idk that Chelsea need to clear anything to come even with Lukaku. It’s not like it’s being paid back to Abramovich, or like it came out of the operating budget of the club.
I wouldn’t expect them to get so much for Lukaku. But a lot of his contract, with both clubs, was tied up in “personal branding” from what I understand. So I wouldn’t expect sitting on the bench taking a check to be high on his list either.
They still can't get Lukaku like player for them for that money. He played well for them and still they earned some 50 mn from that deal. So i don't think there is a problem for them.
As I said if they like the deal chelsea will be happy to accept the loss and move on. At least we can't keep player like him unhappy in the dressing room and both could move on. We learnt a hard lesson by kept Torres and try to make him the player he was.
More likely a loan with an option, not obligations
IF they refuse now to pay 10-15 mil thrn surely year later they will not spend 50 on 30y old striker. They have money issues, remember?
They also were the highest scoring team in Serie A, already have four strikers under contract for next year (Lautaro, Dzeko, Sanchez, Correa), and are reportedly in the running to sign Dybala on a free.
I think they'd look at Lukaku if the deal was great from their perspective but it seems highly unlikely they'd spend a lot of money on an area that isn't even a need given their financial problems.
Presumably they don't screw deals with chelsea. Deals won't be happened if they think it won't be worth to do. So we can see.
That would make zero sense for Chelsea. Don't think Inter would enter into negotiations with a pipedream that they can just have Lukaku back for basically nothing. Despite the disastrous season, he's still a good striker in his prime. If they can't afford him, they can't afford him. A £3m loan deal with no obligation only suits Inter. A deal with an obligation to buy to be paid over several installments would probably be the best deal they could hope for that Chelsea would actually agree to.
He played well for Conte though, who's no longer there. I think he won't be hitting same heights like he did before over there, just remains to be seen if he's going to be enough of a donkey for Inter to realize he ain't worth paying 60 mil for.
Well its upto inter to say how much he is worth. Chelsea are not here to push his rate up. They may rate him for 60 mn or go away from chelsea proposal.
He has plenty of suitors and atletico also enquired about him and rumour to be believed Bayern too.
He may not worth 100 mn what chelsea paid for but certainly worth 60 mn. That's what we expect for him any way. So moving him away not a big problem for us.
Madr zero sense why Chelsea brought him in the first place, so not sure why this is seemingly improbable.
So you think Chelsea will make a £97m mistake and then compound that mistake by practically giving him away for free 12 months later?
Nothing to do with Inter. They sold that debt to a bank last summer because they needed the cash. Chelsea is paying the remaining fees to that bank.
Inter is still in a complicated financial situation (around 100M losses). They can't afford to spend 50M+ on buying a 30-year-old player who will be taking such big wages.
Barcelona bought Coutinho for 135M... 15 months later he was on loan for 6% of that. When you've made a mistake, it is smarter to acknowledge you did and try to move on.
A year-long loan in Italy can benefit Chelsea if it revives Lukaku's career and increases his credentials again. Wealthier clubs than Inter could be on the market for him next summer.
That was a terrible deal by Barca. They sent him on loan to a CL rival who helped knock Barca out. Bayern then declined to actually sign him on a permanent deal. We should learn from that and do something different instead of repeating Barca's embarrassing decisions.
The terrible deal was spending 135M on a player not suited for their game (he is not suited for anything outside PL actually) Loaning him out to Bayern meant Barça could spare some money. And if he had done a good job Bayern or someone else would have bought him.
It all depends on the alternatives, right?
I think we can all agree that Chelsea would prefer to sell Lukaku for a decent fee, even taking a huge loss if necessary, if they can. But what if there are no buyers? Very few clubs have any money right now and even fewer both have money and a wage structure he could fit into.
Let’s say the only choices are (1) sell for a tiny fee like 15-20m (2) straight loan to Inter or (3) keep him in the squad. At that point straight loan becomes a possibility IMO. Tuchel seems to want him out.
Still can't believe this guy has fooled people twice (!) in the same career into thinking he was a world class striker
Situation today:
> Chelsea wants 100 million
> Inter offer 0 million
> Lukaku reached an agreement with Inter accepting a wage cut >50%
> Lukaku said he will make the deal with Chelsea, no direct contacts between Chelsea and Inter
> It’s all on Lukaku, he will deal with Chelsea with a transfer request asking to be loaned out for free, I think he will refuse to play and train with Chelsea again
Really absurd situation
> Chelsea wants 100 million
> Inter offer 0 million
> Lukaku reached an agreement with Inter accepting a wage cut >50%
> Lukaku said he will make the deal with Chelsea, no direct contacts between Chelsea and Inter
> It’s all on Lukaku, he will deal with Chelsea with a transfer request asking to be loaned out for free, I think he will refuse to play and train with Chelsea again
Really absurd situation
So we'll find an acceptable figure between 0 and £100m and go from there, possibly a loan with a fee, or he'll be made to rot in the reserves. Got a contract till 2026, no wonder changed agent!
Chances of him playing for us again look pretty slim if that is true.
Chances of him playing for us again look pretty slim if that is true.
Quite the conundrum.