INTER MILAN are reportedly ready to buy Romelu Lukaku – but Chelsea face taking a huge hit on the flop striker.
The Blues re-signed Lukaku in 2021 for £97.5million but after just one season he was sent back on loan to Inter.
He finished the season with 14 goals in his 37 appearances but was hampered with injuries.
And incoming Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino does not look like he will hand the Belgian a Stamford Bridge lifeline.
Initially, Inter were looking to negotiate another loan deal with an obligation to buy.
But Chelsea want to sell the striker, and according to Gazzetta dello Sport, the Italians are preparing an offer of £25.6m.
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Lukaku joined Chelsea at 17 from Anderlecht but after three years and two loan moves he joined Everton.
After spells with Manchester United and Inter, the forward established himself as a prolific scorer in Serie A.
It earned him a move back to London but midway through the season Lukaku revealed he was unsettled in the English capital.
That proved the beginning of the end for him and five months later he was back in Milan.
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Lukaku could be part of Chelsea’s massive firesale this summer.
Kai Havertz, Mateo Kovacic, Mason Mount, Kalidou Koulibaly, Edouard Mendy, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, N’Golo Kante and Cesar Azpilicueta have all gone.
And Hakim Ziyech, Christian Pulisic and Callum Hudson-Odoi are also linked with moves away.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
