Chelsea Striker Returns to Inter Milan on Loan: Bad Business Blues

Chelsea striker, Romelu Lukaku, will join Inter Milan on a season-long loan for the new season ahead. The deal has no buy obligation attached for the Italian club and he is set to return to Chelsea once his spell is complete.

Chelsea in the past have conducted some of the worst transfer business in the history of football; notoriously known for the sale of their best players who later join rivals and then go on to break major records in the Premier League and abroad.

This time, however, it is a lot more stinging for the Blues. The most expensive transfer in the club’s history, £97.5m paid for Lukaku to be precise, will now leave the club in a deal worth £6.9m (€8m).

Sky Sports reports on Chelsea’s and Inter Milan’s deal for Romelu Lukaku:

"Chelsea and Inter Milan have reached agreement over a loan move for striker Romelu Lukaku, according to Sky in Italy reports.Inter will pay a fee of €8m (£6.9m) plus add ons, with the move being subject to a medical. Chelsea paid Inter £97.5m to sign Lukaku last summer, but the Belgian scored just eight Premier League goals in 26 outings. (Via: Sky Sports)"

 Chelsea Were Watching the Wrong Highlights of Romelu Lukaku

The Stamford Bridge side went online and watched the demos of Inter Milan’s Romelu. The one they ordered from San Siro was a player who featured 36 times in the Serie A and scored 24 goals and assisted a further 11. The season before that, 36 league appearances again and 23 goals put in and two assists collected.

Sadly, they, in fact, got the Manchester United Lukaku from Old Trafford. One who struggled for form in front of goal and had one of the worst first touches in the league. But still, even in those days, he scored more goals in the Premier League than his eight scored in 26 games this season past.

If his Manchester United career was anything to go by, Chelsea should have known he struggled at a top-six club and the system was just not for him. One would have to wait and see if he can recapture the form that won him and Antonio Conte a Serie A trophy.

The Italian manager is no longer at the San Siro, so it could be a different story when the Belgian takes the pitch next term. Hopefully, for him and Belgium, he can regain his best form ahead of the World Cup. He will play as a direct rival to his Belgium competition, Divock Origi, who will sign for AC Milan.

Should be quite the prospect with Lukaku a San Siro hero and Origi a clutch moment player and a legend at Anfield.