Romelu Lukaku ‘was moved to tears’ when Inter Milan sealed loan deal with Chelsea

Romelu Lukaku was reportedly moved to tears when Inter Milan reached an settlement with Chelsea over a season-long mortgage that fulfils his want to return to the San Siro.

Inter can pay Chelsea a £7million mortgage charge plus add-ons, with Lukaku reportedly taking a 35 per cent pay reduce on his wages of £325,000-a-week at Stamford Bridge, taking the determine to round £210,000.

The Belgian striker, 29, will return to Inter only a yr after leaving for a second stint at Chelsea in a membership report deal value £97.5million.

Romelu Lukaku was ‘diminished to tears’ after his Inter Milan mortgage transfer was agreed on Tuesday

The Belgian striker was eager to depart Chelsea after an underwhelming first season again there

It follows a totally underwhelming first season again by which he scored simply 15 occasions in 44 matches and disrupted the membership’s marketing campaign by giving a tv interview in December by which he criticised supervisor Thomas Tuchel.

Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport report that Lukaku grew to become emotional when knowledgeable by his lawyer Sebastien Ledure {that a} breakthrough had been reached in negotiations between Chelsea and Inter on Tuesday.

It got here after talks stalled on Monday when the Inter president Steven Zhang tried to restructure the deal. However Lukaku may have a medical at Inter subsequent week to substantiate the transfer.

Lukaku is contracted at Stamford Bridge till 2026 however his need to make a return to Inter has been evident since his notorious Sky Italia interview.

Lukaku had rocked the boat after criticising supervisor Thomas Tuchel in a December interview

New Chelsea proprietor Todd Boehly was eager to conclude Lukaku’s exit to concentrate on new signings

It additionally emerged in Italy this week that Lukaku set the wheels in movement for his Inter return by calling supervisor Simone Inzaghi on his birthday again in April and asking: ‘Mister, what do I have to do to come back again?’

The dialog got here the day earlier than Chelsea performed a crunch Champions League quarter-final with Actual Madrid, by which Lukaku missed a great likelihood to attain, and he did not discover the online for over a month afterwards.

Chelsea’s new proprietor Todd Boehly wished the Lukaku deal carried out rapidly so the membership can focus on their pursuit of summer season targets, together with Manchester Metropolis and England winger Raheem Sterling.

The Manchester Metropolis and England ahead Raheem Sterling is excessive on Chelsea’s wishlist

They need a deal for Sterling accomplished as rapidly as attainable, too, in order that he can have a full pre-season with Tuchel and his new team-mates.

Lukaku loved two profitable seasons at Inter between 2019 and 2021, scoring 64 occasions in 95 matches and successful the league title in 2020-21.