2021-08-10 09:22:15
| Romelu Lukaku is due to fly to London on Tuesday having successfully undergone his medical ahead of a €115m (£97.5m) move to Chelsea.
| The club record deal will pave the way for Tammy Abraham's departure from Stamford Bridge with the 23-year-old striker giving up the No. 9 shirt to Lukaku.
| Chelsea would prefer to sell Abraham to an overseas club & it is understood that Roma – who are allowing Edin Dzeko to leave & join Inter Milan who are, of course, losing Lukaku – have made an offer.
| Jose Mourinho's new club want to take Abraham on loan for a season with an option to buy which would meet Chelsea's asking price of around €40m (£33.9m). Although they would prefer an outright sale Chelsea are inclined to accept the deal but it remains to be seen whether Abraham will agree.
| Lukaku has accepted the offer of a five-year contract with Chelsea who are to pay him £200,000-a-week after tax which will make the 28-year-old the club's highest earner as well as their most expensive player.
| The medical took place at the Columbus Clinic Centre in Milan after initials claims that Lukaku would first travel to Belgium. It had been thought Lukaku would fly straight to London but, instead, he has travelled first to Monaco with his agent Federico Pastorello.
| Inter agreed a deal on Saturday after Lukaku pushed for the move & it could still be completed before the 11pm BST deadline on Tuesday which means, in theory, he can be registered with UEFA in time to feature for Chelsea in Wednesday's #SuperCup against Villarreal in Belfast.
| Lukaku's participation in that fixture obviously appears highly unlikely but head coach Thomas Tuchel will want him to travel & meet up with his new team-mates as quickly as possible & certainly ahead of their first #PL fixture at home to Crystal Palace on Saturday.
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Jason Burt (
The Telegraph )
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