Romelu Lukaku To Return Back To Chelsea From Inter

Romelu Lukaku will return to Chelsea this summer, according to Inter Milan president Beppe Marotta, despite reports that the Belgian striker wants to make his loan to the Italian club permanent.

Despite spending a club-record £97.5 million to return to Stamford Bridge, the 29-year-old had a wretched debut season and joined Inter on loan the following summer.

The Belgian’s loan return to Inter has been plagued by injury, with only 14 appearances so far this season.

Marotta told Sky, “Lukaku to stay also next year? It’s too early to decide, he will return to Chelsea and we will see what’s next. Lukaku wants to stay at Inter, for sure — we know Romelu’s intention and so we will see if we can negotiate his return here.”

This occurs after the CEO seemed to imply in a pre-game interview that Lukaku was overweight.

“I have to say he has 103kg to carry around, so he needs to be in perfect physical shape to deliver and he is not there yet,” Marotta had told Sky Sport Italia and Amazon Prime Italia pre-match.

“He’s getting there and the coach is the best person to evaluate how he is doing and how he should be used.

“Games tend to last almost 100 minutes nowadays, so the players who come off the bench can be just as important as what I like to call their co-starters.

“Unfortunately, another problem with this anomalous season is the World Cup, which was midway through the first half of the campaign.

“I can see that participation in the World Cup affected many players, some feel it more than others, and Lukaku had an injury that meant he was reduced to practically a cameo at that tournament.”

Romelu Lukaku scored the game-winning goal for his team’s 1-0 triumph over FC Porto in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 matches at the San Siro.