Lukaku undoes the path and returns to Inter Milan

Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku returns to Inter Milan, just a year after signing for Chelsea.

The two clubs have reached an agreement for the striker to return on loan until the end of this season.

Inter will pay between 8 and 10 million euros for the transfer of the player, who was sold last year for 115 million in the record transfer in Chelsea's history.

The deal does not include a purchase option.

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– Inter (@Inter) June 29, 2022

The 29-year-old striker, who was crowned Italian champion Inter in 2021, returns to Milan hoping to relaunch his game after a very poor season in London, and a few months before the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. in Milan to pass the medical examination and after the analyses, he has been presented together with the president of the club.

Hundreds of

they have followed him throughout the day, crowding the streets of Milan to accompany the striker on his return to Italy.

"The big boss has returned," announced Steven Zhang, Inter's chief executive, in a video posted on Twitter together with the Belgian in which they announced his signing.

Lukaku has been very happy to return to the club where he has offered the best performance and thus fulfills his wish to leave Chelsea.

Last Christmas, statements by the striker shook Chelsea when not even half of the season had passed.

“If Inter had offered me a contract renewal, I would have stayed one hundred percent.

But they didn't.

I want from the bottom of my heart to return to Inter.

I don't want to do it at the end of my career, but when I'm still at the highest level", acknowledged the striker in an interview for

in January.

Lukaku's minutes were diluted until he ended up being a residual piece at Chelsea, where he never found his place in Tuchel's scheme, despite the fact that the German coach had opted for him over Haaland or Mbappé.

His balance from last season in London is 44 games and 15 goals in all competitions, far from the records he reached in Milan.

The former Everton and Manchester United striker became an idol at the San Siro during his two years at the helm of the team, then coached by Antonio Conte (2019-2021).

He now he will return to put himself under the command of Simone Inzaghi, who will seek to recover the best version of the Belgian striker.

In his two seasons at Inter, Lukaku scored 64 goals in 95 games that helped the

lift the Serie A title ten years later.

The Belgian will meet again at Inter with Lautaro Martínez, with whom he will be able to reform a feared duo, nicknamed "LuLa".

His goal will be to reclaim the crown for Inter after this past year the team finished second behind arch rivals AC Milan.

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