Romelu Lukaku

I mean 130mil is a more than fair sum, but I still wouldn’t sell without a good plan in place to reinvest the money. At this point in time that money would do little more than line the Zhang’s pockets.

RickyMaravilla'sRightFoot said:

I mean 130mil is a more than fair sum, but I still wouldn’t sell without a good plan in place to reinvest the money. At this point in time that money would do little more than line the Zhang’s pockets.

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True. We are here debating between a/ keep Lukaku and b/ sell for 130m and reinvest. But all forget there is still a third possibility:
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c/ sell big Rom but still no money. For whatever excuses, like Hakimi

That’s really tempting..... if We sell lukaku and it’ll absolutely kill our chance to win the league.
Sell Lautaro... he’s the one that doesn’t want to be here long term.

If its true then we'd be stupid not to sell him. Why would Chelsea go for him when Haaland only costs 40m more? Already a better striker than Lukaku and much younger.

brehme1989 said:

If there's truth in that figure:
A) We are idiots
B) Chelsea are idiots

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The truth is most likely Chelsea have contacted Lukaku via intermediaries, they've presented Chelsea's offer. Lukaku rejected that and that's the end of it I assume. Inter has never got any offer.

I also doubt Chelsea will go to 130m€ hard cold cash offer. If the offer would be in that range, it would include a lot of bonuses most probably.

And Inter is not going to force the player of such status in the team to move out. If it was that Chelsea calls to Marotta and says we have 130m€ cheque here, will you sell Lukaku, Marotta would at least call to Pastorello immediately.

The club always is informed if a player is getting reached and permission is granted.

This means that Lukaku has advised Inter that he is willing to talk.

The only way this has not taken place is if Chelsea illegally contacted Lukaku. Which is grounds to hand them another transfer ban.


The amount rumoured is probably garbage or something that Chelsea wants to lay out to terrorize Manchester City into spending 300m on a couple of players.

Sky Italia: Chelsea hold talks with Romelu Lukaku, offering him to return to the club. But Lukaku, till now, wants to stay at Inter.

Il Drago said:

Sky Italia: Chelsea hold talks with Romelu Lukaku, offering him to return to the club. But Lukaku, till now, wants to stay at Inter.

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For a Christ sake Lukaku! Just accept it!

If is true 130m, the best option would be to sell him. As we talk more than once here, this is maybe the last chance we have to cash in big way. He is 28yo and in his peak.

With Lukaku off the books, hopefully Vidal, Ninja also gone, we remain with a more resonable wage bill and a pile of cash in our hands. This is an excellent position for Marotta to build a more sustainable team. And don't react like we need to go to another year zero. The core of our players is still here,

brehme1989 said:

The club always is informed if a player is getting reached and permission is granted.

This means that Lukaku has advised Inter that he is willing to talk.

The only way this has not taken place is if Chelsea illegally contacted Lukaku. Which is grounds to hand them another transfer ban.


The amount rumoured is probably garbage or something that Chelsea wants to lay out to terrorize Manchester City into spending 300m on a couple of players.

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Lol.

If you haven't noticed, clubs always contact the agent first before starting anything with the club. This order has been there for like 20 years. In this particular case, intermediaries have been mentioned. Which means transfer market agents who do not represent any particular player but our like, well, intermediaries who handle the business, like real estate agents do.

I'm guessing this has gone that these Chelsea approved intermediaries have contacted Pastorello that Chelsea would like to get you, presented the offer and so on. Pastorello has maybe informed Inter. But the key point is Pastorello has told these intermediaries that Lukaku wants to stay at Inter.

Whether Chelsea can persuade Lukaku to move, maybe with the help of Inter management (because they need the cash badly) is another story. But at this moment, Lukaku ain't moving and Inter hasn't sanctioned anything. That's my view at this moment.

edit. Funny note that Pedulla got this one first, before Di Marzio (Sky).

CafeCordoba said:

edit. Funny note that Pedulla got this one first, before Di Marzio (Sky).

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The Sky report is from Angelo Mangiante, not Di Marzio. Di Marzio and Romano haven't reported anything new about Lukaku and Chelsea.

I agree with everything else you say. The issue here is Lukaku doesn't want to leave Inter. Chelsea could offer 500m and it still wouldn't matter. As long as Lukaku refuses Chelsea offer, Inter can't really do anything.

Rejecting CL winners who are going to improve even further, for an Inter who'll at best stagnate for a few years might be a bit strange, but seems Bastoni, Barella, Škriniar etc are planning the same.

If this season is a failure his motivation might change, but then it will probably be too late for this kind of offers.

Il Drago said:

The Sky report is from Angelo Mangiante, not Di Marzio. Di Marzio and Romano haven't reported anything new about Lukaku and Chelsea.

I agree with everything else you say. The issue here is Lukaku doesn't want to leave Inter. Chelsea could offer 500m and it still wouldn't matter. As long as Lukaku refuses Chelsea offer, Inter can't really do anything.

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Basically, Inter could try to meditate the sale by proposing Lukaku that hey might be if you wanted a move. But obviously we cannot do that because it's a delicate issue. Super important to have Lukaku with 100% confidence and club suggesting a move wouldn't fit that too well. If the deal wouldn't go through for some reason, it would be quite awkward for both sides and we probably wouldn't have the same Lukaku we have at the moment.

Selling our top 2 star player last season (hakimi & lukaku) in the same window?

Good way to bring down the club image for potential future transfers. We are just going to be able to attract mercenaries and chumps in the future.

Yeah there's a point in that for sure.

But also, it's not like we are buying star players left and right as we speak. The sale of Lukaku would relate exactly to the financial situation this club is at.

CafeCordoba said:

Lol.

If you haven't noticed, clubs always contact the agent first before starting anything with the club. This order has been there for like 20 years. In this particular case, intermediaries have been mentioned. Which means transfer market agents who do not represent any particular player but our like, well, intermediaries who handle the business, like real estate agents do.

I'm guessing this has gone that these Chelsea approved intermediaries have contacted Pastorello that Chelsea would like to get you, presented the offer and so on. Pastorello has maybe informed Inter. But the key point is Pastorello has told these intermediaries that Lukaku wants to stay at Inter.

Whether Chelsea can persuade Lukaku to move, maybe with the help of Inter management (because they need the cash badly) is another story. But at this moment, Lukaku ain't moving and Inter hasn't sanctioned anything. That's my view at this moment.

edit. Funny note that Pedulla got this one first, before Di Marzio (Sky).

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Obviously I'm talking about the situation where "Chelsea holds talks with Lukaku". Sure, they can speak with his agent, but the agent cannot say to Inter anything else the club's have explicitly given consent.

The clubs communicate this before any formal engagement takes place. A lot of the transfer saga is informal, true, but when the reports are for intended bids (probably false, but since they caught the smoke, why not the fire as well?) it probably is a more advanced situation. You usually do not see a reported transfer bid unless there's consent from both sides. Or if it's all hogwash

What you're describing is the case with Lautaro Martinez and Barcelona. Which also escalated to the clubs exchanging communication at one point.

You're not wrong obviously, but we're simply talking about different stages of the same process.

Strale said:

Rejecting CL winners who are going to improve even further, for an Inter who'll at best stagnate for a few years might be a bit strange, but seems Bastoni, Barella, Škriniar etc are planning the same.

If this season is a failure his motivation might change, but then it will probably be too late for this kind of offers.

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We have a saying: better to be first in the village* than second in the city**.

*village here: Serie A, less exposure than PL, he's liked universally, rated, no one pays attention to his gaffes because he can hype his numbers etc etc. He's a self proclaimed "king" here and there's not that many who bother to dismiss that.
**city here: PL, more exposure, Chelsea are CL defending champions, all lights will be on them, expectations to lead somewhere else where there's already someone else leading.



Obviously I applaud his decision to stay as any sensible person would prefer Inter to Chelsea and I do not subscribe the notion that he'll have a better environment there or that it's by any situation a bigger club or has a higher status than Inter.

Though this was something he personally felt.
My objection here is that this guy said that Chelsea was his favorite team, wanted to do it where Drogba did it and if this is all true, they're handing him a silver plate for a second opportunity at their best (CL winners, probably less of a fluke than 2012 due to great form, even if it's still an overall subpar CL winner)) whilst he's also at his best (his words).

Feels like the rejection [if true] comes from not wanting to abandon a comfort zone and is quite haunted by his past. Hopefully it doesn't affect him going forward into the season. All lights will be on him there as a "bust" transfer of Manchester United that returns to a club that he ended up at WBA and Everton instead of their first team. If he didn't have history with them (Chelsea and PL) I think he'd be gone already.

brehme1989 said:

Obviously I'm talking about the situation where "Chelsea holds talks with Lukaku". Sure, they can speak with his agent, but the agent cannot say to Inter anything else the club's have explicitly given consent.

The clubs communicate this before any formal engagement takes place. A lot of the transfer saga is informal, true, but when the reports are for intended bids (probably false, but since they caught the smoke, why not the fire as well?) it probably is a more advanced situation. You usually do not see a reported transfer bid unless there's consent from both sides. Or if it's all hogwash

What you're describing is the case with Lautaro Martinez and Barcelona. Which also escalated to the clubs exchanging communication at one point.

You're not wrong obviously, but we're simply talking about different stages of the same process.

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Okay yeah.

What I understand from all this is there is no 130m€ as of now. That 130m€ offer seems more like some hogwash from the press, some educated guess what could be the budget for the move or a number intermediaries have leaked (number might be right, but not the offer). I don't think Chelsea have sanctioned to present any informal offers to Inter before agreeing at least in principal with the player.

Interesting to see how this develops as it's pretty damn clear Inter want to get this done right now if they want to go through this, not in mid-August. If it's just categorical no by Lukaku, I think this just dies here.

brehme1989 said:

Feels like the rejection [if true] comes from not wanting to abandon a comfort zone and is quite haunted by his past. Hopefully it doesn't affect him going forward into the season. All lights will be on him there as a "bust" transfer of Manchester United that returns to a club that he ended up at WBA and Everton instead of their first team. If he didn't have history with them (Chelsea and PL) I think he'd be gone already.

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Yeah I can totally see that being the case. He doesn't care for EPL anymore, he saw that already, didn't went great for him there in the end (even though did well there as a whole) while at Italy and at Inter, he is indeed the "king of Milano". What's not to like in that?

What is intriguing if Lukaku is calculating salaries that he's already making enough at Inter and Chelsea's over 10m€ offer isn't interesting enough and then in the autumn after transfer window is closed, Zhang comes to the team and asks for salary cuts (because we couldn't get rid of Sanchez, Vidal, Perisic).

ElDuccio said:

2010 was something else. That team won everything and most of them were starting to get old. This team is still hungry. That's why i compare it with Juve after conte was leaving. They still had a great team. As long the coach isn't the last cunt, they can keep that mentality (like Allegri did)

Sure i agree about Hakimi and Eriksen gone, we need to see what the replacements will make. On paper we have a realistic chance to play for the scudetto. Not saying a "big chance" or something like that, because it's impossible to predict it. Im anyway sure that everything is possible.

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Two reasons why that is not a good comparison:

1. Juve replaced Conte with a proven coach Allegri
2. Juve weren't broke, they invested heavily on improving the 3 time champion squad for Allegri - in his first two seasons, Juve invested 140m NET on transfers (240m gross transfer spend) & bought players like Dybala, Morata, Pjanic, Alex Sandro, Cuadrado, Evra, Mandzukic, Coman, etc.

If Inter were in that position, I would not suggest selling Lukaku, not even for 130m. But unfortunately our situation is entirely different. Inter are broke, forget about investing we needed to sell Hakimi just to keep the lights on. I don't think that with a coach downgrade plus a Hakimi downgrade, we would start as favourites for the Scudetto. Juve are much stronger than last season just by changing their coach.

Lukaku, De Vrij and Brozovic are at their peak value. Whatever happens, their value will nosedive in the next 2 years. If we get a crazy offer for any of them, its time to cash in. We have a top operator like Marotta, lets give him some money to play with and buy some younger players to rebuild. I bet if Marotta has 130m to spend, we will end up becoming stronger post-Lukaku.