Having returned to Cobham from his holidays after his loan with Inter Milan expires, Romelu Lukaku continues to train alongside Hakim Ziyech and Armando Broja while the rest of the Chelsea squad are on the other side of the globe.
The Belgium international will not be returning to San Siro after burning all the bridges there following a chat with Juventus, who are now the favourites to sign him as long as they can meet the Blues’ €40m asking price.
Corriere dello Sport look at the situation, that appears to be evolving bit by bit, and explain that Chelsea are starting to get a bit impatient.
They would ideally want him to head to Saudi Arabia, where Al-Ahli and Al-Hilal are both waiting to offer €50m and a €100m contract to the player, but Lukaku has said no for now.
The Italian newspaper explain that the forward ‘can’t wait’ to end up in Turin and start working with Max Allegri, but he has to wait for that.
The Kylian Mbappé situation is currently holding up any move Paris Saint-Germain may have planned for Dusan Vlahovic, which would, in turn, give Juventus the money needed to satisfy Chelsea.
Fed up of waiting and keen to avoid a reunion with the Belgian in London once they return from tour, it’s said that while Lukaku ‘does not tremble’ for now, the Blues have ‘started to exert some pressure’ to try and speed up an exit.
