These are ‘decisive days’ in the future of Romelu Lukaku at Chelsea, who has a ‘very specific’ deadline to meet if he is to return to Inter.
That is June 30th, which has been well established in the past as the cut off point of any possible talks due to the Growth Decree that allows Italian clubs to pay less tax on wages from foreign players, thus making them more affordable on their books.
Corriere dello Sport are the ones pushing this, and they made it very clear that ‘after that, it gets more complicated’.
That’s why if Chelsea want to be rid of Lukaku, at least for next season, ‘it would be better for everyone to do so by June 30th’, with the player’s ‘pressing in the last few hours’ seemingly doing something, as contact between the Italians and their English counterparts ‘is expected in the next few hours to discuss’ a deal.
However, the situation at Stamford Bridge, fresh off a change of ownership, doesn’t lend to tight schedules, as it seems Todd Boehly wants ‘first of all to evaluate the squad in light of the needs of manager Thomas Tuchel’, as well as there being a need to ‘clarify the future of Marina Granovskaia’.
Therefore, priorities need to be established, and a lot could depend on whether Lukaku leaves or not, as, despite suffering a difficult first season back with the Blues, the Belgian’s exit would leave a gap needing to be filled at Chelsea.
Someone like Armando Broja could come in, but it isn’t exactly the same, is it?
