Fabrizio Romano has claimed that Chelsea loanee Romelu Lukaku is keen on staying put with Inter Milan beyond the end of his season-long loan spell.
Lukaku was shipped out to former club Inter on loan this summer after a forgettable campaign back in England’s top flight for the Belgian forward who had signed for Chelsea last year in a club record deal.
With Thomas Tuchel’s sacking and rumours of Chelsea being close to appointing RB Salzburg chief Christoph Freund as their new sporting director, there was talk of Lukaku mulling over a return to Stamford Bridge.
Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano, however, has played down the speculation of Lukaku being interested in a lifeline at Chelsea with the latter backed to continue with Inter in a potential second loan stint next season.
In his column for CaughtOffside, Romano dismissed the talk gaining ground that there is a chance of Lukaku getting his Chelsea career back on track after a change in the managerial role with Graham Potter taking over from Tuchel.
“Nothing has changed between Romelu Lukaku and Chelsea.
“The point is the player, he’s only focused on Inter project and he hopes to continue there also next season.
“No one called him on the Chelsea side, so I think the comeback is not a priority for both club and player.”
