Lukaku pictured with Chelsea shirt ahead of return to the Premier League.

 

The return of Romelu Lukaku

Chelsea’s hunt for a goalscoring number

 9 has taken them, via repeated efforts 

to sign Erling Haaland, to former Chelsea

 forward Romelu Lukaku. The Belgian 

enjoyed a prolific campaign in Italy last

 season, notching up 24 goals and 

10 assists as he helped fire Inter Milan 

to the title for the first time in a decade.

His exploits alerted Chelsea, who have

 swooped in amidst Inter’s financial 

crisis to negotiate a deal for the 28 year

 old, thought to be in the region of 115 

million euros (97 million pounds)

Despite having spent 45 million pounds

 on Timo Werner last summer, Chelsea

 are clearly of the opinion that another

 goalscorer is needed, something that 

the fact Jorginho finished as their top 

goalscorer last season can attest to.

In Lukaku, they will be getting one 

of the best, who has already excelled 

in the Premier League and now in Serie A.

Pictures surface of Rom holding 

a Chelsea shirt

The excitement for the transfer was 

turned up another notch on social media 

today, as pictures of Lukaku holding 

the new Chelsea home shirt surfaced 

on twitter.

Amid rumours that the signing 

could be announced tomorrow (Tuesday),

 there are some fans that even believe 

the forward could be in line to play in 

the super cup tie against Villareal next 

Wednesday.

Will Lukaku prove to be a hit in west 

London second time around?