It’s only just into the afternoon here in London, and we feel like we’ve already had 4 Romelu Lukaku updates already today.
This latest one is an important one though – if no other reason than that it comes from Matt Law at the Telegraph, who has shown himself to be very well connected time and time again.
His piece claims that Inter and Chelsea have “officially opened talks” – backing up what transfer insider Fabrizio Romano said earlier today – but adds the exciting detail that the club hope a deal “could be agreed by the end of the week.”
That seems very hopeful to us, given how large the gap in valuations is likely to be at the start of the process. Even the end of next week would feel like good progress.
The structure seems like it’s going to be a loan with a heavy loan fee, plus an option to buy added on the end. All sides might be happy with that arrangement, but the numbers involved are likely to be the sticking point.
The expedient factor here is the “Growth Decree” in Italian football which makes it vital that Lukaku’s arrival is signed off on before the end of this month.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
