The signing of Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan for a five-year contract for a club-record transfer fee of around a 98million pounds have been completed by Chelsea, This was after the Blues went into the summer transfer window intent on bringing a new striker to Stamford Bridge. The 28-year-old who agreed to Chelsea return at the end of last week landed at the Biggin Hill airport on Wednesday evening ahead of his move back to the Blues, having passed his medical in Milan on Monday where he flew to meet up with his agent Federico Pastorello at Monaco on Tuesday.
Thomas Tuchel had been desperate to bolster his attacking options on the eve of the new season as the German coach eyes a shot at the Premier League title in 2021-22.
Olivier Giroud departed for AC Milan earlier this summer, Tammy Abraham has been made available for a move away and Timo Werner struggled in his first season following a £52m switch from RB Leipzig.
It is understood that Lukaku has agreed on terms on a contract worth around £10m a year after tax.
Lukaku spent three years as a Chelsea player between the ages of 2011 and 2014. It was his boyhood dream to play for the Blues but things didn't work out as planned.
His first season was largely spent with the club's Development Squad, something of a comedown for a young forward with two seasons of first-team football under his belt for Anderlecht.
Lukaku would join West Bromwich Albion on loan for the 2012/13 campaign and impressed at the Hawthorns – he scored 17 goals in 38 appearances. A season at Everton followed, at the end of which he completed a permanent switch to Goodison Park worth £28million.
