ROMA AGREES LOAN DEAL WITH CHELSEA FOR ROMELU LUKAKU.

Italian Club Roma have agreed terms with Chelsea over a season-long loan deal for Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku.

ROMA officials Ryan Friedkin and Tiago Pinto flew to London for face-to-face talks over the weekend with Chelsea over a deal to bring Lukaku to the Italian capital for the season and they made a breakthrough over a straight loan deal, with a loan fee thought to be in the region of eight million pounds.

Lukaku spent last season on loan at Inter Milan after he fell out of favor at Chelsea following a controversial interview in which he said he was not happy under former head coach Thomas Tuchel.

The striker who signed for the West London side from Inter for 97.5 million Pounds in August 2021 was keen on a return to Italy and was happy to go to Rome because of his desire to work with manager Jose Mourinho again.