Chelsea have
had a £57million bid for Romelu Lukaku rejected by Everton - but are confident
of agreeing a deal to re-sign him this summer.
The two
clubs are haggling over a fee, with the Toffees holding out for a club-record
£75million. But they have finally accepted the 23-year-old striker is
determined to rejoin the club they bought him off two years ago.
Chelsea ’s
bid for Lukaku is more than double the £28m they received for him when he moved
to Goodison Park in the summer of 2014. Boss Antonio Conte has already landed
one Belgium international striker, £33m Michy Batshuayi from Marseille, this
summer and remains confident of keeping Spain frontman Diego Costa , despite
sustained interest from his former club Atletico Madrid. The fee Everton are
demanding would be just short of the £78m deal which saw Napoli striker Gonzalo
Higuain - 29 in December - move from Napoli to fellow Serie A side Juventus
this week.
Lukaku was
one of the most prolific goal-scorers in English football’s top flight last
season, netting 25 times in all club competitions. He has been desperate for
some time, however, to return to Chelsea.
Mirror Sport
understands at least one other Premier League side keen on signing him this
summer has already been told that he has his heart set on the club he first
joined from Anderlecht in his homeland for £11m in August 2011.
We revealed
in April that Lukaku feels he has “unfinished business” at Chelsea who, despite
a nightmare campaign last season as defending champions, still finished one
place above Everton.
He was on
the Londoners' books for three seasons but spent the 2012-13 and 2013-14
campaigns out on loan at first West Brom and then Everton. He only started once
in the Premier League for the Stamford Bridge side, and never scored for them
in 15 senior appearances.
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