Football Transfers: Romelu Lukaku completes loan switch to AS Roma, reunites with Jose Mourinho for third time
Football Transfers: Romelu Lukaku completes loan switch to AS Roma, reunites with Jose Mourinho for third time
Italian football giants AS Roma have completed the loan signing of Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea on Thursday, August 31. The move sees Lukaku reunite with Jose Mourinho for the third time at a different club as they look forward to the Serie A season. The striker was initially in limbo for the summer having rejected proceedings from Inter Milan while Juventus were unable to price him away from Chelsea.
Lukaku joins Roma
"Romelu Lukaku has completed a season-long loan move to Serie A club A.S. Roma. The Belgium international, who joined Chelsea in the summer of 2021, spent the previous campaign on loan at Inter Milan," read a statement.
"Lukaku will link up in the Italian capital with former Chelsea head coach Jose Mourinho, who guided Roma to the Europa League final last season."
The star Belgian player scored 14 goals in 37 Serie A matches for Inter Milan as they finished runners-up in the Champions League and lifted the Copa Italia. He will wear No. 90 for the 2022 Europa Conference League winners.
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Jose gets his man
The pair of Jose Mourinho and Lukaku have reunited for the third time having first shared the dressing room at Chelsea in 2013. A short two-week spell saw Jose manage Lukaku at Chelsea where he played in the 2013 UEFA Super Cup final against Bayern Munich. The star-studded Belgian missed the decisive penalty as Chelsea finished runners-up. It reported that both Lukaku and Mourinho had a rift which saw him loaned out to Everton.
Mourinho in 2014 sanctioned Lukakuโs sale to Everton despite the lack of strikers at the club, again surfacing rumours of a rift between the pair. However, in 2017 with Zlatan Ibrahimoviฤ injured and Wayne Rooney sold to Everton, Mourinho ended the rift by signing Lukaku for Manchester United in a reported $90 million deal. He would stay at United for two years before signing for Inter Milan in Italy.
Thursdayโs move now means that Lukaku will again work with the Portuguese gaffer although the move is temporary.
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