Inter Milan chief, Beppe Marietta has confirmed that Romelu Lukaku will return to Chelsea when his loan deal expires at the end of the season.
Lukaku joined inter on a seaso-long loan deal in June afer spending just one season with Chelsea following his big move worth £97.5 million move from the Italian side.
The 29-year-old has scored five goals in 17 appearances for inter during a season so far hit with injury for the Belgian.
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He was decisive in inter Milan’s 2020-21 scudetto- winning campaign under Antonio Conte.
Lukaku has also failed to live up to those standards and performances, and will once again return to Chelsea this summer.
The loan was for one season and will return to Chelsea even if he is on top form, Marietta told Sky Italia.
“This has been an unprecedented season. i’m referring of course to the world cup. the problems we’ve experienced have been experienced by other clubs too and the players who played at the world cup.
“Lukaku is a case in point. [marcelo] brozovic isn’t the brozovic we know. lukaku hasn’t found the fitness he needs to play his best football. “He’s still not at his best or the player we got to see in years gone by.”
He’s campaign with Inter has been hit by fitness issues and question surrounding his performance as a top-level number nine for a success hungry side.
Lukaku has missed 12 games in serie A alone this term through injury, and even when plays, the Belgian often appeared slow and laborious, lacking incisive pace and explosiveness that made him so irresistible during his initial spell with the club.
He has only managed three goals in the league, and two in the champions league.
