Romelu Lukaku has had a more than decent season at AS Roma. However, the chance that he will return to the Italian capital after his loan is extremely small. However, to replace him, the Romans would think of another Red Devil.
After ending up sidetracked at Manchester United, Lukaku went to Italy for the first time in the summer of 2021. That’s how Lukaku moved to Internazionale. And that turned out to be a good choice. The Red Devil reached his best level in Milan and also won the national title.
Those performances earned him a big return to Chelsea FC in 2021. The Blues paid a lot of millions to bring back the Belgian striker. But for various reasons his passage at Stamford Bridge was disappointing. After barely a year he was loaned back to Inter.
Extended stay unlikely
After failing to reach an agreement on an extended stay in Milan last summer, Lukaku once again had to look for a solution elsewhere. And he found it again in Serie A. This time he went on loan to AS Roma. The attacker is having a strong season there.
Lukaku is in the starting eleven if fit and has now scored 19 goals and 4 assists. Nevertheless, an extended stay seems unlikely. Now that the club seems to be definitively missing out on a Champions League ticket, the financial resources are too limited for a permanent transfer.
Well-known successor
The striker will therefore have to look elsewhere for a solution. And in the meantime, Roma will have to find a replacement themselves. This would include the Red Devil. So reports TheSun based on Italian sources that Michy Batshuayi is in the picture. The 30-year-old striker currently plays for Fenerbahçe, but there he alternates between bench and base. And the Romans would want to take advantage of that to pick him up for a limited sum. Fenerbahçe is said to be planning to exercise the option in his expiring contract, so negotiations will still have to take place at club level.
