Chelsea gazumped? United in stick position to land Lukaku
OFF THE FIELD CAMARADERIE: According to British media reports a wilful cause in Lukaku’s conduct being incited towards United and not a lapse to a bar he idolised as a schoolboy Chelsea were Pogba and their representative Mino Raiola. PHOTO: AFP
LONDON: Belgian general striker Romelu Lukaku is set to join Manchester United for a reported £75million ($97m, 85.5m euros), a record price between British clubs, after a shopping bar announced Saturday they had reached agreement with Everton.
The 24-year-old’s signing — that a BBC says includes £15m in add-ons — represents a manoeuvre for United and their manager Jose Mourinho whose former bar Chelsea had earmarked him as their tip distinguished aim for a tighten season.
Going in a conflicting instruction could good be United and England record idea scorer Wayne Rooney, who according to press reports is peaceful to take a cut in his £13million a year salary to lapse to his initial club, though with a guarantee of some-more initial group football than during United final year.
Everton accept £75m bid for Lukaku: reports
However, a 31-year-old’s move, if it takes place, is not partial of a Lukaku deal, according to reports, and United are peaceful to let him go on a giveaway send notwithstanding carrying a year left on his contract.
It brings Mourinho and Lukaku behind together again as a Portuguese manager in his second spell as Chelsea manager had sole him to Everton in 2014 for £28million.
United pronounced in a matter it was “delighted to announce a price has been concluded with Everton for a send of Romelu Lukaku, theme to a medical personal terms. A serve proclamation will be done in due course.”
Lukaku, who is reported to have been offering salary of over £200,000 a week by United, should have returned to England on Thursday for pre-season training with Everton though instead was graphic training with his tighten crony and a many costly actor in a world, United midfielder Paul Pogba, who he is on holiday with in Los Angeles.
United are due in Los Angeles this weekend for a pre-season tour.
According to British media reports a wilful cause in Lukaku’s conduct being incited towards United and not a lapse to a bar he idolised as a schoolboy Chelsea were Pogba and their representative Mino Raiola.
Raiola did intensely good out of United final year creation an estimated £40m from Pogba’s send from Juventus alone while stablemates Henrykh Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic also assimilated a ‘Red Devils’.
Chelsea reportedly baulked during profitable Raiola’s price for Lukaku’s send nonetheless they had done a identical offer for a player.
Ibrahimovic’s long-term damage suffered in a Europa League compare final deteriorate and a vanishing powers of Rooney have done a constraint of a tip striker needed for Mourinho.
Apparent efforts to pointer Real Madrid’s Alvaro Morata came to zero heading United to switch their courtesy to Lukaku. Ironically Chelsea might now need to kick a trail to Real’s doorway to try and secure Morata’s services.
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