Lukaku reunites with Mourinho

Romelu Lukaku ended his standoff with Chelsea by arriving in the Italian capital on Tuesday with the aim of joining Roma on a season-long loan deal that would see the Belgium striker look to revive his career in a third spell under coach Jose Mourinho.

Throngs of yellow-and-red clad Roma fans greeted Lukaku at the Ciampino airport as he descended from a plane flown by Roma's American owner Dan Friedkin.

Lukaku was undergoing a medical with Roma immediately after his arrival and then can sign with the Giallorossi.

The cost of the loan for the 30-year-old Lukaku is reportedly 8 million pounds ($10 million), taking the cumulative transfer fees spent on the former Manchester United, Everton and Inter Milan forward to nearly 300 million pounds (around $375 million) — second only to Neymar in soccer history.

Chelsea certainly hasn't got its money's worth out of Lukaku since he joined from Inter for a club-record fee of $135 million in August 2021 for a second spell at the west London team.

Agencies via Xinhua