● ROMELU LUKAKU

wants to return to Inter Milan. And he should. He had his chance at Chelsea, and Manchester United, and isn’t good enough for the elite end of the Premier League. Serie A is a rung down the ladder. He could do well there, as he did before. Yet it is not enough just to want a move. The numbers have to add up, too. Chelsea paid £97.5million for Lukaku (above), which no Italian club could afford. He earns £17m a year, plus bonuses. That’s also out of reach. So there is a long way to go yet. Chelsea will require sizeable loan fees, or player exchanges, Lukaku will have to adjust his salary demands, and his agent might not get his usual cut. This has been a very expensive misfire and Lukaku cannot simply walk away from it without cost.