Lukaku first signed for Chelsea as a boy but his second coming is as a man.
Almost 10 years to the day that Chelsea brought in Romelu Lukaku as an 18-year-old from Anderlecht, the now 28-year-old made a return to Stamford Bridge to finally fulfill a mission with the club he supported as a boy.
Lukaku returns via a hefty $135 million transfer fee and he will be the club’s top earner gazumping the £280,000 paid to N’Golo Kante.details the first signing as a boy with impressionable eyes-looking to play with Didier Drogba. In his first words, Lukaku said, “I’m happy and blessed to be back at this wonderful club,” Lukaku told the Chelsea website. “It’s been a long journey for me: I came here as a kid who had a lot to learn, now I’m coming back with a lot of experience and more mature.”“The relationship I have with this club means so much to me, as you know. I have supported Chelsea as a kid and now to be back and try to help them win more titles is an amazing feeling.
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