The agent of Romelu Lukaku has seemingly dropped a hint that AC Milan are a potential destination if his client were to leave Chelsea.
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Interviewed by La Repubblica, Federico Pastorello mentioned Milan for the first time among the clubs interested in Lukaku. In a question that concerned a possible return to Inter, the well-known agent also deliberately spoke of the Rossoneri as a plausible destination for his client, but admitted that the uncertainty surrounding Chelsea’s ownership is slowing dialogue.
“Have I spoken with Inter? Much ado about nothing. He has the club and the fans in his heart, he has never hidden it, like the love for Anderlecht where he would like to end his career,” he said (via SempreMilan.it).
“But we cannot hypothesise negotiations. Chelsea have defined the sale of the club, we do not know the interlocutors, let alone if we can open talks with Inter or Milan. We have to wait.”
A recent article on Goal by the reliable Chelsea journalist Nizaar Kinsella claimed that the Rossoneri could offer an escape route to save Lukaku from his Chelsea ‘nightmare’ if the takeover talks ongoing between Investcorp and Elliott Management are successful.
He was signed for €120m last summer but Milan’s hopes rest on Chelsea getting new owners soon who would accept selling Lukaku for a loss, and Marco Bellinazzo of Il Sole 24 Ore suggested that if the Bahrain-based fund buy the Rossoneri it might just be possible.
