Chelsea have REJECTED Inter Milan's insufficient £26m offer for wantaway Romelu Lukaku
Chelsea have rejected Inter Milan's latest offer of £26million for Romelu Lukaku.
It is the second bid they've pushed back on from the Serie A side, with Inter having previously tabled a £23m bid to sign the striker, who has been on loan at the club since last summer.
Todd Boehly wants £40m for the Belgian, who turned 30 back in May, but the Italian club have also expressed an interest in singing him on Loan - which the blues will not allow.
They are not the only Italian club looking to sign the centre-forward, though, with league rivals Juventus also interested.
Max Allegri's side are willing to sell striker Dusan Vlahovic to Mauricio Pochettino for as little as £21m, if the London side include Lukaku as part of a swap deal.
The Blues need a new striker, with the club hoping to offload Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang too this summer with his hefty wages having a large impact on their finances.
Mail Sport understands that they have already been in contact with Juve's Serbian forward to become their new striker.
Lukaku joined the blues from Inter Milan for £98m back in 2021 ten years after he arrived in England from RSC Anderlecht in 2011.
But he is now hoping to leave once again after he confessed he was unhappy with head coach Thomas Tuchel and the club in a bombshell interview that dropped last year.
It comes as his Chelsea team-mate Christian Pulisic has today completed a move to AC Milan on a four-year deal.
Pochettino's side are in the midst of a huge summer re-vamp, with Lukaku set to join a growing list of departures from Stamford Bridge.
The Blues had pushed back his return to training, in a bid to allow him more time to resolve his future.
But Mail Sport wrote yesterday that it seems the 30-year-old will not return to
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