Lukaku - Chelsea: Zhang under pressure, transfer uncertain

Romelu Lukaku to Chelsea - for the media from Italy and England, it is only a matter of time when the Belgian will return to Stamford Bridge.

But Milan's "Gazeta delo sport" goes a step further and points out that Inter president Steven Zhang, the only one in the club who wants to sell Lukaku, has now asked for time to think more.

"Zhang asks for time to think", is the headline of the online edition of "Gazeta".

Zhang is under tremendous pressure, even though he is in faraway China at the moment.

The fans have announced protests, allegedly the sports sector (Giusepe Marota, Piero Auzilio and Dario Baćin) do not want to allow the departure of the best player.

"Corriere della Sera" reports that the three of them are thinking of resigning in case the transfer is realized, and the new coach Simone Inzaghi is not satisfied with the situation either.

But Zhangova is the last one.

Allegedly, the only offer that arrived at Inter's address from Chelsea is 100 million euros plus Marcos Alonso, but it is speculated that the "blues" would give 120-130 million for Big Roma.

Today, especially during the pandemic, such an offer is difficult to refuse, but Zhang now wants to carefully consider all options, claims "Gazeta delo sport".

Because Lukaku's departure is equal to a disaster for the "black-and-blues" in terms of sports, after coach Antonio Conte left, followed by right-back Ashraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain).

The problem is that Inter could not direct all the money from the sale of the Belgian goalscorer to reinforcements, but - in the best case - would invest a third of that money.

That is why Duvan Sapata (Atalanta) is mentioned as a replacement for Lukaku, as well as Davide Belotti from Turin.

What "pulls" Zhang to sell Lukaku is the financial situation in the club.

It is known that his company Suning cannot get money out of China to invest, and Inter is already in debt because it recently took out a loan of almost 250 million euros that it has to pay back within three years.

If the payment is late, Suning, as the majority owner, would lose control of Inter.

The departure of Hakimi for almost 70 million, then Lukaku for over 100 - would definitely help Zhang solve the crisis and go to the market to sell Inter.

Zimus rejected an offer of 850 million euros, he is reportedly ready to give up the Milan giant for a billion...

If Zhang changed his mind and kept Lukaku, then the situation from January 2014 would repeat itself.

Seven and a half years ago, namely, the fans put pressure and prevented the then president Erik Tohir from making an exchange with Juventus, according to which Inter would get Montenegrin former ace Mirko Vučinić, and the "old lady" Fredi Guarino...