Romelu Lukaku Willing To Cut His Salary Half To Join Napoli

Romelu Lukaku. (Instagram.com/@romelululukaku)

JAKARTA - Romelu Lukaku has ambitions to join Napoli this summer.

For that purpose, the player who is still in Chelsea uniform is even willing to cut half his salary.

Last season, Lukaku became a player on loan to AS Roma.

When he returned this season he was not included in The Blues' plans for next season.

Due to this situation, Chelsea began offering the player services to a number of clubs in order to leave Stamford Bridge.

However, in fact, the Belgian striker already has a goal, namely Napoli.

The Italian club was targeted by Lukaku because he wanted to reunite with his former coach at Inter Milan, Antonio Conte.

Because of this determination, Lukaku also rejected all offers that came from other clubs, including Saudi Arabian League clubs.

But for the wishes of the real Chelsea and Napoli players, they still don't agree on the price.

According to the Italian Football report, it was followed on Sunday, July 21, beyond Chelsea and Napoli's efforts, the player had personally agreed to be part of the Partenopei squad.

Reportedly, Lukaku is ready to sign a three-year contract with the 2022/2023 Italian League champion.

The contract value itself is reported to be 6 million Euros or around Rp. 105.9 billion per season and added bonuses related to its performance.

This figure is clearly far below the salary he receives per season at Chelsea, which is 11 million Euros or equivalent to Rp194 billion.

The 31-year-old forward really just wanted to join Napoli.

But the problem is, the figures requested by the Blues are still above the price that can be paid by the Italian League giant.

The report stated that Chelsea is ready to lower the price of Lukaku from 44 million euros or equivalent to Rp777 billion to 35 million euros or equivalent to Rp618 billion only plus bonuses.

However, Napoli were only able to bid at 25 million euros or IDR 441.5 billion.

Further negotiations are also predicted to be held next week to minimize price differences between the two sides to smooth Lukaku's way to Napoli.

Reportedly, Antonio Conte's team was reluctant to pay big fees for the former Manchester United striker because they were still waiting for Viktor Osimhen's sale to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) so they could get fresh funds.