Take it or Leave it, Manchester United signing of Romelu Lukaku from Everton has put them in the driving seat for the Premier League title challenge next season.
Though, the script initially had a different twist.
English Champions Chelsea were in pole position to sign the Belgium striker .In fact, had the move materialised, it would have been the perfect love story.
Lukaku, 24, joined Chelsea for a fee reported to be around €12 million (£10 million), rising to €20 million (£17 million) in add-ons in August, 2011.
Lukaku (left) in Chelsea in 2011
On 13 May 2012, he started his first Premier League match, against Blackburn Rovers, and turned in a man of the match performance, providing an assist for John Terry’s opener.
Unfortunately though, the striker spent majority of the season playing for the reserves.
Angry at not getting enough game time, a loan to West Brom and Everton came along as he slowly departed from Stamford Bridge.
He was so anxious to leave Chelsea that, in 2012, after Chelsea won the UEFA Champions League, he refused to hold the trophy as ‘he didn’t feel like a winner’.
So it was met with positives when Blues boss Antonio Conte was interested in bringing back the Belgium international to Stamford Bridge especially with the imminent departure of Diego Costa.
Conte won the Premier League title for Chelsea in his first season
Lukaku had something to prove.
After conquering the par challenge of playing for a mid table team like Everton; scoring 53 goals in 110 appearances, a move to a big club like Chelsea under the tutelage of the excellent Conte is the ideal stepping stone to a better career which would see him win big trophies and other personal achievements.
Perfect twilight story right eh? Not quite.
Well the sagacious Jose Mourinho stepped in- And after several calls and clandestine meetings- Romelu Lukaku magically changed his mind and instead headed North West to Manchester.
Though Chelsea have made amends with the signing of Alvaro Morata, Romelu Lukaku is ostensibly the better choice- considering his Premier League experience and better goal ratio.
Romelu Lukaku is a better choice to Alvaro Morata
Morata may need time to settle to the fast paced and rigorous nature of the Premier League, whilst Lukaku will just hit the ground running next season.
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