Napoli have signed Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea, organising a reunion with former supervisor Antonio Conte.
The Serie A aspect have paid a set price of £25.2m (€30m) for Lukaku after hurdles involving picture rights had been resolved final week to pave the way in which for his return to Italy.
The 31-year-old has not performed for the Blues for greater than two years, spending the final two seasons on mortgage with Inter Milan after which Roma.
Conte and Lukaku labored collectively at Inter, the place throughout two seasons he scored 64 objectives in 95 video games throughout all competitions.
That satisfied the Blues to re-sign him for a then club-record price of £97.5m in 2021 – however he managed solely 26 Premier League video games and eight objectives throughout his second spell at Stamford Bridge.
Lukaku netted 21 occasions in 47 video games for Roma final season, serving to them attain the Europa League semi-finals.
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