Chelsea does not want to extend the loan

Last kiss at the Olimpico. Romelu Lukaku he will greet the Roma fans on Sunday evening against Genoa and probably, if he sees them again one day, it will be as an opponent. The loan that began at the end of August is coming to an end and Chelsea does not want to extend it. Big-Rom says goodbye with a bitter taste in his mouth for failing to secure a Europa League final. Access to the Champions League will have to wait until the last minute, but fate is no longer in Roma’s hands. Part of the responsibility also lies with the Belgian, who arrived exhausted at the end of the championship due to the excessive use that was made of him throughout the season: 29 times a starter in Serie A out of 36, 13 out of 14 in the Europa League and 2 out of 2 in the Italian Cup . No one up front was able to replace him and make him catch his breath, from Azmoun who was never incisive, through Belotti (then loaned to Fiorentina), up to Abraham who only returned from injury at the beginning of April. A total of 20 goals scored in his first year, 14 in the Mourinho era and 6 in the De Rossi era. Considering that around 18 million gross were spent on him (7.2 million net for the salary and 5 for the loan), each goal he scored cost Roma almost 900 thousand euros. Calculation to which should be added the assists (4) and the 3817 minutes, mostly quality, that he guaranteed. In direct clashes he was often not ready, like in the one against Inter at San Siro in which the stadium gave him an avalanche of boos. But he managed to score against Fiorentina, Napoli and Juventus. While in the Cup he always scored until the first leg against Feyennord (except Slavia Prague away) and then contributed to the 4-0 against Brighton (the goal made it 2-0).

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However, what is sometimes overlooked is how decisive his goals were. In Serie A they brought 10 points to the table: 1 with Torino, 2 with Frosinone, 2 with Lecce, 1 with Fiorentina, 2 with Verona, 1 with Udinese and 1 with Juventus. Not only that, in the Europa League group thanks to him Roma gained 7 points: 4 with Sheriff (home and away) and 3 with Servette (return). Furthermore, he scored the equalizer in the first leg of the play-off against Feyenoord. Finally, also the draw with Cremonese in the Italian Cup. We should also add to the calculation all the matches he played for the national team from September onwards: these are six as a starter in which he scored eight goals. If you also add these, Lukaku has played a total of 50 matches and there are still two championship matches left. In short, he is the player who has had the most impact together with Dybala and fate dictates that both could say goodbye in the summer. For Romelu, in fact, the chances of remaining in the Giallorossi are slim, he costs a lot, he has a high salary and he is 31 years old. Too many to hypothesize such a costly investment by the Friedkin family (the Blues price him at 37 million pounds). Against him is the second part of the season in which the lows were more than the highs, but the analysis should be done over the entire year. Probably the change of coach, the accumulated tiredness and the wingers who have a very low cross precision coefficient, also had an impact on his performances. Finding such an incisive striker at relatively low cost in the summer will not be easy. Unless Roma and De Rossi intend to bet everything on Abraham.

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