Antonio Conte has praised Todd Boehly for allowing club-record signing Romelu Lukaku leave on loan this summer back to Italy, a type of decision that the previous owner may not have done.
Since Boehly completed his £4.25billion takeover in the back end of May, all focus on his end has been on sorting out this Chelsea squad for manager Thomas Tuchel. As well as wanting many incomings, the German has indicated a major re-shuffle in certain areas of the team. Key players Antonio Rüdiger and Andreas Christensen have left in defence. This will be followed shortly by Marcos Alonso whose Barcelona move is set to go through imminently.
Up top, Timo Werner has left permanently to re-join RB Leipzig whilst Lukaku himself was the first one up top to get his wish granted of a loan move at the very least back to a club where he played a huge role and helped break the Juventus axis at the top of the league. Hakim Ziyech and Callum Hudson-Odoi could also be off if suitable moves away can be secured for the pair. On the £97.5m man, Conte was the person to get the best out of him in 2020-21 and since his exit from Internazionale himself, the Italian has always held a special place In his heart for a strike who did so much for him and his team on the pitch.
