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Daily Mirror
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Daniel Orme

Romelu Lukaku becomes latest victim of Chelsea shirt curse Blues can't shake off

Romelu Lukaku will bring his Chelsea nightmare to an end as he returns to Inter Milan.

Still the Blues’ club record signing, the Belgian will be reunited with his former employers on loan after struggling during his first season back at Stamford Bridge. The £97m signing could not find any consistency in west London and eventually fell out of favour with boss Thomas Tuchel.

Whilst his performances were of varying quality, the blame can’t solely be laid at Lukaku’s door with a number of other big-name strikers having failed at the club after assuming the number nine shirt at Stamford Bridge during the Premier League era.

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