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Nizaar Kinsella

Romelu Lukaku: Chelsea and Roma ask striker to take £7m pay cut as loan deal finalised

Chelsea and Roma have asked Romelu Lukaku to take a £7million pay cut to sanction his loan move back to Italy.

Lukaku’s £325,000-a-week wages at Chelsea see him earn around £17m a year, a salary out of reach for Roma and the Blues are unwilling to subsidise.

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