Crisis club Chelsea could lose Thomas Tuchel, Romelu Lukaku and all out-of-contract players - Paper Round

Inter want Lukaku back Spanish newspaper Marca reports that Inter Milan will try to re-sign Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea after the London club descended into a potential crisis following the ban on their sale. There are a couple of problems, which is that Chelsea are unlikely to be willing to take a hit on their 115 million outlay, so a loan may be attempted instead, and the Belgian will have to reduce his salary from 12.5m euros a season to 7.5m plus add-ons.

Ad/> /> TransfersManchester City agree Haaland terms as Mbappe chooses Real Madrid — Paper Round20 HOURS AGO Paper Round’s view: Lukaku has already annoyed his current club and its fans with a provocative interview earlier in the season, and his form is also fairly unimpressive. With the club perhaps searching for money for somewhere while they are cut off from Roman Abramovich, they might welcome a quick sale back to Inter, or at least a loan to cut their wage spend.

Read the full story Chelsea make transfer plea The Telegraph reports that Chelsea are pleading with the government to be released from some of the current restrictions placed upon them following the freezing of Roman Abramovich’s assets. As a result of the freeze, Chelsea cannot sign any players, nor can they extend player contracts, which is tough as Antonio Rudiger, Cesar Azpilicueta and Andreas Christensen are all out of contract.

/> Paper Round’s view: While Chelsea have thousands of fans who will be affected by the problems at their club, we should remember that they have been heartily signing Abramovich’s name during the war in Ukraine, and over the last two decades when all the information you needed about the owner was easily read on the internet. Perhaps some suffering is deserved.