Inter confirm Lukaku loan from Chelsea with bizarre Shakespeare sonnet

Inter Milan have officially confirmed the loan signing of Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea using a bizarre video that features the striker along with the words from a sonnet by William Shakespeare. 

Lukaku's move to the Italian giants was as good as completed at the end of June when Chelsea confirmed that their £98million buy from the Serie A side last summer was on his way back to the San Siro in a temporary switch for one season at a cost of £6.9million.

But Inter have left it late to officially unveil him to supporters, before uploading a video to welcome him to the club on Tuesday night.

The video contains the striker sitting facing a camera, with frequent cut-away clips to his previous spell at the Italian club where his goals helped power them to the 2020-21 league title.

Alongside the images, the words of Shakespeare's Sonnet 109 are spoken and appear on screen.

The 70-second clip then cuts to a beaming Lukaku saying 'I'm Romelu, I'm Inter' in its conclusion.

Inter posted the video onto the website as well as their Twitter account, with a caption reading 'Thank you to William Shakespeare for the words. Oh Romelu, Romelu, welcome home.' 

O, never say that I was false of heart,

Though absence seem'd my flame to qualify.

As easy might I from myself depart

As from my soul, which in thy breast doth lie:

That is my home of love: if I have ranged,

Like him that travels I return again,

Just to the time, not with the time exchanged,

So that myself bring water for my stain. 

Never believe, though in my nature reign'd

All frailties that besiege all kinds of blood,

That it could so preposterously be stain'd,

To leave for nothing all thy sum of good;

For nothing this wide universe I call,

Save thou, my rose; in it thou art my all.

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