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Enraged Inter Milan fans have defaced ANOTHER mural of their former hero Romelu Lukaku as the big-money Chelsea signing issues a heartfelt message to fans of his former club to thank them for “loving me as one of your own”.
The superstar Belgian striker was drafted into Stamford Bridge for a club record fee of £97.5 million ($135 million) last week as Thomas Tuchel attempts to find a remedy to Chelsea’s goalscoring woes.
Italian midfielder Jorginho finished last season as the Blues’ top Premier League goalscorer with seven – each of which came from the penalty spot – and ahead of a presumed challenge to Manchester City’s dominance of the English top flight, a proven goalscorer was top of Tuchel’s shopping list.
And in Lukaku, Chelsea appear to have got what they were looking for. The 28-year-old forward was crucial to Antonio Conte’s successful bid to seize power from Juventus in Serie A as Inter Milan won their first league title since 2010, ending Juve’s nine-year run as Italian football’s pace-setters in the process.
But despite being crucial to the most successful Inter Milan team in a decade, Lukaku’s move to London has been met with fury by some sections of the Inter support – many of whom appear to feel that their iconic former forward has abandoned them in pursuit of glory at the club he supported as a boy.
Furious fans had already destroyed a Lukaku mural outside the club’s San Siro stadium – and the same has happened once more, as another image bearing Lukaku’s image (in which he was clashing with Zlatan Ibrahimovic) has also fallen foul of vengeful graffiti artist..
