{"id":409340,"date":"2011-04-30T07:38:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T07:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/30\/chelsea-leading-chase-for-27m-romelu-lukaku-but-must-sell-two-strikers-before-they-can-buy-anderlecht-wonderkid\/"},"modified":"2011-04-30T07:38:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T07:38:00","slug":"chelsea-leading-chase-for-27m-romelu-lukaku-but-must-sell-two-strikers-before-they-can-buy-anderlecht-wonderkid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/30\/chelsea-leading-chase-for-27m-romelu-lukaku-but-must-sell-two-strikers-before-they-can-buy-anderlecht-wonderkid\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea leading chase for \u00a327m Romelu Lukaku but must sell two strikers before they can buy Anderlecht wonderkid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>30 Apr 2011 08:38:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"85.508931965\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Romelu Lukaku (RSCA.be)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/90e8c7aa121736_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Romelu Lukaku (RSCA.be)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"16.0834403081\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE<\/strong><br \/>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2989\/wayne-veysey\/archive\/1\">Wayne Veysey<\/a> | Chief Correspondent<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> are ready to swoop for Belgian teenager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/belgium\/36519\/romelu-lukaku\">Romelu Lukaku<\/a> next month but a move for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/belgium\/204\/anderlecht\">Anderlecht<\/a> striker depends on the exit of two forwards from Stamford Bridge, <strong>Goal.com<\/strong> can reveal.<\/p>\n<p>Lukaku has long been near the top of Chelsea&#8217;s summer shopping list, and the 17-year-old has continued his fine scoring form with 14 in the Belgian league so far this season, just one short of his tally for last year.<\/p>\n<p>With Fernando Torres arriving for \u00a350 million in January and Daniel Sturridge likely to return to Chelsea after impressing on loan at Bolton, Salomon Kalou appears to be on his way out of Stamford Bridge, with one of Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka set to follow to pave the way for Lukaku&#8217;s arrival.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>MORE ON ROMELU LUKAKU&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\nAnderlecht are resigned to losing the striker, who turns 18 in May, but have quoted suitors a \u20ac30million (\u00a326.8m) asking price.<\/p>\n<p>The Europe-wide chase for Lukaku is being led by Premier League clubs, with Tottenham, Manchester City and Everton making their interest in the player clear as well as Chelsea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that his dream is to go to the Premier League but we have to see what the possibilities are,&#8221; Anderlecht general manager Herman van Holsbeeck told <strong>Goal.com<\/strong>. &#8220;We have spoken to clubs who are interested in the player but I think one club from the Premier League really want the player. We are talking about big money, so we will see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that Belgium\u2019s most successful club would accept an upfront fee of \u20ac20m (\u00a317.7m) for Lukaku, plus another \u20ac5m (\u00a34.4m) of performance-related add-ons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur competition finishes in 14 days \u2013 then we will see the future of the player,\u201d added van Holsbeeck. \u201cThe teams who are interested are mainly from the Premier League and in the weeks that are coming we will talk if a club wants to pay the money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Lukaku, whose style of play has been likened to that of his hero Drogba, is a boyhood Chelsea fan, he told <strong>Goal.com<\/strong> in January that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/01\/17\/2309039\/romelu-lukaku-i-have-rejected-arsenal-and-chelsea-but-i-am-ready-\">he would love to play for any of the big clubs in the Premier League<\/a> and said a switch to England in the summer is \u201cmore likely\u201d than a move to Spain or Germany, his next most favoured destinations.<\/p>\n<div><em>Follow the Premier League <strong>LIVE<\/strong> on Goal.com:<br \/>Commentaries, Stats, Player Ratings and much more,<br \/>Visit Goal.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/live-scores\/fixtures?tab=all\">Live Scores<\/a>!<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/90e8c7aa121736_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/30\/2463579\/chelsea-leading-chase-for-27m-romelu-lukaku-but-must-sell\" title=\"Chelsea leading chase for \u00a327m Romelu Lukaku but must sell two strikers before they can buy Anderlecht wonderkid\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea leading chase for \u00a327m Romelu Lukaku but must sell two strikers before they can buy Anderlecht wonderkid<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 30 Apr 2011 08:38:00 Romelu Lukaku (RSCA.be) Related Links Teams Players EXCLUSIVE By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent Chelsea are ready to swoop for Belgian teenager Romelu Lukaku next month but a move for the Anderlecht striker depends on the exit of two forwards from Stamford Bridge, Goal.com can reveal. Lukaku has long been near the top of Chelsea&#8217;s summer shopping list, and the 17-year-old has continued his fine scoring form with 14 in the Belgian league so far this season, just one short of his tally for last year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-409340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chelsea leading chase for \u00a327m Romelu Lukaku but must sell two strikers before they can buy Anderlecht wonderkid - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/30\/chelsea-leading-chase-for-27m-romelu-lukaku-but-must-sell-two-strikers-before-they-can-buy-anderlecht-wonderkid\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Chelsea leading chase for \u00a327m Romelu Lukaku but must sell two strikers before they can buy Anderlecht wonderkid - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"30 Apr 2011 08:38:00 Romelu Lukaku (RSCA.be) Related Links Teams Players EXCLUSIVE By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent Chelsea are ready to swoop for Belgian teenager Romelu Lukaku next month but a move for the Anderlecht striker depends on the exit of two forwards from Stamford Bridge, Goal.com can reveal. 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