{"id":463248,"date":"2011-07-18T12:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/18\/chelsea-prepared-to-let-daniel-sturridge-go-to-make-room-for-22m-romelu-lukaku\/"},"modified":"2011-07-18T12:12:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T12:12:00","slug":"chelsea-prepared-to-let-daniel-sturridge-go-to-make-room-for-22m-romelu-lukaku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/18\/chelsea-prepared-to-let-daniel-sturridge-go-to-make-room-for-22m-romelu-lukaku\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea prepared to let Daniel Sturridge go to make room for \u00a322m Romelu Lukaku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>18 Jul 2011 13:12:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"76.8436443543\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Romelu Lukaku (RSCA.be)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/121700\/121736_news.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=\"35.7217336683\"><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 willing to listen to offers for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/15696\/daniel-sturridge\">Daniel Sturridge<\/a>, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/110\/everton\">Everton<\/a> the latest club to show an interest, as they remain on course to sign Belgian wonderkid <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/belgium\/36519\/romelu-lukaku\">Romelu Lukaku<\/a>, <strong>Goal.com<\/strong> has learned.<\/p>\n<p>New Stamford Bridge manager Andre Villas-Boas privately acknowledges that it is unworkable for the club to retain five senior forwards as well as sign Lukaku from Anderlecht.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal.com<\/strong> understands that Chelsea are still strongly pursuing a move for Lukaku and that negotiations for the 18-year-old will continue this week.<\/p>\n<p>They are being led by Anderlecht general manager Herman van Holsbeeck, who was in London last week and is hopeful of wrapping up a deal within weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Reports last week had suggested that Arsenal were poised to hijack Chelsea&#8217;s attempts to sign Lukaku, but <strong>Goal.com<\/strong> understands that interest from the Emirates never went any further than an initial enquiry.<\/p>\n<p>Anderlecht are holding out for a \u00a322 million package for Lukaku, although they accept that around \u00a34.5m of that will be made up of performance-related add-ons. Talks have centred on how much the Belgian club will receive up front for a player that Chelsea first tried to sign as a 13-year-old and who they have been closely following for the last 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>It has been reported that Lukaku&#8217;s father, Roger, a former professional footballer, holds a 25 per cent stake in the economic rights of his son, who signed a new Anderlecht contract last year. However, sources close to the family have denied that the Belgian club will have to hand over a percentage of any deal.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c4\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/129700\/129781hp2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><br \/><strong>Eye-catching |<\/strong> Sturridge could be loaned out again following his success at Bolton<span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Although Villas-Boas has described Sturridge as &#8220;a very interesting player with a big future&#8221;, the player&#8217;s camp are pushing for a significant role at the club this season or a move away from Stamford Bridge, either on loan or permanently.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"36\"><span readability=\"12\"><br \/>With Fernando Torres, Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka and Salomon Kalou all potentially ahead of Sturridge in the pecking order, the 21-year-old has been the subject of great interest from mid-ranking Premier League clubs following his productive loan spell at Bolton Wanderers last season.<\/p>\n<p>Bolton boss Owen Coyle is keen on another loan deal for a player who scored eight goals in 12 games for the Trotters last season, while Stoke City and West Brom have also been linked with the forward.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle United are distancing themselves from a move for Sturridge but <strong>Goal.com<\/strong> understands that Everton manager David Moyes is a big admirer and has made initial enquiries.<\/p>\n<p>Moyes is keen on effective back-up for the injury-prone Louis Saha but needs to sort out the future of Nigerian striker Yakubu, who is considered expendable at Goodison Park.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><strong><span>Follow Wayne Veysey on<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wayneveysey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c6\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"18\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/18\/2579951\/chelsea-prepared-to-let-daniel-sturridge-go-to-make-room-for-22m-\" title=\"Chelsea prepared to let Daniel Sturridge go to make room for \u00a322m Romelu Lukaku\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea prepared to let Daniel Sturridge go to make room for \u00a322m Romelu Lukaku<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 18 Jul 2011 13:12:00 Romelu Lukaku (RSCA.be) Related Links Teams Players EXCLUSIVE By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent Chelsea are willing to listen to offers for Daniel Sturridge , with Everton the latest club to show an interest, as they remain on course to sign Belgian wonderkid Romelu Lukaku , Goal.com has learned. New Stamford Bridge manager Andre Villas-Boas privately acknowledges that it is unworkable for the club to retain five senior forwards as well as sign Lukaku from Anderlecht<\/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-463248","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 prepared to let Daniel Sturridge go to make room for \u00a322m Romelu Lukaku - 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\/07\/18\/chelsea-prepared-to-let-daniel-sturridge-go-to-make-room-for-22m-romelu-lukaku\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Chelsea prepared to let Daniel Sturridge go to make room for \u00a322m Romelu Lukaku - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"18 Jul 2011 13:12:00 Romelu Lukaku (RSCA.be) Related Links Teams Players EXCLUSIVE By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent Chelsea are willing to listen to offers for Daniel Sturridge , with Everton the latest club to show an interest, as they remain on course to sign Belgian wonderkid Romelu Lukaku , Goal.com has learned. 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