ROMELU Lukaku has insisted that he does not want to return to Chelsea after his loan spell at Inter Milan.
The Belgium striker is on a season-long loan deal at the Italian club, whom he had left for Chelsea in a £100m deal in August 2021.
He has since struggled with injuries, making only four Serie A appearances and scoring one goal since his return last July.
The 29-year-old also had a poor Qatar 2022 World Cup campaign with Belgium as they crashed out in the first round, and now wants to start firing at Inter in order to secure a permanent move.
“Everyone knows what I want,” Lukaku told Sky Sports Italy today.
“Right now I have to do whatever is necessary with the team to make Inter win and then we can talk to Chelsea.
“The idea is to finish [my career] with Anderlecht. I’m nearly 30, my son started school here and plays in the Inter academy. I’m fine, Inter always has ambition to keep growing.
“I want to stay here and do things right. I hope to do well with Inter in the next six months, work to the maximum and then at the end we talk to Chelsea and hope to find a solution.”
Roberto Martinez was sacked as Belgium coach after the disastrous World Cup campaign, and Lukaku — who missed a slew of chances in their final group game against Croatia — said former France international Thierry Henry should take over the post.
Henry, who won the World Cup with France in 1998, was Martinez’s assistant.
“For me Henry is the next coach of Belgium. There are no doubts, I say it openly: he will be the next coach,” Lukaku said.
“He has the respect of all the players, he has won everything. He knows how to coach, he knows what we have to do to get there. He wants to win, and I don’t think the federation is going to get a coach who wants to change everything and start from scratch.”
The Belgian football authorities have already invited applications from coaches to fill the head coach vacancy.
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