Romelu Lukaku has ended his second spell with Chelsea after his transfer to Napoli was confirmed on Thursday.
Lukaku, who spent final season on mortgage with Roma, has signed a three-year contract for a reported £38million charge, reuniting with former Inter coach Antonio Conte.
The Belgian scored 15 targets in 44 appearances in all competitions throughout his second spell at Stamford Bridge after his £97.5m transfer from Inter in 2021.
Lukaku’s 24 Serie A strikes helped Conte win Inter’s nineteenth title within the 2020-21 marketing campaign, however upon his return to Stamford Bridge, he discovered himself surplus to necessities after an underwhelming first season.
The striker returned to Inter on mortgage earlier than becoming a member of Roma final time period, scoring 21 targets in 47 appearances, seven of which got here within the Europa League as I Giallorossi reached the semi-finals of the competitors.
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— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) August 29, 2024
He produced an anticipated targets (xG) of 0.33 per 90 final season, the third-highest of the gamers in Roma’s squad in Serie A, behind Paulo Dybala (0.48) and Sardar Azmoun (0.47).
Amongst Roma gamers, solely Dybala (10.59) registered extra anticipated targets in Serie A final season than Lukaku (9.83).
Lukaku additionally led Roma’s squad in photographs (65) and photographs on the right track (28) within the league final time period. Nevertheless, his 20% shot conversion price ranked sixth finest out of the gamers to function for the membership no less than 10 instances in Italy’s high flight.
Lukaku has scored 47 targets in 72 appearances underneath Conte in Europe’s high 5 leagues, at a median of 125 minutes per objective. Underneath no coach has Lukaku scored extra targets than Conte.
