Know How Chelsea Raised Romelu Lukaku 98m Pound Transfer Fee Through The Sales Of Players This Summer

All you need to know about how Chelsea has raised Lukaku’s 98m transfer fee through sales of some of its players in 2021/22 Find out how the deal was sealed right here

Chelsea has made their biggest transfer of all-time this year by signing Belgian-striker Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan. The club has been known to do some great business when it comes to investing the big bucks on some of the brightest footballing talents in the world.

Let’s find out which players were sold by Chelsea to raise Lukaku’s 98m transfer fee.

Chelsea Players Sales This Summer Transfer Window Finance Romelu Lukaku Deal

1. Dynel Simeu (1.5m pounds)

Simeu was a young prospect at Chelsea once. The youngster plays as a centre-back and has now been sent to play for Southampton.

2. Lewis Bate (1.5m pounds)

Bate plays as a midfielder and has also graduated from Chelsea’s academy. The youngster surely has a bright future and has moved permanently to Leeds United to represent their U-23 team.

3. Victor Moses (4m pounds)

A Nigerian International, Moses was sold by Chelsea to Spartak Moscow on a permanent transfer.

4. Olivier Giroud (1m pounds)

After a successful stint at Chelsea where he won a number of trophies, Giroud has made a move to Italy to play for AC Milan.

5. Fikayo Tomori (25m pounds)

Tomori spent his last season with AC Milan on loan and has now permanently moved from Chelsea to Milan. The Nigeria-English player was the first player to leave The Blues this summer.

6. Tino Livramento (5m pounds)

Another youngster from Chelsea’s youth ranks, Livramento has made a permanent move to Southampton. Tino made his debut against Everton last Saturday where Southampton lost 3-1 to Everton.

7. Marc Guehi (20m pounds)

Guehi joined Crystal Palace permanently after not getting enough play-time at Chelsea. Marc played the whole game against Chelsea last Saturday for Palace.

8. Ike Ugbo (5m pounds)

22-year old striker Ugbo had a great season for Cercle Brugge and has now moved to Genk.

9. Tammy Abraham (35M pounds)

Abraham has now officially been signed by AS Roma and he is all set to play under the management of Jose Mourinho from the 2021-22 season.

So this is how Chelsea managed to raise Lukaku’s 98m transfer fee. Got to give it to them for doing some good business.

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