Chelsea have re-signed Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan for £97.5m.
The Champions League holders confirmed Lukaku’s return on their official website on Thursday.
The 28-year-old returns to Stamford Bridge on a five-year deal, having left the Blues to join Everton for in 2014.
The fee is just short of the British transfer record of £100m paid by Manchester City for Jack Grealish.
“I came here as a kid who had a lot to learn, now I’m coming back with a lot of experience and more mature,” Lukaku said.
“I have supported Chelsea as a kid and now to be back and try to help them win more titles is an amazing feeling.”
More money has now been spent on Lukaku than any other player in history with clubs paying out a combined figure of about £290m in transfer fees for him.
Two of the top five fees paid for a player in British football history have now been for Lukaku.
Belgium’s all-time top goalscorer is also the most expensive player ever sold by a Serie A club, having become the third most expensive buy in Italian history when he joined Inter in the summer of 2019 from Manchester United for £74m.
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