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Chelsea want Romelu Lukaku as their main summer signing.
The newly crowned Champions League champions want to boost their striking options ahead of next season when they want to make a sustained title challenge.
And they have identified former striker Lukaku as the ideal man to lead their front line.
Lukaku has just come off the back of a fine season with Inter Milan, helping them win their first Serie A tile in a decade.
But the Chinese company that owns the Italian club have made it clear that there have to be substantial cost savings and that at least €100 million has to be raised from the same of players.
That decision has already seen manager Antonio Conte leave the club and more departures are expected.
The Belgian international joined Chelsea from Anderlecht as a teenager, but only made a handful of senior appearances for them without scoring, before he moved to West Brom and Everton, initially loan, before joining the Toffees full time.
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