The Belgian international will undergo a medical examination on Wednesday before putting a one-year contract on paper and he looked in good spirits when he arrived at Milan airport around 06:30 Italian time.
Lukaku was assaulted by reporters as he walked to his car, answered a few questions briefly and posed with a blue and black Inter scarf for photos.
Asked for his thoughts on sealing a move back to the Nerazzurri after a frustrating year at Stamford Bridge, Lukaku smiled and told reporters, “I’m very happy to be back!”
The 29-year-old will now undergo medical tests before Inter officially confirm the deal later in the day, with Lukaku on loan until the end of the season.
Inter have agreed to cover the forward’s full salary and have paid a guaranteed loan fee of € 8 million (£ 6 million), although several performance-related additions could bring the package closer to £ 10 million.
Lukaku no longer appeared in Thomas Tuchel’s plans and both the player and his manager were eager to part ways – even if only temporarily – with co-owner Todd Boehly agreeing to approve the loan.
The former Everton and Manchester United forward remains Chelsea’s record signing, which left Inter in a £ 97.5m deal just a year ago, but he scored just eight Premier League goals in his second stint in the West. -London.
Lukaku also felt like he was a poor stylistic match for the brand of football that Tuchel likes to play, while making controversy in court and losing support from fans when he conducted an interview indicating that he regretted the move.
The Belgian told Sky Sport Italia in December that he was “not happy with the situation” at Chelsea and also apologized to Inter fans, saying he wanted to return while he was still in his heyday.
“I want to say a big apology to the Inter fans because I think the way I left should have been different,” he said, after publicly declaring his commitment to the club to move to Chelsea shortly thereafter. departure.
“I really hope in the depths of my heart to return to Inter, not at the end of my career, but at a still good level to hopefully win more.”
Lukaku got his wish – perhaps sooner than he expected – although Inter’s fans did not welcome him back with open arms with the fan group Curva Nord who said they did not forgive him for “betraying” the club. not.
The striker scored 64 goals in 96 games in all competitions for Inter and was the club’s top scorer in each of his two seasons, firing the team to their first Serie A title in 11 years.
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