Premier League Romelu Lukaku is in the digital nieuwsplatform OTRO, which focuses on the life next to the sport of the absolute stars from the football, go back on his transfer from Everton to Manchester United. “My friends were perplexed,” he said. They thought of course that he would return to Chelsea…
It was the transfersoap of the summer of 2017: Romelu Lukaku, left, after three seasons in which he accounted for 53 goals, and Everton he chose Manchester United eventually above high school sweetheart, Chelsea. The Mancunians paid the initial 85 million euros for Lukaku and with bonuses, the amount can ultimately amount to 101.8 million. His guaranteed salary in his five contractjaren hovering around 275,000 euros gross per week, which equates to around 14 million gross per year. Without bonuses, that is .
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In Six Steps, a new series of news medium OTRO, picks up Big Rom off with an anecdote that took place when the transfer in a decisive move. “There were two teams interested and I was walking with friends when my phone rang. It was José Mourinho, but that I let my friends not know. “Yes, yes,” I said, followed by, “Ok boss,” to which I inhaakte. My buddies all looked at me. ‘What was this all about?’, they asked, to which I said that they are with their own affairs had to interfere. ‘We wrap up the transfer next week. This is the offer, this is what’s going to happen, bla bla bla . I want that player, that player and you in the rush hour. As we go through this and I’ll see you in two weeks in Los Angeles, was also still on the phone.”
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“My friends had no idea who it was. They were convinced that I was to the other team (Chelsea, ed.) would go. But after a phone call you go to the thinking. “This is a plus, that is a plus…’ Furthermore, Everton do not immediately agree with Chelsea, then I bite the bullet. “What are you going to do?’, asked my friends. I put today my medical tests, ” I said. “What, where are you going?’ Everyone thought the other team would be, but I said ‘ Nah , I go to Manchester United.’ My comrades stood speechless. I signed the contract and the deal was completed.”
