Fabrizio Romano explained that Lukaku had yet to respond to an offer from Inter Milan and added to the complexity of price negotiations with Chelsea's management. Juventus came to enliven the hunt for Lukaku's signature by offering Dusan Vlahovic to Chelsea, a genius move made by Juve's management in this transfer.

Anything can still happen because the transfer market is still long and various possibilities can be explored by clubs that want the services of the player from Belgium.