I guess this is the best possibility for Lukaku and Roma as well as probably Chelsea as well. I mean sure Chelsea would rather sell him to some Saudi Arabian team for 50 million or something, but the realistic approach was just not have him on their books and not pay his salary and still make some money from him. Roma needed a striker until Abraham returns back, and for as cheap as this price, they won't be able to find anyone even close, and Lukaku wanted to play at a top place in a top league, which he sort of got, sure Roma may not be the best team in Italy, but he is still playing in the league he likes so much, for a top 5-7 level team. This is a good case for everyone.
One of the worst investments Chelsea ever made was signing Lukaku for nothing in the club. $113M is just too ridiculous to buy a player that was above 27 years old and then only to be loaned out for $8M for the same club that sold him, Inter was smart to make money with him and Chelsea was desperate for another Champions League trophy in the bag and yet, the man never participated in the journey, I think Chelsea is bad in making good financial decisions and this thing has been for long right before Toed Boehly bought the club, it will better if the review some of their staffs before they become broke like Barcelona that can not sign big players again due to FFA; Caicedo and Enzo always ring on my head whenever I think about their midfield.
I mean, can we really blame Chelsea though? At that time, Lukaku was performing like he was the best striker in the world. Chelsea saw an opportunity to win the Champions League competition with him.
But of course, things will not go like that. Chelsea made a very bad financial decision. And now he is getting loaned out again. It would definitely be better for Chelsea if they could actually sell him to Saudi League for a good amount of money. But we all know that Lukaku is not really interested in that based on what he was asking for to go to the Saudi league. So of course, if Chelsea can avoid giving him the salary, that is a financial profit for them at this moment. Just imagine him going to the Roma squad and start perform well again. That would be hilarious.