I agree with you. Lukaku is 31 years old and although that is not old enough, I think Lukaku is past his prime. Lukaku scored 21 goals last season but to be honest his performance at Euro 2024 was really very bad. According to the official UEFA website, at Euro 2024 Lukaku had 10 attempts and was the second most at the Euro. But Lukaku didn't score a single goal. This shows that Lukaku has a fairly poor level of finishing and I have seen several times how Lukaku failed to convert opportunities into goals.
How would Antonio Conte want to use Romelu Lukaku as a main striker next season. Each time I hear that Conte wants to reunite with the Belgian, I just feel that the coach is overestimating him. Lukaku would be good as a standby substitute just like Carlo Ancelotti used Joselu in Real Madrid. Lukaku is not a consistent striker that a club can depend on for goals. Most players that I expected to put up a good performance in the EURO are just disappointing and Lukaku is one of them. Maybe we might see the best of Lukaku from the second round of th competition.
Here it says that they are actually probably going for Lukaku and Abraham. I do not know how good of an idea this is to actually rely on them Lukaku is not in good form right now. At least not as a striker. And Abraham has missed almost the whole season because of injuries if I recall correctly. so this is going to be a big risk for Milan. High-risk, high-reward move.
Milan is known for making effective use of old players and some examples are the case of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Olivier Giroud. Bringing on Lukaku and Tammy Abraham will be a big gamble. Tammy has been injury-prone this period and Lukaku is not in top form, so I doubt if they will be productive. Lukaku and Tammy are also expensive when considering their wage bills. It will be for Milan to invest in a young player with a smaller wage to enable them have a sound account.