Head coach of Belgium national team, Roberto Martinez, has said that Chelsea might need to pay up to £90 million, to bring Romelu Lukaku back to Stamford Bridge.
Lukaku left Chelsea for Everton in July 2014 for £30million and has gone on to become one of the Premier League’s deadliest strikers.
This season, the 23-year-old has scored 21 times and provided six assists, to lead the scoring charts. He has been linked with a return to the Blues.
“It’s difficult to say [if Everton can keep hold of Lukaku],” Martinez, who managed Lukaku for three years at Goodison Park, told FourFourTwo.
“What’s important is that as a club, if you lose a player, you lose him on your own terms. Rom has doubled or trebled the initial fee that Everton paid for him.”
Martinez also says they broke the rules of their financial structure, because they believed in Lukaku’s prospects.
“In my eyes, potentially, he was worth more money. We knew he’d become the player he is now.
“Victor Moses became a really special player with Wigan, Ashley Williams became captain at Swansea, James McCarthy and Gareth Barry were really important for me at Everton.
“But Romelu was different – you were breaking all of the established rules to bring him to the club,” he added.
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