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Romelu Lukaku 'personally arranged his return to Inter Milan by phoning manager Simone Inzaghi on his birthday and asking to come back to the San Siro'.
The £98million Belgian striker is poised to re-sign for his old club Inter on loan after just one underwhelming season with Chelsea.
The two clubs are close to an agreement after Inter upped their initial loan fee of £6m to £8.5m with add-ons.
Romelu Lukaku (right) reportedly called Simone Inzaghi (right) back in April to set the wheels in motion on his loan move back to Inter Milan from Chelsea
The £97.5million Belgian striker is poised to return to the San Siro on loan for next season
And it has emerged in Italy that Lukaku took the lead in pushing through the comeback, bypassing even his agent Federico Pastorello, by picking up the phone to Inzaghi over two months ago.
Corriere dello Sport say the call took place at 8.30am on April 5 and after wishing the coach a happy 46th birthday, Lukaku reportedly asked: 'Mister, what can I do to return to Inter?'
The conversation came the day before Chelsea played their crunch Champions League quarter-final, first leg against Real Madrid.
Lukaku helped Inter win the Scudetto during two successful seasons there before making the return to Chelsea last year
They lost the match 3-1, with Karim Benzema scoring a stunning hat-trick, and Lukaku wasted one of Chelsea's best opportunities on the night as he headed wide when well placed.
Indeed, with Milan clearly on his mind, Lukaku didn't score in the entire month of April and for over a month after calling Inzaghi.
Chelsea fans reacted furiously to the revelation on social media, branding Lukaku a 'snake'.
One wrote 'shocking professionalism' while another said: 'Just get him out. Elimination of his bad vibes will improve the team's
