By Victor Kanayo
Belgium football star Romelu Lukaku has now linked up with his former boss Antonio Conte at Napoli.
This followed the completion of a permanent move out of Chelsea.
This was disclosed by Napoli, former Serie A champions on Thursday.
Confirming the switch via social media handle, Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis said the deal is worth 30 million euros ($33.2 million)..
Napoli currently sits 11th in Serie A after a crushing defeat at Verona and convincing win over Bologna in their first two matches of the new season.
Lukaku’s move to Napoli keeps him in Italy, at his third club in as many years after loan spells at Inter Milan and Roma.
The 31-year-old was the idol of Inter fans when he fired their team to the Serie A title in 2021 under Conte before being sold for well over 100 million euros to Chelsea that summer.
But Lukaku flopped on his return to Stamford Bridge, and that massive fee left him in limbo as clubs refused to meet the Premier League club’s valuations for a sale.
It led to an underwhelming year on loan back at Inter in the 2022/23 season during which he was dogged by injury and largely kept out of the team by Edin Dzeko.
