Romelu Lukaku reveals how Jose Mourinho hijacked his move to Chelsea

Inter Milan new boy Romelu Lukaku has revealed a phone call from Jose Mourinho caused him to snub Chelsea in favour of Manchester United.

The Reds forked out £75million to secure the Belgian’s signing from Everton in the summer of 2017.

Speaking on the LightHarted podcast, Lukaku said: “I was gone, I was going to Chelsea.”

Before he added: “I was in New York – I get a phone call from this number and I’m like, ‘Who’s this?’ Pick up, Jose Mourinho. ‘Rom, how are you doing?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, what’s up, boss?’

“I’m gonna get you back, we’re gonna pay £75m plus £15m in bonuses by next week, so I expect you in LA. So go and do your s**t in LA and I’ll see you after [in pre-season]. I felt the dude was lying, like ‘I’ll see you’.

“Then the next thing I know, I wake up and had to go back to Everton on the July 7 and July 6, I wake up in the morning and I see they’ve agreed the deal, so I’m like, ‘Man! They came in hard!”