Romelu Lukaku has finally been officially confirmed as a Chelsea player this afternoon after the final paperwork on his deal was sorted out. He will wear the #18 shirt recently vacated by Yury Zhirkov after signing a five-year contract.
The 18-year-old arrives from Anderlecht in a deal believed to be in the region of £18M and Blues boss Andre Villas-Boas confirmed today that he will be in the squad to face West Brom at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
The striker has been training at Cobham for the last week after the clubs agreed a fee but there were continuing issues on completing the final bits of paperwork to allow the deal to go through.
The Belgian international has described his move to West London as ‘a dream come true’, remarking,
“I dreamed to play here since I was 10 years old, thinking about shaking hands with all those players like John Terry and Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba, it’s amazing to arrive here in a big club with big ambition. It was just what I was searching for.”
In his first interview with the official club website he also spoke of his confidence for success at the Bridge this campaign:
“I understand there is a lot of pressure on the team but with the players that we have, so much experience and so much talent, and with a great boss also, you can see that we can be confident we can make a successful season.”
Romelu, welcome to Chelsea Football Club!
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