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 £97.5million 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.
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.