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Romelu Lukaku is closing in on a return to Inter Milan less than a year since Chelsea forked out a club-record £97.5m to re-sign him... so where does the misfiring striker rank amongst their biggest transfer flops EVER?

Romelu Lukaku is edging closer towards a return to Inter Milan, meaning he looks set to go down as one of the most expensive mistakes in Chelsea's history.

The Blues forked out a club-record £97.5million to prise Lukaku away from Inter last September, which initially appeared a masterstroke when he netted four in goals in his first four appearances.

Yet, a serious injury problem in November marked the beginning of his downfall in SW6, as afterwards the Belgian striker struggled to work his way back into Thomas Tuchel's plans, hit out at his manager in an explosive Sky Italia interview and only scored another five league goals all season.