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“He’s coming home’ – Drogba hails Lukaku transfer to Chelsea

The Blues are on the verge of landing their man and his arrival has excited their former striker

Chelsea legend Didier Drogba has hailed the return of Romelu Lukaku to the club in a message on his social media pages.

On Saturday, Goal reported that Chelsea had reached an agreement in principle to sign the Belgian striker, with the Inter man’s £98 million ($135m) return to Stamford Bridge set to be officially announced early next week.

The former Ivory Coast striker, who joined Chelsea in July 2004 for £24 million from Marseille, and left after managing 164 goals in 381 appearances, has celebrated the impending arrival of Lukaku on his social media pages.