Chelsea set to make over £150m from sales as Loftus-Cheek continues exodus

Ruben Loftus-Cheek made his Premier League debut for Chelsea in the 2014-2015 season. Photo: Getty Images/Justin Tallis

Chelsea Summer Sale. continue to gain momentum after the club agreed with Milan to pay midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

Loftus-Cheek is now set to join the exodus of players from Stamford Bridge for a fee of around 15 million pounds sterling plus allowances, with Milan also interested in Christian Pulisic.

Chelsea will make over £150m from player sales, with Mateo Kovacic moving to Manchester City and Kai Havertz on the verge of moving to Arsenal. Elsewhere, Kalidou Koulibaly will be followed by Hakim Ziyech and Edouard Mendy to Saudi Arabia.

Milan rivals Inter will have further talks with Chelsea this week over a proposed deal to re-sign Romelu Lukaku, who remains determined to stay with the Champions League finalists.

Chelsea have already rejected one offer from Inter to take Lukaku on loan for the season, but the Italians are ready to make a new offer.

Inter are likely to offer to sign Lukaku on loan for the season, but this time with the option to buy him for €30m next summer. Chelsea are expected to push for a commitment rather than an option, but there is a sense in Italy that a deal could be reached. » /> Romelu Lukaku was part of Inter Milan who reached the Champions League final last season. Photo: Reuters/Alberto Lingria

It remains to be seen if Inter could try to sign Lukaku on a permanent basis this summer if they sell goalkeeper Andre Onan, who was of interest to Chelsea and is now a target for Manchester United.

Lukaku said. Chelsea that his priority is to return to Inter, and sources close to the player dismiss the alleged interest from Milan, while the player is unlikely to be interested in the prospect of a move to Juventus.

Chelsea had hoped to sell Lukaka to Saudi club Al Hilal but the Belgian has yet to accept the offer made to him and wants to focus on trying to get back to Inter. Chelsea are keen to find a solution for Lukaku as soon as possible.

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Sources in Italy believe the club's tough sell stance should eventually be eased as everyone the parties acknowledge that forcing Lukaku to return to Chelsea could be damaging.

New head coach Mauricio Pochettino will start at Chelsea next Monday, with the players due from Tuesday. Those who have worked for the national team, including Lukaku, have a longer break.

Ideally, Pochettino does not want to take any wanted players with him to the United States for the Chelsea pre-season tour, from which the team flies out. July 17.

Chelsea therefore need to reach a deal for Lukaku before then to avoid the potentially awkward situation in which the striker could be kept for training.