ROME (Reuters) - Romelu Lukaku is a familiar face to Premier League viewers, but the player who completed a 97.5 million pounds ($134.7 million)return to Chelsea on Thursday is, by his own admission, not the same one who departed England two years ago.
“Italy has brought me to another level. I have never felt this strong. I have reached another level, physically and mentally,” Lukaku said in May.
"We talk about the Premier League being physically the toughest league, but the training sessions that we do - nobody trains as hard as us. Never. You are really at your fittest,” Lukaku told Sky Sports in April. The 28-year-old scored 24 league goals and was named Serie A's Most Valuable Player, but the improvement of his overall game was underlined by his tally of 10 assists – second only to Atalanta’s Ruslan Malinovskyi.
He also delivered in the big moments. Lukaku scored two and set one up in a 3-1 win at home to Lazio in February that took Inter above AC Milan and top for the first time in the season.
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