Roman Abramovich may feel that the whole Romelu Lukaku deal has been very beneficial for his pocket. For an employee of the club to have made just 15 appearances and fetch and still fetch a profit of £10 million on the £18 million that was needed to acquire his services in 2011, is remarkable in purely fiscal terms. With the Belgian having failed to find the back of the net in a Chelsea jersey three years ago, Abramovich perhaps felt the £28 million bid from Everton was an offer too good to refuse. The danger with selling promising players with bags of potential at such a young age, is that their stock inevitably rises. Lukaku has only taken in two loan spells in the Premier League thus far, and has never graced the turf for the Champions League anthem. Yet he has still been linked with multi-million pound moves to the likes of Juventus, Wolfsburg, Real Madrid and Athletico Madrid. He has even caused the infamously penny-pinching Bill Kenwright to smash Evertons transfer record by £13 million to bring him to the club after passing his audition last campaign. With his stock so high across Europe after just two seasons in the Premier League, and out of the Champions League spotlight, it isnt outlandish to imagine that Chelsea could have started to demand £40 million for the Belgian hotshot within three or four seasons, depending on his progress. Perhaps when Lukaku inevitably outgrows his shoes at Goodison Park, we will see just how much reward Kenwright reaps on a fiscal basis, making Abramovichs £28 million look like pittance by comparison.
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Have made a significantly insignificant playing career out of receiving several slaps around the head for not passing the ball.
