Napoli fine for Lukaku revealed as summer exit looms

La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that Romelu Lukaku has received a €150,000 fine from Napoli, equivalent to 20% of his gross monthly salary, as the Belgian’s summer exit appears inevitable.

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Lukaku has received a €150,000 fine from his club Napoli, 20% of his gross monthly salary, according to Gazzetta.

Lukaku returned to Naples from Belgium after over two weeks and met club director Giovanni Manna on Monday.

The Partenopei allowed Lukaku to return to Antwerp but retained 20% of his monthly gross salary, as the striker had spent the previous two weeks away from the club without consent.

As several sources, including TMW, claim, Lukaku’s summer exit now seems inevitable.

The striker’s agent, Federico Pastorello, was also involved in the meeting on Monday and will be tasked with finding a new club for his client, who has one more year left in his contract at the Stadio Maradona.

Lukaku, 32, suffered a serious muscle injury at the beginning of the season, which forced him to the sidelines in the first part of the campaign.

Lukaku has only scored one goal in seven appearances this season, none as a starter.

According to various sources, Lukaku didn’t meet Antonio Conte on Monday, but the striker hopes to be fit for the last three Serie A games of the season and will spend the next two weeks in Belgium to regain full fitness.