A 20 million loan fee would be almost exactly the amortized yearly payment amount we owe them. 60 million fee after that would cover the remainder of the amortized payments. It’s either being set up that way very intentionally, or sone reporters can do basic math after using google and are trying to look smart.
The money for the amortized payments was already paid on by Roman to the holding company he used to funnel “debt” to the club though. So unless that money is frozen from use by the club, idk that Chelsea need to clear anything to come even with Lukaku. It’s not like it’s being paid back to Abramovich, or like it came out of the operating budget of the club.
I wouldn’t expect them to get so much for Lukaku. But a lot of his contract, with both clubs, was tied up in “personal branding” from what I understand. So I wouldn’t expect sitting on the bench taking a check to be high on his list either.