Romelu Lukaku joins Fenerbahce on permanent transfer from Napoli

Fenerbahce have completed the signing of Romelu Lukaku from Napoli on a permanent deal.

Earlier this summer, Napoli completed the permanent signing of Rasmus Hojlund in a €44million (£38m; $51.4m) transfer from Manchester United, following a season-long loan, opening the door for a permanent Lukaku departure.

Fenerbahce have this summer already signed striker Vedat Muriqi, who scored 23 goals in La Liga for Real Mallorca last season, alongside Mason Greenwood from Marseille and defender Nathan Ake from Manchester City.

Romelu Lukaku Fenerbahçemizde! #BigRom pic.twitter.com/jlr5yq281K

— Fenerbahçe SK (@Fenerbahce) August 12, 2026

Injury issues last season limited Lukaku to just seven club appearances, but he did feature in all six games as Belgium reached the quarter-final stage of this summer’s World Cup, where he scored three goals.

He was reunited with his former Chelsea and Inter head coach Antonio Conte at Napoli, scoring 14 league goals as the club won Serie A in 2024-25. A left thigh injury sustained in pre-season last year sidelined him for much of the 2025-26 campaign.

Per ogni pallone difeso,
Per ogni gol segnato
Grazie Romelu!

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— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) August 12, 2026

Lukaku previously enjoyed the most productive run of his career under Conte at Inter, scoring 34 and 30 goals in 2019-20 and 2020-21 respectively. He helped them reach the Europa League final before winning the Italian title and then joined Chelsea for £97.5million in 2021.

The move to Chelsea, his second spell at the club, lasted just one season before season-long loan moves to Inter — reaching the 2022-23 Champions League final — and then Roma, prior to joining Napoli permanently in 2024.