How much does Romelu Lukaku earn and what is the Belgian star’s net worth?

Nicholas Hughes

• Updated: 1 Mar 2022 12:28 GMT
• 9 min read

No player has had more money spent on transfer fees for his services than Belgian and current Chelsea star Romelu Lukaku.

As of February 2022, Lukaku has made five permanent transfers, with a total cumulative sum of a staggering €335 million.

With all of those moves has come some astronomical salaries, with Lukaku playing for some of the world’s top football clubs in Chelsea (twice), Manchester United and Inter Milan.

Lukaku has become a star in a golden age for Belgium, representing his country over 100 times and shining across Europe, most recently winning a Serie A title and Player of the Year honours with Inter in the 2020/21 season.

As one of the game’s biggest stars in an increasingly lucrative business, Lukaku has amassed a huge amount of earnings over his career, and that will surely continue to grow.

What is Romelu Lukaku’s net worth?

Lukaku is believed to have a net worth of around $20m USD. At the time of writing, the conversion equates to around €17.5m or £14.7m.

While that isn’t quite enough at this stage to challenge some of the top earners in football, it is still a handy amount of money that Lukaku has earned over a successful career to date.

The 28-year-old has peaked into one of the top centre forwards in the modern game, and his net worth could rise as more accolades continue to come his way.

How much does Romelu Lukaku earn?

Upon signing a lucrative contract with Chelsea to return to the London club for the second time in the summer of 2021, Lukaku is believed to be earning £325,000 per week, or £16.9m per year over a five-year contract.

After his blockbuster move from Inter in the summer of 2021, that figure puts him significantly ahead of all of his Chelsea teammates and makes him the sixth highest-paid player in the entire Premier League.

Who sponsors Romelu Lukaku?

Lukaku is currently sponsored by Nike, which goes hand in hand with Chelsea’s deal with the sportswear giant. The Belgian wears Nike football boots, specifically the Mercurial cleats, on the pitch when playing for both club and country.

The star striker had previously worn Puma boots between 2018 and 2020 and was also once wearing Adidas cleats before signing a deal with Nike.

In the early months of 2022, Lukaku signed a sponsorship deal with Beyond Meat Europe, a food company that makes plant-based meat products, and appeared to have struck a deal with Maserati while sporting a brand-new ride on his Instagram page.

Lukaku is also an ambassador for companies like Crocs and Therabody, while he has also appeared in advertisements for Amazon Prime Video to promote their Premier League coverage.

The Belgian is represented by Roc Nation Sports and has a close friendship with Jay Z, who launched the agency in 2013. Lukaku was the first Premier League player to sign for Roc Nation at the time in 2018.

What businesses does Romelu Lukaku have?

As well as becoming an ambassador for Therabody, Lukaku has also become an investor in the company that has significantly grown in popularity in recent months.

Therabody is a brand that specialises in technology for strength and recovery, the most popular of which is the Theragun handheld massage gun.

What are Romelu Lukaku’s cars and assets?

As is customary with most major sporting and footballing stars, Lukaku has earned himself an extensive collection of flashy vehicles over the year.

As mentioned earlier, his partnership with Maserati has seen him enjoy many of their cars already, including the Levante Trofeo and Ghibli.

In February 2022, Lukaku posed on Instagram with the brand-new Maserati MC20, the first of its kind in the Maserati collection being a super sports car, which goes from zero to 100km/h in under 2.9 seconds.

Other machines in Lukaku’s collection include a number of Rolls Royce models, such as the Wraith which he has altered paint jobs on multiple times since he purchased it.

The Belgian has also proven himself to enjoy getting behind the wheel of a number of Mercedes models, including the Mercedes-Benz S Class Coupe, the AMG GTR Coupe and the AMG GLS 63 SUV.

It is unclear whether Lukaku owns or rents his current residence in London. But he does own a mansion in Beverly Hills which is believed to be worth $30m. He also has an apartment in his native Antwerp, where he has helped his family to live.

It is also said that when he was playing for Inter, he purchased neighbouring apartments in Milan to ensure that his mother and his baby son could live next door to him while he lived alone to stay concentrated on football.

How many followers does Romelu Lukaku have on social media?

Being one of the most talented and popular footballers in this modern age of social media, Lukaku has gained a large following across a number of channels on the internet.

Lukaku boasts 8.7m followers on Instagram as of February 2022 and is very active on that platform with a mix of shots from training and matchday, pictures from his time off and posts with his sponsors.

The Belgian did have a Twitter account but it is believed he deleted it around the time of a controversial interview that he did with Sky Italia in December 2021, in which he criticised Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel and confessed that he still loved Inter Milan and wanted to go back to Italy.

Lukaku does have an official Facebook page, though, which has nearly 11.5m followers and features the same content as his Instagram page.