Lukaku, thus Inter discovered the double game with Juventus-Corriere.it

Thirty seconds to say goodbye. Without insults but with bright tones and firmness, with the same anger of someone who feels like a betrayed lover. After seven days in which Romelu Lukaku he had refused to telephone with the Inter managers, but also with the coach Simone Inzaghi and his team mates, during the night between Friday and Saturday he dialed the number of sporting director Piero Ausilio. The news of the disappearance of the Belgian, who had become a ghost like his lawyer Sebastien Ledure, making the Nerazzurri managers furious, aware that behind the Belgian’s reluctance to make himself available there was an agreement with Juventus, had filled the home pages of the websites on Friday evening of newspapers from all over Europe.

So for the first time Lukaku, the man who only 19 months ago in an interview with Sky had the audacity to repeat on five occasions when faced with the question of whether in the future he could ever wear the Milan or Juve shirt, called the sporting director of Inter. Between one scream and another, Ausilio discovered the double game of the attacker and his lawyer communicated the end of the negotiations to bring him back to Milan. Concept explained at lunchtime also to Chelsea to whom the Nerazzurri managers, after the imminent formalization of Onana’s transfer to United, were able to present the 35 million offer with bonuses to the English. All finished.

From Lukaku’s about-face, everyone forgives us. First of all the player: after the fool of the Belgian, who while flirting with Inter he negotiated under the table with Juventus, hypothesize the Nerazzurri colors again in his at least risky future. Yesterday the attacker had to close his comments on social media after the shower of insults from Inter fans towards him. Maneuvered by the lawyer and the mother, who has considerable weight in Big Rom’s decisions, tomorrow he will have to leave Brussels and go to London to answer Chelsea’s call-up. Out of Pochettino’s plans, however, he will be exempt from the American tour. He will have to stay in England, precisely the solution he didn’t wish for, until the shadows on his future have cleared. It must be said that the English managers are no less furious, who hoped to be in the final stages of the negotiations with Inter and therefore one step away from saying goodbye to Lukaku.

Obviously Inter also lose out, who after months of talks with the English club and despite the support of Roc Nation, the agency that takes care of the center forward’s image, will now have to look for a replacement. It is no coincidence that a summit was held yesterday at the Pinetina between the managers Marotta and Ausilio with Simone Inzaghi. We need an alternative plan. And it’s needed right away. There are many options on the table: the preferred profile Folarin Balogun, the American owned by Arsenal, back from a great season at Reims. He is 22 years old and costs 40 million. Eyes also on an old acquaintance of Italian football, Alvaro Morata on whom Rome’s interest is strong, also thanks to the mediation of Mourinho and Dybala. And finally Taremi, the Iranian managed by Jorge Mendes and for whom Porto has already asked Milan for 20 million (by the hour the Rossoneri will have midfielder Tijani Reijnders at their disposal, for whom an agreement has been reached with Az Alkmaar for 20 million plus bonuses).

In this weave now the pressure on Giuntoli’s shoulders
. The black and white market man will be able to lead Lukaku to Turin (proposed to Chelsea for 37.5 million in fixed base and 2.5 in bonuses) only after selling Vlahovic. The plan is the transfer of the Serbian by August 4 to PSG, which first will have to get rid of at least Ekitik. The hours go by, Kessie has also been approached at Juventus in the event of Pogba’s departure. But now it is necessary for the Bianconeri to reduce the maxi squad, otherwise only Saudi Arabia will remain available for Lukaku.