{"id":1100654,"date":"2019-08-08T16:16:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T15:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1100654"},"modified":"2022-12-19T08:53:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T08:53:22","slug":"inter-sign-lukaku-man-utd-ronaldo","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/inter-sign-lukaku-man-utd-ronaldo\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter sign Romelu Lukaku in Man Utd&#8217;s biggest player sale since Ronaldo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Inter Milan have completed the signing of Romelu Lukaku from Manchester United.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The clubs agreed a \u00a373.9m fee on Thursday and Lukaku has signed a five-year contract with Inter.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Inter sign Lukaku from Man Utd: Five key things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lukaku has been linked with a move to Italy all summer.<\/li>\n<li>At one stage he was mooted to be part of a deal involving Juventus&#8217; Paulo Dybala.<\/li>\n<li>But Inter have won the race to sign Lukaku ahead of their Serie A rivals.<\/li>\n<li>The Nerazzurri have parted ways with \u00a373.9m to sign the Belgian.<\/li>\n<li>Lukaku scored 42 goals in 96 appearances across all competitions for United.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7336082-10-predictions-for-the-2019-20-premier-league-season\/embed\/v4\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>United had been linked with Paulo Dybala and Mario Mandzukic as possible replacements for Lukaku amid suggestions the striker almost moved to Juventus over Inter.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Red Devils were unable to secure any attacking signings before Thursday&#8217;s English transfer deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Lukaku found the net 27 times in his debut season at Old Trafford but scored significantly fewer goals last term, finishing the campaign with just 15 across all competitions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Romelu Lukaku in the Premier League:<\/p>\n<p>                         Head:<br \/>                     \u2022 23 goals<\/p>\n<p>      Right foot:               Left foot:<br \/>      \u2022 31 goals               \u2022 57 goals<\/p>\n<p>The ???? player to score 20+ goals with each since he made his competition debut. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RcRUlnUk8b\">pic.twitter.com\/RcRUlnUk8b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Squawka (@Squawka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka\/status\/1159149697854033923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old has been training with his former club Anderlecht in recent days while waiting for his transfer to Inter to go through.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed new Inter boss Antonio Conte attempted to sign Lukaku at Chelsea before the Belgium international moved to United in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How will Solskjaer setup Man Utd?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xwspIbtj_Ew?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Inter were the only club I wanted, because Inter is not for everyone,&#8221; Lukaku told Inter&#8217;s official website. &#8220;I\u2019m here to bring the Nerazzurri back to the top.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"f842ad38-05f4-47a6-a3a4-82a3417f1117\" data-show-share=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inter Milan have completed the signing of Romelu Lukaku from Manchester United. 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