{"id":1116472,"date":"2019-11-23T19:51:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T19:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1116472"},"modified":"2019-11-23T19:51:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T19:51:45","slug":"lukaku-man-utd-career-solskjaer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/lukaku-man-utd-career-solskjaer\/","title":{"rendered":"Lukaku on the moment he knew his Man Utd career was over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Romelu Lukaku has pinpointed the moment he knew his time at Manchester United was up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old Belgian marksman ended a two-year stay at Old Trafford this summer when he moved to Inter Milan.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Lukaku&#8217;s time at Man Utd: Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lukaku joined Man Utd from Everton for a reported \u00a375m in 2017.<\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;d reunite with former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.<\/li>\n<li>Lukaku would go on to register 42 goals across 96 matches.<\/li>\n<li>The arrival of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in December 2018 changed everything.<\/li>\n<li>Lukaku has since revealed being played out wide convinced him to look for another club.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7430941<\/p>\n<p>After joining from Everton for a reported \u00a375m fee, the Antwerp-born centre-forward would go on to register 42 goals across 96 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Lukaku initially began well under Jose Mourinho, whom he previously crossed paths with at Chelsea, but the arrival of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in December 2018 would change everything.<\/p>\n<p>He was no longer guaranteed a regular starting berth, with Solskjaer preferring to deploy nimble forwards such as Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial, often leaving Belgium&#8217;s all-time top scorer to do a job from the flanks.<\/p>\n<p>It was this newfound responsibility being entrusted on him that convinced Lukaku to look for pastures new, but that didn&#8217;t mean he saw Solskjaer as a villain, instead his respect for Man Utd&#8217;s incumbent boss couldn&#8217;t be any higher.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hashtag United: How YouTube Works For Us... 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I didn&#8217;t win what I was hoping for, my performance was not entirely positive and I didn\u2019t even feel 100 per cent wanted. Not so much from the technical staff or from my teammates, but from the people around.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So after the match against Chelsea, on April 28, the coach called me for a meeting and I told him what I thought and that I wanted to leave. He read in my face that I didn\u2019t want to stay any longer and he replied that he didn&#8217;t want to hold anyone against it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1116510\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/premier-league-3pms-gameweek-13-liverpool-leicester-arsenal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1116510\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1116510\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/23170746\/premier-league-3pms-gameweek-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/23170746\/premier-league-3pms-gameweek-13.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/23170746\/premier-league-3pms-gameweek-13-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/23170746\/premier-league-3pms-gameweek-13-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/23170746\/premier-league-3pms-gameweek-13-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/23170746\/premier-league-3pms-gameweek-13-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/23170746\/premier-league-3pms-gameweek-13-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/11\/23170746\/premier-league-3pms-gameweek-13-940x530.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1116510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/premier-league-3pms-gameweek-13-liverpool-leicester-arsenal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool march on: Big stats &amp; stories behind today\u2019s 3pm Premier League results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;He understood my point of view and assured me that he would do everything possible to satisfy me. He earned my respect and, until I left Manchester, there was no problem with him. Even the management helped me. I also spoke with Ed Woodward and Matt Judge and everyone understood why I wanted to leave.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a frank and honest conversation. There was no war, but the decision was shared. 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