For months, periodically, Romelu Lukaku he pinched theInter for not buying him from Chelsea last summer. After the conquest of scudetto, the CEO Nerazzurri Beppe Marottawho had never commented on the matter, actually replied to the Belgian striker.
Inter and Lukaku’s accusations
Between exchanges of accusations and controversies, Romelu’s non-confirmation Lukaku toInter – the attacker was in loan from the Chelsea – was one of the big themes of the last summer transfer market. After finishing at the Romein the following months center forward Belgian club has criticized the Nerazzurri club several times, accusing it of behaving badly towards him: Lukaku’s accusations have never been found answerat least until today.
Inter, Marotta and the jab against Lukaku
Interviewed during the program Pressing, the CEO of Inter Beppe Marotta he finally mentioned the Lukaku case last year summer, placing a jab against the former Nerazzurri center forward. “The no of Lukaku was one fortune”, declared Marotta speaking of the transfer market that brought Inter to the scudetto of the star.
Inter: Lukaku’s no precedes Thuram’s arrival
Marotta admitted that he tried to keep Lukaku at Inter, but did not go into the details that led to the decline of the negotiation. “I don’t deny that he was one of ours objective but things then went differently”, declared Marotta, who then explained how, without Lukaku, Inter decided to focus on Marcus Thuram, who arrived in zero parameter: the Frenchman was then among the great protagonists of the scudetto. “We have set up a different attack compared to the project at the beginning of the transfer window. But we knew about the value of Thuram and that of the confirmation of Lautaro”, explained Marotta, reiterating the goodness of his choice which led Inter to become Italian champions again.
