Lukaku recently revealed in an interview that Juve and Inter were neck-to-neck for his signature and either of them could have snapped him up.
Lukaku has also revealed that he came 'very close' to joining Juventus instead of Inter 👀
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Lukaku’s agent Federico Pastorello has now explained how allof that played a part in the big Belgian joining Inter.
“Romelu had expressed the desire to leave the Premier League. He needs to feel loved, this made the difference, and he immediately recognized the warmth of the Inter fans compared to Juventus supporters. He said as quoted by Football-Italia.
“The Bianconeri are the better club, so many would’ve been pleased at Lukaku’s arrival, but for Inter this represented a turning point and he saw that straight away. He felt loved immediately by the supporters.
“Having said that, the lack of an agreement between Dybala and Manchester United was decisive. Without doubt, this was the biggest transfer deal of my career. We had to force United to realize Lukaku wanted to move elsewhere.
“(Inter President Steven) Zhang and (coach Antonio) Conte made an important step by raising the offer to the absolute minimum necessary for this transfer.”
