Romelu Lukaku has been accused of betrayal by Inter Milan socios and the club president.
Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku has incured the wrath of Inter Milan fans after deciding not to join the Serie A club this summer.
Inter pursued a deal with Chelsea for the Belgian forward throughout the summer, despite Chelsea's reluctance to allow him leave on loan.
He scored 10 goals in Serie A last after struggling with injury niggles, only returning to his swashbuckling best towards the end of the campaign.
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Lukaku's Inter Milan betrayal
Inter had been pushing to re-sign Lukaku permanently until it became evident that he was holding transfer talks with arch-rivals Juventus behind the club’s back.
At this point, the Nerazzurri cut off contact with the No.9, with fans livid at the behaviour of the 30-year-old.
Now sporting director Javier Zanetti has moved to admonish the striker in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport.
“Lukaku has betrayed us. We’re very disappointed,” he frankly admitted.
“We expected completely different behaviour by Romelu, as professional but also as a man.”
Inter have now moved on from Lukaku and are exploring deals for Arsenal's Folarin Balogun and Porto striker Mehdi Taremi, who has also been linked with a move to Manchester United.
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