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Chelsea continue to be rocked by Romelu Lukaku’s eye-catching interview with Italian media released this week, and now the striker has revealed a transfer approach from Manchester City in 2020.
On Thursday, quotes from Lukaku emerged admitting he was unhappy with his role under manager Thomas Tuchel this season in an interview recorded earlier in December. Tuchel hit back on Friday, saying the comments were unhelpful and he ‘didn’t like’ them.
Now, in the second part of the interview, released by Sky Italia, Lukaku has been speaking about his time at Inter Milan and his fondness for the club.
And the Belgian striker says he turned down the chance to join City before the 2020/21 season when the Blues were looking for a new forward.
“After the first year, I turned down an offer from Manchester City that was higher than Chelsea’s current one, because I didn’t want to,” he said.
“It was not the time, it was the first year, I wanted to do something good for Inter because they saved my career. I was in a deep hole at Manchester United, things weren’t going well. I was a big investment for Inter and we did great things together.”
Lukaku also admitted he wanted to stay at Inter before joining Chelsea this summer, but as soon as it became apparent he had to leave the San Siro, he was only going to sign for Chelsea.
“In my opinion, there are three absolute top teams in football – Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich. Every player dreams of playing for one of these teams one day. So I thought if I ever had that..
