Inter, giant Lukaku and cheetah: the opposite of Icardi. And that blitz …

"As soon as he arrived in Milan to start training with Inter, Romelu Lukaku realized that in the two hastily filled suitcases for the first few days he had forgotten to put a few pairs of underwear. His staff then set up a blitz at the Rinascente: service entrance, baseball cap on his head, dark glasses in an attempt – actually a bit comical – to camouflage a giant of 190 centimeters and almost 100 kilos. Naturally the customers interested in football immediately recognized it, and after some hesitation due to the situation – can you disturb a guy who handles packs of underpants? – a first Inter fan found the courage to ask him if it was really him, and if so if he would like a selfie. Faithful to his spirit of an open and relaxed boy – let's say the opposite of the stars who pull him – Romelu immediately took off his hat and glasses, smiling at his smartphone as if he had never done anything else in life. Sowing the consternation in his clan, because from the second fan on there was no need for any courage, and soon the row of beggars passed the intimate stands to reach the non-adjacent escalators. A beautiful baptism, to which after 10 minutes it was necessary to make a sharp cut, otherwise Lukaku – who said "how are you?" To every fan to show his good Italian – would still be there to pose ".

THE QUALITIES OF LUKAKU – In addition to character – the peace made with Brozovic post Slavia Prague -, of Lukaku however, the attitude in the field must be emphasized. As reported by the Rosea, "Romelu's problem, echoing the unforgettable Jessica Rabbit, is that they designed it this way: big, big and with the number 9 on the back, the archetype of the old-style center forward, the one that waits for the long-ball in the center-area range and then defend them by trying to turn around to pull or assist the insertion of a companion. Lukaku, on the other hand, is a completely different attacker, one who has to run, a giant with cheetah habits. That's why it's special, especially where they understand it ". The goals scored in National I am an example: the 2-0 to the Brazil at the 2018 World Cup, it comes from a ball recovered from Lukaku in the middle of the pitch and by a bump of over 40 meters with assist a de Bruyne for the doubling network. "So many years ago these actions have exalted Antonio Conte, who on the third attempt managed to satisfy his footballing passion for the giant of Antwerp and certainly does not intend to be dismantled because with Juve the Belgian has not recorded. Lukaku must be the drop that digs the stone, not the laser that cuts it: if anything, it was Icardi, and the obvious nostalgia re-emerged after the k.o. of San Siro had been taken into account ", explains the Rosea who returns to the report Count-Lukaku: the first contacts, through Marotta, there were in 2014 but the deal with Chelsea did not go through. The second attempt took place in 2017 in the second year at Chelsea but Lukaku became the gift of Mourinho for United, a setback for Conte who cracked the relationship with the Blues. Just Mourinho that in 2013 unloaded him after the Supercoppa lost against Bayern and reacquired him in 2017: a way to prove he changed his mind.