The Belgium forward, who has fallen out of favour under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has made his second hint in as many weeks that his future may not lie at Old Trafford,Only last week he claimed that “playing in Serie A would be a dream” and now he has followed that up with a far from convincing statement after being interviewed after Sunday’s 1-1 draw with his old club Chelsea.
It was a rare start for Lukaku, but afterwards, when asked about whether he was staying, he said: , said: “I don’t know, I am not here to entertain rumours. I am still under contract.”Only yesterday the Daily Express claimed United had officially joined the race for Nicholas Pepe – the man they apparently want to replace Lukaku with.
Lukaku, who signed from Everton two years ago for £75million, will consider leaving if United fail to reach the Champions League, according to The Guardian, but Solskjaer is being tipped to listen to offers regardless.Lukaku has made just 10 Premier League starts under Solskjaer with the Norwegian preferring to use Marcus Rashford as his central striker.
Juventus are apparently keen on a move for Lukaku, while Inter Milan sporting director Piero Ausilio watched Manchester United lose 1-0 to Barcelona at Old Trafford recently with Leggo claiming he was scouting Lukaku as Inter look for a replacement for Mauro Icardi.While at the start of the month his agent Federico Pastorello claimed: “The future is really very open but, at the moment, we don’t discuss about that because really the season is in a big moment