Romelu Lukaku

shut up korean Vlahovic is the only acceptable "realistic" alternative should we sell Lukaku.

I think every player is a gamble, but others are bigger than others. People usually are afraid of change and want to do things exactly same way every time (cant think out of the box)! But we are at difficult situation now with new coach and with some financial difficulties.

So like I earlier wrote 3-5-2 system can be played different ways. If we lose some type of player we can try to find similar player or we can strenghen other areas with different kind of players and play with different strategy? Maybe we will score more and concede more or maybe we can control a game and concede less… who knows… most important thing is to try to find our players strengts and system/strategy that suits them and try to find opposition weakness.

We dont eaven know what Inzaghi wants and he did not use Lukaku type strong runner at Lazio! Somehow Juventus won nine straight scudettos without Lukaku, Hakimi and Eriksen…

Vlahovic - Lautaro with two solid wingbacks from the Lukaku money would be naughty.

Even though I think Lukaku is our best player, 130m sounds like a great deal considering our situation. If Inter had money and were targeting silverware, I can understand rejecting 130m. But with the Hakimi sale, the coach downgrade and the kind of players we are being linked with, I think our realistic objective is CL qualification. If that is the case, a player of Lukaku's value is wasted. It may make sense to sell Lukaku if we get such a crazy offer and use that money to buy some quality younger players who can help us quickly rebuild when we have money.

Lukaku's worth will nosedive in the next year or two, even if he keeps his form. He is of that age. This is the best time to cash in and buy some quality younger players like Vlahovic and Raspadori. And maybe use the spare change to buy a top class full back like Gosens.

Using the same logic, if Inter get big offers for players like Brozovic (40m+) or even our best defender De Vrij (50m+), we should take it. And we should accept any offers for Perisic, Sanchez or Vidal, though we are unlikely to receive any.

Lets not make the same mistake Moratti made in 2010. Its time to cash in on the ageing champions, and build a more sustainable model.

Wings said:

Inzaghi's done great work with Immobile, it's not impossible he could improve Lukaku further.

Also, I think Vlahovic would be a big gamble. Seen too many of these young strikers get hype after one great season.

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Yeah, like when Immobile went outside Serie A and totally failed.

Bluenine said:

Even though I think Lukaku is our best player, 130m sounds like a great deal considering our situation. If Inter had money and were targeting silverware, I can understand rejecting 130m. But with the Hakimi sale, the coach downgrade and the kind of players we are being linked with, I think our realistic objective is CL qualification. If that is the case, a player of Lukaku's value is wasted. It may make sense to sell Lukaku if we get such a crazy offer and use that money to buy some quality younger players who can help us quickly rebuild when we have money.

Lukaku's worth will nosedive in the next year or two, even if he keeps his form. He is of that age. This is the best time to cash in and buy some quality younger players like Vlahovic and Raspadori. And maybe use the spare change to buy a top class full back like Gosens.

Using the same logic, if Inter get big offers for players like Brozovic (40m+) or even our best defender De Vrij (50m+), we should take it. And we should accept any offers for Perisic, Sanchez or Vidal, though we are unlikely to receive any.

Lets not make the same mistake Moratti made in 2010. Its time to cash in on the ageing champions, and build a more sustainable model.

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i don't agree. Yes Conte and Hakimi are gone but there is still a winning team. We still need to see how good Hakan and Dimarco are and how much it will change to have Nandez instead Hakimi. Inzaghi only coached Lazio, but he know what winning means, he plays the same formation then Conte, only with diffrent (better!) players that he had at Lazio.
Selling Lukaku would mean goodbye scudetto chances for at least other 5 years if not more, simple. Inter in this moment still has a chance to win something. The group improved, there is something called "winning mentality" in the team, something that we never had in this last 10 years. I believe that there is a chance to see Inzaghi doing the same like Allegri did when Conte leaved Juve.

if youre selling Lukaku then youre doing it to get someone like Halland, not Raspadori. Sadly it's not possibile to get him. Halland or a good Lukaku replacement would cost +160M probably...so yeah, i would think twice about it.

ElDuccio said:

i don't agree. Yes Conte and Hakimi are gone but there is still a winning team. We still need to see how good Hakan and Dimarco are and how much it will change to have Nandez instead Hakimi. Inzaghi only coached Lazio, but he know what winning means, he plays the same formation then Conte, only with diffrent (better!) players that he had at Lazio.
Selling Lukaku would mean goodbye scudetto chances for at least other 5 years if not more, simple. Inter in this moment still has a chance to win something. The group improved, there is something called "winning mentality" in the team, something that we never had in this last 10 years. I believe that there is a chance to see Inzaghi doing the same like Allegri did when Conte leaved Juve.

if youre selling Lukaku then youre doing it to get someone like Halland, not Raspadori. Sadly it's not possibile to get him. Halland or a good Lukaku replacement would cost +160M probably...so yeah, i would think twice about it.

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I don’t agree. Eaven if we lose Lukaku it do not mean we cant win a scudetto or we cant get other good players to replace him? Funny but same thing was said when we sold Icardi and got ”flop” Lukaku -> 5 years setback!

With Lukaku transfer fee + his annual cost gone it would be huge boost to our finances and with new sponsors and crowd back to stadiums we could be back to fight players like Hakimi… Lukaku has been good but not irreplaceable... maybe to Conte he was, but we dont know can Inzaghi get same effectiveness out of him + maybe other players get more room and step up and score more?

and I agree 100% with Bluenine that 2010 we should have sold most of our players like Maicon, Lucio, Milito and pring in new blood like Cavani, Sanchez, Casemiro… But Moratti went sentimental and hold on those players and rest is history.

2010 we also lost Mourinho and that something called "winning mentality" was gone with few months. We also dont know is Inzaghi 3-5-2 better than Conte’s and we will never gonna find that out cause we already have lost Eriksen and Hakimi so we need to think new tricks and sort out our finances!

pazza moratti said:

Funny but same thing was said when we sold Icardi and got ”flop” Lukaku -> 5 years setback

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lol, that Vitomins is something else with that propagated signature.


That was coming from the situation where Lukaku was no longer a target because Marotta wasted a month and we lost the opportunity to close in on Milinkovic-Savic (we had an agreement with the player and Lottito was happy to sell him for 70m at that time), while no other moves were made other than the stupid Lazaro business and we had something like a month left in the mercato with none of the deadweight gone - a time where we wanted to sell Icardi and Nainggolan and told the world they're imbeciles and the same week that Perisic told Conte that he's a moron and stormed out of a friendly so now we also had to offload him... And we failed, 0/3 there.




Either way, if we have an offer for Lukaku and we still need money [hint; we do], he's the easiest player to replace from the ones that can fetch us a decent amount of money.

pazza moratti said:

I don’t agree. Eaven if we lose Lukaku it do not mean we cant win a scudetto or we cant get other good players to replace him? Funny but same thing was said when we sold Icardi and got ”flop” Lukaku -> 5 years setback!

With Lukaku transfer fee + his annual cost gone it would be huge boost to our finances and with new sponsors and crowd back to stadiums we could be back to fight players like Hakimi… Lukaku has been good but not irreplaceable... maybe to Conte he was, but we dont know can Inzaghi get same effectiveness out of him + maybe other players get more room and step up and score more?

and I agree 100% with Bluenine that 2010 we should have sold most of our players like Maicon, Lucio, Milito and pring in new blood like Cavani, Sanchez, Casemiro… But Moratti went sentimental and hold on those players and rest is history.

2010 we also lost Mourinho and that something called "winning mentality" was gone with few months. We also dont know is Inzaghi 3-5-2 better than Conte’s and we will never gonna find that out cause we already have lost Eriksen and Hakimi so we need to think new tricks and sort out our finances!

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Lukaku is not Icardi.

as i said, if there is a good way to replace him, then yes. But getting Vhalovic or other "young stars" could end bad.
I think Lukaku will be important, even without Conte. We saw it at the Euros and generelly every time he plays for Belgium. He's another player now.

2010 was something else. That team won everything and most of them were starting to get old. This team is still hungry. That's why i compare it with Juve after conte was leaving. They still had a great team. As long the coach isn't the last cunt, they can keep that mentality (like Allegri did)

Sure i agree about Hakimi and Eriksen gone, we need to see what the replacements will make. On paper we have a realistic chance to play for the scudetto. Not saying a "big chance" or something like that, because it's impossible to predict it. Im anyway sure that everything is possible.

I also think Lukaku can do "it" without Conte now. He has grown tremendously, as a player and as a character.

But still, 130m€ is a ridiculous amount of money for 28-year-old player.

Anyway, most probably he's gonna stay because his plan is to stay so that's the end of the speculation IMO. Inter is not going to push for it.

If we repeat this year it will be because this guy is in the form of his life. I just have a feeling he is really motivated to prove something this year.

ElDuccio said:

Lukaku is not Icardi.

as i said, if there is a good way to replace him, then yes. But getting Vhalovic or other "young stars" could end bad.
I think Lukaku will be important, even without Conte. We saw it at the Euros and generelly every time he plays for Belgium. He's another player now.

2010 was something else. That team won everything and most of them were starting to get old. This team is still hungry. That's why i compare it with Juve after conte was leaving. They still had a great team. As long the coach isn't the last cunt, they can keep that mentality (like Allegri did)

Sure i agree about Hakimi and Eriksen gone, we need to see what the replacements will make. On paper we have a realistic chance to play for the scudetto. Not saying a "big chance" or something like that, because it's impossible to predict it. Im anyway sure that everything is possible.

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Yes Lukaku will probably be good under Inzaghi? But 130 million is crazy money!!! That would open us delicious opportunity! We could affort to clean Vidal and Nainngolain + others out of our roster. Then we could go after players like Locatelli, Lazzari maybe include Alonso that Lukaku deal and get a new striker and next year go after Pessina… build a solid fucking team without financial issues and get new growing talents/assets to our team! I would also sell De Vrij now and go after Romero and Milenkovic.

IM21 said:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1420563483326775298

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So it's indeed at least Lukaku who rejected. I could think that was enough for the club.

Actually I think, as this was handled by intermediaries, the proposal hasn't even reached the club as it always goes to the player first.

pazza moratti said:

Yes Lukaku will probably be good under Inzaghi? But 130 million is crazy money!!! That would open us delicious opportunity! We could affort to clean Vidal and Nainngolain + others out of our roster. Then we could go after players like Locatelli, Lazzari maybe include Alonso that Lukaku deal and get a new striker and next year go after Pessina… build a solid fucking team without financial issues and get new growing talents/assets to our team! I would also sell De Vrij now and go after Romero and Milenkovic.

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well, we've sold Hakimi and we still have no transfer budget. How do you know we could spend 130 milion for new players? I guess we would buy Belotti or Raspadori and that's it. Massive downgrade without proper replacement.

Belotti is shit. People on here keep talking about him like he could replace Lukaku but he would struggle to do so. Mentioning them in the same sentence is insulting.

Belotti is seriously small fry. I thought hewas rubbish in the Euros and the way he played indicated that there is absolutely no way that he can play for a big club as he wilted in the spotlight.

Belotti is a small club player with the mentality to match. He would literally come unstuck in the spotlight at Inter. And if you need further convincing, all you have to ask is inflated transfer fee aside, why is he still playing for Torino?

I really thought Belotti could be good Kaku replacement but after Euro I've changed my mind.

pazza moratti said:

Yes Lukaku will probably be good under Inzaghi? But 130 million is crazy money!!! That would open us delicious opportunity! We could affort to clean Vidal and Nainngolain + others out of our roster. Then we could go after players like Locatelli, Lazzari maybe include Alonso that Lukaku deal and get a new striker and next year go after Pessina… build a solid fucking team without financial issues and get new growing talents/assets to our team! I would also sell De Vrij now and go after Romero and Milenkovic.

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Sell Lukaku if you want but don't touch the defence.

diamen said:

well, we've sold Hakimi and we still have no transfer budget. How do you know we could spend 130 milion for new players? I guess we would buy Belotti or Raspadori and that's it. Massive downgrade without proper replacement.

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Well based those reports that we needed to raise 70-80 million and cut 20% from salaries. So with Hakimi and Politano sale we already have that. Plus we could still sell some players like Vecino and youngters and free up more money?

We could also make new player deals with loan with option/obligations and spread those cost for multiple years and include some youngsters. Like we have done past merecatos.

And again ”WE DO NOT NEED TO REPLACE LUKAKU WITH OTHER LUKAKU” but we can make rest of the team much much stronger and have more quality and depth! With 5 subs and all competitions we are, quality subs is a key and you can rotate players without quality to drop!

Inzaghi has used players Like Anderson, Keita, Correa, Immobile at Lazio and they have had awsome striking force! Last season with Lautaro and Sanchez did not look that bad when they played together!

Personally I would go after Jovic with loan if he take wage cut or Vlahovic with something 5-10 million loan and spread rest of the cost for few years. But now most focus should be wings and CM area and make that rock solid with depth!

Currently we have literally zero money and behave like beggars

All that could change for one sale and transform our future merecatos and team for better!

varmin said:

Sell Lukaku if you want but don't touch the defence.

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What if we lose one of Bastoni, De Vrij or Skriniar for 3-6 months? Lets say someone got like knee injury? Kolarov, Rano, Dambro???

NO DEPTH!