Why Manchester United star move to Inter Milan could fail to materialize

Eighteen times Serie A Italian giants Inter Milan who have shown interests of signing Manchester United flop Roelu Lukaku are likely going to miss securing his signature if they are not going to be in a position to raise the huge cash stash United is demanding to have the Belgian by June 30th.

The newly appointed Inter boss Antonio Conte who has been without a job for the whole of the last season after being axed by his former boss Chelsea has targeted Manchester United star Lukaku to lead his side’s attack next season.

They are trying to flog a player or two from their existing squad before then to ease their financial commitments and until they do they are unable to add Lukaku’s transfer fee and £130,000-a-week wages to their balance sheets.

Inter had hoped they could piece together a swap deal with Juventus which would see striker Mauro Icardi move to Turin with Paulo Dybala moving in the opposite direction a move which would remove Icardi’s huge wages from their books and comply with FFP in one stroke but Dybala has refused to be involved in any deal.

Conte is desperately trying to move Icardi on, believing his antics and trouble-making off the pitch are not worth putting up with just for his goalscoring talents.

But Icardi’s track record of causing problems behind the scenes has seen Inter get the impression United will have no interest in such a deal as such United are now playing a waiting game to see if Conte can actually come up with the funds to follow through on his interest with a bid.

Inter are not keen to pay much more than £60m for 26-year-old Lukaku, who is now left sweating on whether United will insist on such a high fee which could potentially price him out of a move away from Old Trafford.

The Belgian and formerly Everton striker still has three years left on his current deal, but United have made it clear to him he can leave if the right offer comes in.

 

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