Lukaku has been absent from the pitch so far on United’s pre-season tour, with Conte desperate to take him to Inter EPAAntonio Conte struggled to hide his unhappiness with his superiors at Inter Milan as he spoke of his frustration at their failure to sign Romelu Lukaku from Manchester United. The former Chelsea manager had hoped that Lukaku would be an Inter player by now. Instead Lukaku remains on United’s books. Rather than training with Conte’s squad, Lukaku sat on the bench in his United training gear talking to club staff members yesterday as the other 29 members of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s squad trained in the draining 32C heat in front of him. A “niggle” had ruled Lukaku out of United’s first…

Source: The Times July 19, 2019 16:07 UTC