28-year-old Romelu Lukaku’s agent revealed that Man City was trying to sign the Chelsea star in 2020.
What did Pastorello say about Romelu Lukaku?
The Belgian International completed the £ 98m transfer to Chelsea from Inter in the summer, returning to Stamford Bridge in a second period after two impressive years in San Siro. Romelu Lukaku may have ended up in a different Premier League club a year earlier, with Federico Pastorello claiming that Man City made a move for their client at the end of the 2020-21 campaign.
The problems caused by the covid pandemic ultimately prevented the deal from materializing, and a spokesman for Romelu Lukaku said he thinks he can say, without disappointing anyone, that Man City came a year before.
During the pandemic, it was very difficult because of the attempts to fly to places to meet people. It started very concretely and very seriously, but eventually they changed their idea or they weren’t ready to do it. To be honest, it was very difficult after the first year – it was almost impossible. He didn’t win the league with Inter and wanted to do it and it would be really impossible. Then they focused on Kane this summer.
It was the Romelu Lukaku train
Romelu seemed happy at Inter after firing the club before his first Scudetto in 11 years last season, but his head turned quickly after Chelsea identified him as their # 1 transfer target. Federico says the teenager’s Romelu Lukaku initially had some doubts, but advised the striker to return to Stamford Bridge because the chance is unlikely to come again in the future.
Federico Pastorello said that this is what he told Lukaku that it could be now or never, because he probably didn’t realize it 100 percent at first. Pastorello had to tell him to remember that sometimes there are trains and when they pass they don’t come back. Because of the situation, because of the market and because there weren’t many opportunities, it was the Lukaku train.
Chelsea was 100 percent sure that it was Romelu Lukaku, Federico never had any doubts, but Federico Pastorello thinks they need to think twice before doing it. There were more offers before they reached the level that Inter accepted. There were four proposals, Pastorello said, and the fifth was the one that closed the negotiations. In hindsight, Pastorello thinks everyone has a very good deal.