Conte still hopes to land Lukaku
Inter Milan boss Antonio Conte remains hopeful that he will be able to sign Belgium international Romelu Lukaku from Manchester United.
The Serie A side have been trying to snap up Lukaku for most of the summer but they had appeared to have missed out on the former Everton striker when Juventus stepped up their interest in him.
Juve had been keen to complete a transfer for Lukaku that would have seen Paulo Dybala move to Old Trafford.
However, reports suggest the Argentinian's wage demands have scuppered any deal. Dybala joined Juventus from Palermo in 2015 and scored 10 times for the Italian side last season.
Conte, who has until 1st September to complete a deal for Lukaku, said after his side's pre-season game against Tottenham, which they drew 1-1 before prevailing in a penalty shoot-out: "I understand there are some gaps that need to be filled but at the moment I am very hopeful that this will happen.
"At the same time I am working with a great group of players that give me lots of satisfaction.
"For sure Lukaku, we are talking about a good player, a striker that in the past I tried to buy when I was Chelsea's coach.
"We are talking about two big clubs, Juventus and Inter Milan, but honestly I don't know. Only my way is to work with this group of players, to try to improve this group and instil the right mentality."
Manchester United are 11/10 to finish in the Premier League's top four in 2019/20 while they are 11/10 to beat Chelsea on Sunday. Meanwhile, Inter are 2/9 to finish in the top four in Serie A this term.
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Inter Milan boss Antonio Conte remains hopeful that he will be able to sign Belgium international Romelu Lukaku from Manchester United.
The Serie A side have been trying to snap up Lukaku for most of the summer but they had appeared to have missed out on the former Everton striker when Juventus stepped up their interest in him.
Juve had been keen to complete a transfer for Lukaku that would have seen Paulo Dybala move to Old Trafford.
However, reports suggest the Argentinian's wage demands have scuppered any deal. Dybala joined Juventus from Palermo in 2015 and scored 10 times for the Italian side last season.
Conte, who has until 1st September to complete a deal for Lukaku, said after his side's pre-season game against Tottenham, which they drew 1-1 before prevailing in a penalty shoot-out: "I understand there are some gaps that need to be filled but at the moment I am very hopeful that this will happen.
"At the same time I am working with a great group of players that give me lots of satisfaction.
"For sure Lukaku, we are talking about a good player, a striker that in the past I tried to buy when I was Chelsea's coach.
"We are talking about two big clubs, Juventus and Inter Milan, but honestly I don't know. Only my way is to work with this group of players, to try to improve this group and instil the right mentality."
Manchester United are 11/10 to finish in the Premier League's top four in 2019/20 while they are 11/10 to beat Chelsea on Sunday. Meanwhile, Inter are 2/9 to finish in the top four in Serie A this term.
Source: bet365.com
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