In an interview with former Arsenal star Ian Wright’s You Tube channel, Inter striker Romelu Lukaku has discussed how difficult he has found being stuck in quarantine as a result of the ongoing global Coronavirus pandemic.
“I almost had a head loss yesterday. I can’t go outside, I can’t go shopping. I’m locked up,” he said.
“Now it’s been nine days. They got me a bike, all the players live in the city centre, I didn’t have space, so they said in the group chat, ‘who doesn’t have a bike or a treadmill in the house?’ Two hours later they brought everybody a bike.
“I just miss the regular life, being with my Mum, being with my son, being with my brother. I’m thinking about everybody. It’s bad, you can’t have normal contact with human beings. I miss training and playing games in front of fans. Now you start to appreciate what you have.”
Lukaku then went on to open up about his departure from Manchester United this past Summer and revealed that Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wanted him to remain at the Premier League club.
“A bad season can happen to everyone, but for me it was a fairly difficult situation. I had to make a decision, I had to go to another place where I could learn new aspects of my game and work with someone who wanted me.
“Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wanted me to stay, but I told him it was over. He helped me out anyway. Manchester United are still doing a good job and getting good results, I wish them nothing but the best. It would be childish to disrespect Manchester United or any other club I played for in England. ”
In conclusion he revealed that he came close to joining Inter’s rivals Juventus prior to his move to the Nerazzurri and he discussed what swung things in the favour of Inter.
“Juventus were very close to signing me but what made my mind up was that Inter were a team of reference for me in Italy. As a child I used to watch Adriano, Ronaldo and Christian Vieri, who I have an excellent relationship with, play.
“The club and the coach wanted me a lot. Antonio Conte wanted me at Chelsea so for me it was time to go there and see and I only thought training training hard and getting back in shape without talking too much and let me tell you, at Inter they work you hard.”
Since his arrival at the club on a five year contract until the end of the 2023/24 season, the Belgian national team striker has made 35 appearances across all competitions. In just over 2900 minutes on the park, the former Chelsea player has scored 23 goals and provided five assists.