About 2:30 pm on Wednesday afternoon, Inter’s decisive push to sign Lukaku took place. Agent Federico Pastorello met with Manchester United in London in the presence of CEO Ed Woodward. From Viale della Liberazione, connected in a conference call, there were Marotta, Ausilio and president Steven Zhang.

It was a complicated negotiation, with some moments of tension due to payment methods. Inter offer was structured like so: €65M, plus another €10M in bonuses and 5% in resale percentage. United listened. Then the board of directors gave the green light and so contract was drafted. At that point, lawyers entered the scene but most of the work was done. Lukaku then received the ok to plan his arrival in Milan from Brussels. Oh and one more thing: the payment of €65M is payable in five years.

Source: GdS