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Romelu Lukaku claims he was among three players who were made scapegoats of as a result of Manchester United's poor form last season.

The Belgian forward, who left United to join Inter Milan earlier this month, suggested Paul Pogba and Alexis Sanchez also received an unwarranted amount of criticism as the Reds finished the Premier League campaign in sixth position.

"They have to find somebody," Lukaku told the LightHarted Podcast, which appears to have been recorded before his move to Inter was finalised. "It is Pogba, it is me or it is Alexis. It's the three of us all the time. For me, I just see it in many ways."

The 26-year-old added that he disagrees with the notion that he didn't fit in with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's high-intensity system.

"A lot of people don't think I should be part of that system," Lukaku added. "That's my feeling from the conversations that I have, I just know.

"For me, the thing that makes me laugh a lot is... how the hell is s*** going bad in my team, but when I play in my national team, it's good? And I'm happy.

"I didn't play the last six weeks of the league, like the last three weeks or something before the end of the season and then I had another three weeks off before I had to play for the national team, and then we go and play with the Belgium team and... rollin' and I was there.

"And nobody there complains because I think the perception in my country is changing slightly. A lot of people were saying a lot of stuff. For me it took years for a lot of people to change their perception. Man U might not get that time. It's s***** that it happens like that.

"When I go and play for my country, we play the style of play that we want to play probably with Man United and I do well over there.

"So is it me? Four goals in the World Cup, three weeks ago I scored three goals in two games, and before that we played Switzerland and Iceland in September and I scored four goals in two games. I've scored 48 goals for my country.

"OK we all know that international soccer is different than club football but the playing style we play in the national team is the one we want to play at Man United.

"So is it me? Or do we need to have a conversation from man to man and tell each other the rules?"

Lukaku added that he didn't feel like he was protected by United towards the end of his time at the club.

"I think a lot of stuff has been said, where I didn't feel protected," Lukaku added. "A lot of rumours, 'Rom is going to go there, they don't want Rom' and nobody came out and shot it down."