Juventus and Manchester United have reportedly agreed a swap deal involving Lukaku and Paulo Dybala. However, it is Inter who have made their desire to sign Lukaku more public this summer. Their new manager, Antonio Conte, wanted to buy the Belgian when he was Chelsea boss back in 2017. And Conte has made the 26-year-old his primary target during his first window in charge at Inter.

Inter are very sceptical that Juventus actually want Romelu Lukaku Duncan Castles on Romelu Lukaku and Juventus

But Juve are seemingly not making it easy for their Serie A rivals by proposing the Dybala swap deal with Manchester United for Lukaku. Castles says Inter Milan think Juve have taken this stance because of the way Conte left them just before the start of the 2014/15 season. He claims Juve are trying to ramp up Lukaku’s price to make Inter pay more and that they do not actually want the former Everton man. Juve not wanting Lukaku would surely put a doubt to any chance of Dybala’s moving to Old Trafford.

Inter Milan do not think Juventus actually want to sign Man Utd striker Romelu Lukaku

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Romelu Lukaku has been linked with both Juventus and Inter Milan

“Inter’s position on this is interesting,” Castles said on the Transfer Talk Podcast. “Talking to people close to the club yesterday, Inter are very sceptical that Juventus actually want Romelu Lukaku. “They felt this was a power play by Juventus to make the transfer more difficult for Inter, and more importantly to increase the price of recruiting the player. “Why would Juve want to do this? “Well, Inter have just hired Antonio Conte, former Juventus coach who left Juventus actually during pre-season, causing the club a lot of difficulties several years ago.

Romelu Lukaku is yet to feature for Man Utd in pre-season