Inter legend Beppe Bergomi would bring Romelu Lukaku back to the club and reveals what Simone Inzaghi told him about the Chelsea star.
The 1982 Italy World Cup winner discussed Inter’s situation in an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport. The Nerazzurri sit third in the table, six points behind leaders Milan. The Serie A defending champions have a game in hand but will travel to Turin on Sunday to face Juventus.
Although many didn’t expect them to be title contenders in the summer, Inzaghi’s men had collected several wins in a row at the end of 2021, but have somehow collapsed since the start of the new year.
“The team always reflects the coach, in a good or bad way. Simone has a different approach to footballers, he is more open to dialogue,” Bergomi said.
“He has his personality but, like Trap [Giovanni Trapattoni] used to say, you enter a centrifuge when things don’t go well at Inter. Some more experience is needed.
“Inter have always won with charismatic coaches: Bersellini, Trap, Mancini, Mourinho and Conte. Inzaghi has character, but he expresses it in a different way. I can say that he’s never thought about changing tactics, even when Marcelo Brozovic was injured.
“Last season, Conte decided to sit deeper at some point, managing to win games.”
Inzaghi coached Romelu Lukaku for more than a week during the pre-season and before the striker insisted on leaving the club to return to Chelsea. In December, the striker apologised to Inter fans for the way he had left and said he hoped to return one day.
“Lukaku was the best one in Italy, I still think that Inter would be another team with him,” noted Bergomi.
“With all the respect for Edin Dzeko and the others, Lukaku had a different impact in terms of power, pace and leadership. He had Inter in his hands. If there were the conditions, I would bring him back to Inter.
“Inzaghi confessed to me that he’s never coached such a strong striker despite working with him for just ten days.”
Bergomi: "Juve-Inter, chi non vince è fuori dalla lotta scudetto. Lukaku? Inzaghi mi ha confessato una cosa" https://t.co/oNwvTdQkzv
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“Lukaku was the best one in Italy”, and yet he is nothing in EPL. Shows how bad current Italian football is in general.
Even in the worst era of Italian football the Calcio remain the best in the world “my opinion”
@magyar not all players can perform well in all leagues.. how many players do you think who can do well in all leagues? it also depends on how the coach deploy his players and tactics.. lukaku is just an example of that.. and one player cannot justified on how bad is the current serie a.. kulusevski is the reverse example.. he’s bad at juve but good at spurs
Lukaku was great at the euros too. Maybe he just doesn’t suit the Chelsea’s tactics
This is a simple statement which has no evidence. Yes, Serie A is not the same in terms of quality, as it once was. However, Salah has become the best striker in the EPL. Where did he come from? Some players are suited to different clubs, lifestyles, tactics, coaches and many other aspects. Lukaku is not happy and unsettled at Chelsea. He is very suited to Inter because he misses chances but scores enough to stay important but also suits the mentality of the club and style of play.
Serie A has always been very different to EPL, as it is to the French, German and Spanish leagues. They all have different styles of play and tactical systems. Serie A has improved a great deal in the past two seasons. Juventus dominated killed competition, like Bayern, PSG and Celtic have in the past 10 years. However, good competition can raise the standard of quality coming through, so I’m optimistic things will get better as long as one team is not constantly winning and making the other teams lack the desire to compete.