Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists Romelu Lukaku’s transfer to Inter was “a good deal” for all concerned.
The move was eventually cemented yesterday for €65m plus €10m in bonuses and a five per cent cut of any future fee, which translates to £60m with £9.2m in add-ons.
That is considerably less than the €85m requested throughout the summer, but Solskjaer remains positive.
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists Romelu Lukaku’s transfer to Inter was “a good deal” for all concerned.
The move was eventually cemented yesterday for €65m plus €10m in bonuses and a five per cent cut of any future fee, which translates to £60m with £9.2m in add-ons.
That is considerably less than the €85m requested throughout the summer, but Solskjaer remains positive.
“Of course Rom has a good record and statistically he's one of the top number nines around when you want to play with that kind of striker, a target man,” said Solskjaer in this morning’s Press conference.
“But I'm very confident that we'll get goals from Martial and Rashford. Dan James will create and Jesse Lingard will get more.
“It was time now for Rom to go because I think we got a good deal, he's happy, so I think both parties ended that deal as it should be.
“Rom was injured for a while this pre-season and didn't participate, so I just hope for him he'll get a good start at Inter Milan.
“Towards the end of last season we didn't score a lot of goals and Mason Greenwood's pathway would have been a lot more difficult if we had another forward there.
“I believe Mason is going to be playing and involved a lot and when he is he's going to score goals.”