Original title: Lukaku explains relationship with Manchester United: I love the person of Soso, but playing right winger has decided to transfer
Lukaku, the winger United sold to Inter Milan two years ago, has rediscovered his senses in Italy and has scored 17 Serie A goals this season, second only to Juventus superstar Cairo. However, the Belgian striker still praised Solskjaer when reflecting on his time with him while playing for the Red Devils.
During his time at United, Lukaku worked with Solskjaer for nine months before demanding a move to Inter. The English and Italian media, have tried to speculate on the discord between the two, but Lukaku emphasized in a Q&A on the social media site that he likes Solskjaer as a person and as a coach, and will wish him and Manchester United well.
Lukaku was asked how he would rate Solskjaer's work as United manager and whether he had a good relationship with him before leaving the club.
"Ole is doing a great job," Lukaku replied, "You guys have to get one thing straight, I love him as a skipper and as a person and I have nothing but the best wishes for him."
Lukaku revealed that he had decided it was time to leave United when Solskjaer put him on the right wing while playing Rashford and Martial in the middle. But he also made it clear that Solskjaer did not stand in the way of his move and therefore has a lot of respect for him.
"A player can have one year in his career where he doesn't play well, and that's what happened to me. You don't know what happened behind the scenes, I just felt that my time at United was coming to an end. I was in a difficult situation and had to make a decision whether to go to another place, learn other skills of the game and work with another person who wanted to reuse me." Lukaku said, "Ole wanted me to stay but I told him everything had drawn to a close and I had lost energy. You have to give him credit for being the man, he helped me through the transfer."
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Lukaku was also asked to comment on Rashford, and the Belgian youngster was equally effusive in his praise for the former United teammate. "He's getting better all the time! I love watching him play, definitely one of the most talented players I've ever worked with."
Sometimes, players need to leave a team in order to get better in their career. It's not just Lukaku, but Manchester United emporium star Lingard, who recently went on loan to West Ham, is another example. Famous Rio Ferdinand then urged him to leave United permanently and join West Ham.
"I've said for a long time that Jesse should close the chapter at United because he was unavailable and he wasn't in the manager's plans," said Ferdinand. Ferdinand explained, 'You see the smile on his face now, the way he plays and his confidence. He's got that sparkle back in his eyes, which is something I haven't seen in the last two years. Why would he go back to United and be on the bench? If he returns to United, he'll definitely be on the bench for Bruno Fernandes or playing on the wing. I'm not saying he's not good enough, I'm saying that with the way United are using him, I'd choose to move on in his place."
Now, Lukaku playing Inter with a four-point advantage ranked first in Serie A, is expected to win the title; and Solskjaer led Manchester United, is in the second place in the Premier League, both sides in the parting of the ways after a good development, the past right and wrong, there is no need to dwell on.
