MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan followers have been getting ready for days to present Roma striker Romelu Lukaku a most inhospitable welcome when their former participant returns to San Siro.
The Italian league chief’s most fervent supporters are planning to ship 50,000 whistles “to make use of till you lose your breath at each single contact of the one that has betrayed our colours,” based on a leaflet they’ve distributed.
Inter will host Roma on Sunday and far of the eye clearly will give attention to Lukaku, who can be taking part in his outdated membership for the primary time since acrimoniously leaving Inter and becoming a member of Roma within the offseason.
Roma coach Jose Mourinho, who was in cost at Inter for 2 seasons, has tried to minimize Lukaku’s return.
“I am shocked by the entire thing as a result of I did not suppose Romelu meant that a lot to a membership with Inter’s historical past. It is a shock for me,” Mourinho stated Wednesday.
Mourinho will get a really totally different reception on the membership he’s nonetheless revered at after main Inter to the Champions League, Serie A and the Italian Cup titles in 2010.
The Portuguese coach should watch from the stands, nevertheless, as a result of he’s suspended following his crimson card on the finish of Roma’s win over Monza final weekend.
“I did not know Lukaku was so essential in Milan as a result of what he did there, successful the Scudetto and a few cups, has been accomplished by 200 gamers in Inter’s historical past,” Mourinho stated. “It will be fascinating to see. The truth that he left Inter to hitch Roma to assist his coach is taken into account dramatic, whereas (Hakan) Calhanoglu going from AC Milan to Inter is simply great and there have been no issues years in the past when (Fabio) Cannavaro went from Inter to Juve or (Christian) Vieri moved from Inter to Milan.”
There have been certainly few issues when Lukaku left Inter the primary time.
After serving to Inter to the Serie A title in 2021, Lukaku expressed his need to return to Chelsea and he was bought to the Premier League membership, a lot to the frustration of the Nerazzurri followers.
However they welcomed him again with open arms when he returned on mortgage the next 12 months.
After a combined begin to final season — when he needed to cope with accidents and a lack of kind — Lukaku improved and there was discuss of creating the transfer everlasting, with Inter and Chelsea reportedly even agreeing to a charge.
However to the shock of many — not least his teammates and the membership — Lukaku began negotiating with rivals Juventus and AC Milan.
The ultimate straw for Lukaku was when he was left on the bench in opposition to Manchester Metropolis within the Champions League last, the place his evident miss after he got here on as an alternative proved expensive as Inter misplaced 1-0.
The 30-year-old Lukaku finally joined Roma on mortgage on the finish of August and he’s displaying few indicators of the struggles of final season, having already scored seven targets in 9 matches in all competitions.
Each Inter and Roma are wanting to not make the match all about Lukaku’s return to San Siro. Inter can be seeking to consolidate its lead on the high of Serie A one level above AC Milan and two above Juventus, whereas Roma is lastly managing to string wins collectively after a poor begin.
However for Inter followers “the day of essentially the most unwelcome return is getting nearer.”
That was the headline on that leaflet a fan group distributed earlier than a latest Inter match.
“Oct. 29 is a date to spotlight in crimson to point out and make heard all of the disgust that we really feel in the direction of the one that turned his again on us in essentially the most shameful means,” learn the leaflet, which additionally detailed the variety of whistles that will be distributed. “An individual who proved himself to be a little bit man, as a result of earlier than being a champion it’s worthwhile to be a person and preserve to your phrase.”
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