Ole Gunnar Solskjaer makes Romelu Lukaku promise in hope of keeping striker in Manchester

Romelu Lukaku

The Belgium international has been heavily linked with a summer switch to Inter Milan, but a deal is yet to be struck and United are continuing to demand £75 million for the striker.

According to The Sun, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer vowed to the 26-year-old that he will be given the opportunity to make the No.9 position his own in 2019/20 if he stays put.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.