Dzeko signs for Inter following Lukaku’s departure to Chelsea

Inter
sold
Lukaku
to
Chelsea
for
a
reported
£97.5million
(€115m)
last
week,
and
a
deal
was
swiftly
completed
to
bring
in
Dzeko
from
Roma.

The
35-year-old
has
signed
a
two-year
contract
with
Inter
and,
although
the
move
was
not
officially
announced
until
late
on
Saturday,
he
featured
in
a
pre-season
friendly
against
Dynamo
Kiev.

Inter
won
the
behind-closed-doors
match
3-0,
with
Dzeko
scoring
and
contributing
to
another
goal.

“The
sensations
are
good,
I’m
very
happy.
This
is
a
great
opportunity
for
me,
I
want
to
thank
the
management
and
the
coach
for
their
trust,
because
they
think
I
can
still
make
a
difference,”
said
Dzeko.

“I
arrive
at
Inter,
a
great
club,
the
Italian
champions.
In
these
six
years
in
Serie
A
I
have
been
able
to
see
closely
what
Inter
are
and
what
they
represent:
now
I
can
play
with
them
and
I
am
very
happy.”

Dzeko
scored
only
seven
Serie
A
goals
in
27
appearances
last
term.

In
total,
he
netted
77
times
in
Italy’s
top
flight
for
Roma,
topping
the
scoring
charts
in
the
2016-17
season
with
29
goals.

Simone
Inzhagi’s
side
were
further
boosted
by
the
arrival
of
Netherlands
full-back
Denzel
Dumfries,
who
signed
a
deal
to
2025
after
leaving
PSG.

Genoa
are
Inter’s
first
opponents
of
the
2021-22
Serie
A
season,
which
starts
next
weekend.