Romelu Lukaku and Chris Smalling have both released statements following Thursday’s ‘Black Friday’ headline in Corrie dello Sport.
The Italian newspaper ran a photo of the pair on the front page of Thursday’s edition of the newspaper to preview the former Manchester United players coming head to head the following day in Inter’s game with Roma, and accompanied the story with the headline: ‘Black Friday’.
Both Inter and Roma have come out on social media to criticise the heading and Lukaku and Smalling have since followed suit.
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The former posted on his Twitter account to say: “Instead of focusing on a battle between two teams.