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Roma lead criticisms of controversial 'Black Friday' newspaper front page featuring Lukaku & Smalling

Roma have called out Corriere dello Sport for publishing a piece headlined 'Black Friday' that is centred around the club's trip to San Siro in a clash that will see former Manchester United team-mates Chris Smalling and Romelu Lukaku go head to head.

It has been suggested that the headline was intended to be a play on words following last week's day of cut-price sales that shares the same title, insinuating that both clubs picked up bargain buys when bringing the players in from Old Trafford.

There has, however, been widespread condemnation of the article and how it has been framed, with the chosen headline deemed to be particularly insensitive.