Sorry but you say any manager wouldn't have agreed on letting their number one striker leave without replacement after literally saying in the previous paragraph he would have been a bench option here under Ole? So he wasn't the number 1 striker for Ole then. Didn't I suggest for you to organize your points a little bit? You need to decide if he was our number 1 option in striker position or a bench option, because if he was a bench option then yes Ole wouldn't care that much about losing him and can just tell himself that Greenwood would take his spot on the bench instead. The 2 paragraphs are contradictory.We agreed that Lukaku would have been a bench option under Ole, he would hardly be the saviour of our season regardless of our differing opinions on how he came to leave. What we do agree on is that he should have been replaced at least for the sake of squad depth and rotation.
At least 90% of people would refuse to agree to losing their no. 1 striker without having been assured the club would replace him. I find that being the far more likely scenario with Ole last summer also, say what you like but he's no fool.
Like I say transfers are not simple, the buying club were offering a very decent amount of money for Lukaku and that option would not have been there a year later. Conte was desperate for him and the time was right to sell on the basis we would find a replacement.
The fact you rely on press gossip to try to prove your point regarding who we were linked to shows the naivety in your opinion.
I'm relaying on press gossip, that's true....and what are you relaying for to point your opinion? Complete assumptions and theories with no evidence to support it.