Romelu Lukaku exploded at Inter Milan teammate Nicolo Barella during his side’s 0-0 draw at Sampdoria on Monday night.
The result left Simone Inzaghi’s side a whopping 15 points adrift of leaders Napoli with 16 games left to play.
Frustration at Inter’s plight appeared to quickly set in when the Chelsea loanee hit out at Barella five-minutes before the interval.
After losing the ball in midfield, Barella showed his frustration by throwing his arms in the air in annoyance.
The Belgian striker was clearly not in the mood for his teammates' antics and was all-too happy to let him know about it.
Lukaku was caught on camera screaming and wagging his finger at Barella before uttering in Italian: “Don’t do that, enough with these arms. Do not do that, it’s not good. It’s insulting, now stop!”
A riled Barella was not taking it lying down and appeared to fire some words back at Lukaku.
But that only angered the former Manchester United striker who he believe to have screamed back: “F*** you, son of a b****!”
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Boss Inzaghi told reporters after the game that he didn’t like the exchange between the pair but confirmed they had made up.
"These things happen on the pitch, they shouldn’t happen and I don’t like to see them, but they were sat together during the break and are great friends. Obviously, these are incidents I don’t want to see,” said Inzaghi.
The episode sums up Inter's topsy-turvy season and that of Lukaku who has struggled for form and fitness since returning to the San Siro last summer.
Lukaku didn’t take kindly to Barella’s complaints & gesturing during Inter’s draw at Samp.
“Don’t do that, enough with these arms! Do not do that! It’s not good, it’s insulting, now stop!”
Lukaku also ended by saying: “f*** you, son of a bitch!”https://t.co/Z2SL4X2yH0
— Sacha Pisani (@Sachk0) February 14, 2023He has scored twice in ten appearances this season – his last goal coming against Spezia back in August.
Lukaku’s future beyond this season remains unclear as he has made clear his intentions of wanting to remain in Italy rather than return to Stamford Bridge.
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