The club was up for it, Allegri was up for it, but we didn’t find a agreement on the values of the players. The fans added some extra pressure.
Knowing that we basically released a entire generation (Matuidi, Higuain etc) for nothing, it’s unbelievable that we were actually thinking about swapping Vlahovic for Lukaku knowing the age difference. Add the 10m salary of Lukaku on top of that. A player who never had a great reputation and who got benched by a 37 y/o Dzeko in the CL final. Very disappointing and short sighted view of everyone involved at the club.
In our situation selling Vlahovic is understandable, his replacement should be at least 4 years younger than Lukaku.