Transfer insider Fabrizio Romano sat down with TalkChelsea to discuss the club's transfer business. Asked to comment on who gets the credit for big deals such as the Romelu Lukaku one, he said: "I would say the whole team deserves credit but in particular Marina [Granovskaia].
"She does great work in this type of strategy. It’s easy for top clubs to throw money at deals in this situation. But in this case, we’re talking about a perfect strategy for a complicated situation where we’re talking about centre forwards.
"It’s very difficult to sign strikers and key players from their clubs. Lukaku was a key player for his club, and Inter’s stance was always that he was too important for them to be able to sell.
"Then when Romelu was back from the Euros and from holidays, he immediately met with the new manager. So the atmosphere was totally different to two weeks later, when he left to join Chelsea.
"This was thanks to Chelsea’s strategy, so I think Marina did an incredible job behind the scenes, that is the most difficult part of business in this area."
Lukaku is Chelsea's world-record signing. He was brought from Inter for a deal worth around £97.5 million and Marina was the catalyst behind the whole transfer.
For sure, she is the best sporting director in Europe!
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