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This article is part of Football FanCast's Transfer Focus series, which provides opinion and analysis on recent transfer news...

According to Sky Sports, Manchester United have sold Romelu Lukaku to Inter for a fee in the region of £73m.

What's the word?

Reports in recent weeks had seen both Inter and Juventus fight tooth and nail to secure Lukaku's signature before the end of the transfer window, but Antonio Conte's side have managed to get a deal done.

As confirmed by United's official club website, Lukaku will be heading to Inter after only arriving from fellow Premier League side Everton back in the summer of 2017.

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That deal saw the Belgian arrive at Old Trafford for an initial £75m, and so United's sale of the 26-year-old this summer is certainly something worthy of appreciation.

Great business

Whilst the footballing consequences of letting Lukaku go are potentially severe - the club are left with very few recognised central striking options - the business side of it certainly makes sense. Despite the Belgium international generally being a prolific goal-scorer in English football, his poor record against the big sides certainly counted against him. Could he really be considered in the same league as a Sergio Aguero or a Harry Kane?

So, getting almost all of the money back from when he first arrived is a real coup. The Red Devils may not have had time to reinvest that money in a possible replacement or a position elsewhere, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's transfer kitty certainly takes a bit of a boost for the upcoming windows.

Even despite the ridiculous prices of players in the modern market, receiving a reported £73m for a striker who netted just 15 goals in 45 appearances across all competitions last season is good going, especially considering the lack of confidence and ill-feeling surrounding Lukaku at Old Trafford.

They may have gotten many other things wrong in the transfer window this summer, but getting a sizeable fee for an under-performing Lukaku will surely go down as a piece of great business - at least on the financial side of things.

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