Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku has apologised to the club after he suggested over 90 per cent of the Nerazzurri squad suffered with coronavirus symptoms during January.
Italy is the European country that has been worst hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, suffering over 25,000 deaths, with the region of Lombardy, of which Milan is the capital, being the epicentre.
The BBC reports that Inter were left shocked by comments made by the former Manchester United forward during an Instagram Live talk with Belgian TV presenter Kat Kerkhofs on April 21. "We had a week off in December, we returned to work and I swear that 23 out of 25 players were ill.