23 out of 25 players were ill' - Lukaku claims Inter squad had coronavirus symptoms in December

The Covid-19 pandemic has ravaged Europe with Italy particularly badly affected, and the striker says there were warning signs in the Serie A team

Inter striker Romelu Lukaku has claimed that "23 out of 25" players in the Serie A side's first-team squad had coronavirus symptoms as far back as 2019, but none of them were tested for the virus.

The coronavirus pandemic has swept across Europe causing thousands of deaths, with Italy among the worst-affected countries in the world by the virus.

So far no members of the Inter squad have been confirmed to have had Covid-19, however Belgium international Lukaku has made some remarkable claims about the health of his team-mates before the virus really took hold.