Earlier this month, Lukaku’s representative Federico Pastorello revealed the Manchester United hitman’s fondness of the Italian league.
“He likes Italy. When he was a child he followed a lot the Italian league,” Pastorello told Sky Sports.
“Everybody agrees today the Premier League is the best but years ago Italy was the best and they were the dreams for the younger footballer players.
“Teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona, of course, attract any champion so he sees also in La Liga one day. Bundesliga for sure is a very good championship.”
And Lukaku himself has now revealed his desire to one day play in Serie A.
“Playing in Serie A is a dream, it would be really a dream,” the Belgium international told Sky Italia’s Lords of Football.
“I hope to be able to play sooner or later, even if at the moment I am focused on the United.”
Lukaku joined Manchester United from Everton in the summer of 2017 for a fee of £75million.
The 25-year-old has scored 42 goals in 95 matches for the Red Devils but has struggled in front goal in recent months.
The former Chelsea currently has three years left on his contract at Old Trafford and will discuss his future with the club at the end of the season.
“At the moment he is very focused on finishing the season,” Pastorello said.
“The competition for third and fourth place in England is very tight so let’s see what will happen in the future at the end the season.
“It’s his second season here and he will still have three years on his contract until the end. Let’s see.
“He’s someone who loves to know a different culture, a different football.
“He sees a way to have a career playing in different countries because he would like to win some trophies and prove himself and say to his children ‘I won there and I won there and I won there’ and ‘I was a very good player in all the top championships’ so let’s see, the future is really very open but, at the moment, we don’t discuss about that because really the season is in a big moment.”
Lukaku and his Manchester United team-mates will be back in action on Sunday afternoon, welcoming Champions League-chasing Chelsea to the Theatre of Dreams