Del Piero Hails Impending Lukaku, Pogba Additions To Serie A

After six seasons away toiling with Manchester United, Pogba is on the verge of completing a free transfer to the Allianz Stadium for a second time.

It looks like Lukaku will not be staying in England for too long. Just a year after completing a mammoth £97.5m return to Stamford Bridge, the Belgium international is close to agreeing a return to Inter Milan on an initial loan deal.

Both players performed admiringly in their spells in Italy but somewhat underwhelmed in the Premier League.

But Del Piero feels the pair's addition to the Serie A will only bode well for the Italian top flight, which has struggled to compete with the best of Europe in recent seasons.

"Now the Premier League is the best football you can see in terms of number of teams that can perform at a high level and what happened in the Champions League, in the Europa League how they performed is the answer," he told ESPN.

“It's a different kind of sport in some moments. It seems in the Premier League you run more, you have more physicality, you are more spectacular. 

"It's not exactly like this because in Italy we have this kind of thing but Italy is struggling now: the national team and also in the club teams.  

"So last season showed a little bit more. Roma's win [in the Europa Conference League] is a good hope for the future in the Europa competitions. 

"So Lukaku for Inter and Pogba for Juve could be a great move also for Italian football to become again stronger and have a voice in the Champions League especially."