Lukaku, a big mistake

Romelu Lukaku has been drilling nets for eleven years. Since he made his debut for Anderlecht in 2009, at the age of 16, There are only two asterisked stages in his career. Chelsea's, in which it was his first adventure outside his native Belgium, and that of Manchester United, where he arrived as one of the most feared battering rams in the Premier after standing out at Everton. Its combination of speed, girth and agility result in an indomitable end product. However, Old Trafford, despite signing decent numbers, 42 goals and 13 assists in 96 games, came out the back door. Now, in Manchester, after seeing him consecrate himself again as the tyrant of the area that he has always been at Inter Milan, they must identify his departure as a big mistake. And more taking into account the pressing lack of goal that plagues the team.

Over last year's summer horn, Big rom he went to Inter and left 75 million euros in the Mancunian coffers, money that would not be invested immediately in what the team needed most: goal. It was not until a year later, with the arrival of Cavani, when another striker with a soul of nine. Martial, Rashford and Greenwood respond to a similar profile and, although they may act as a false striker, the adjective prior to the position denotes their lack of suitability for the position.

To make matters worse, Lukaku signed, in his first year at San Siro, the best of his career. 34 goals among all the competitions that made him shine individually and helped Inter runner-up (He lost the Europa League final against Sevilla and was second in Serie A after Juve) to do it collectively. This course has started like the previous one, thrashing. Three games and as many goals. The same as the United trio (two from Rashford, one from Greenwood and none from Martial). The Belgian has achieved them in 245 minutes, the Red Devils in 717 '.

As a study of the Daily Mail, since Solskjaer decided to dispense with his services and United sent our protagonist to Italy, Romelu accumulates 37 goals in 54 games (one goal every 119.8 minutes). While his former colleagues, since his departure, have failed to fill their void. Rashford has 24 goals in 49 games (one every 157.2 '); Martial, 23 at 51 (one in 163.9); while the young Greenwood has reached 18 in 53 (one in 155.5).

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While internationally it rubs shoulders with the greatest. The goal scored against England last weekend and this Wednesday's double against Iceland meant reaching the 55 goals with the national team. Milestone achieved after 86 games and that makes him average 0.63 goals per game with Belgium. Ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo's 0.61 with Portugal (101 goals in 167 games) and the 0.51 of Leo Messi with Argentina (71 in 139).

Everything points to what the one from Antwerp will continue to beat, both at club level and internationally. However, he is at the ideal age for it (27 years old). Be that as it may, whether or not Cavani can fill his hole, The decision made by Manchester United to get rid of our protagonist is, to say the least, controversial. At Inter they congratulate themselves on this.