It's not entirely relevant to the thread, but Messi's average heat map position for this season has been outside the box, almost entirely. Think about that for a second. Who else in the world could have an average position that deep in midfield and still put up top striker numbers and assist better than ever? Did you know that in terms of goals and assists combined, this is Messi's 2nd best season ever? Now......If Lukaku were to play as deep as Messi does, every single game, do you think the above statistics would be anything like they are?