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He'll cost Mourinho his job in my view. The managers belief that he can fundamentally change him into the kind of Drogba style player who can effectively hold the ball up and bring others into play just isn't matched by Lukaku's raw attributes. The manager is being stubborn in trying to fit a square peg into a round hole; just as Fergie tried to do initially with Veron. He needs to emulate Fergie in this instance and realise sooner rather than later that getting rid is the best option for everyone.
Lukaku simply does not have enough to his game to ever be good enough for a top team, and given the fact that he's played over 450 games of professional football for club and country I seriously worry about whether he's going to have anything left in the tank in a couple of years. When you compare Lukaku to Rooney for example both players started to decline around the 500-550 professional game mark, the latter despite "only" being around 27 years old.
I draw other parallels between them actually. Rooney's best season in my view was 09/10 when he was 23 and in his 8th season. Lukaku's best season was 16/17 when he was also 23 and also in his 8th season of professional footballer.
Lukaku simply does not have enough to his game to ever be good enough for a top team, and given the fact that he's played over 450 games of professional football for club and country I seriously worry about whether he's going to have anything left in the tank in a couple of years. When you compare Lukaku to Rooney for example both players started to decline around the 500-550 professional game mark, the latter despite "only" being around 27 years old.
I draw other parallels between them actually. Rooney's best season in my view was 09/10 when he was 23 and in his 8th season. Lukaku's best season was 16/17 when he was also 23 and also in his 8th season of professional footballer.