Romelu Lukaku - Scoring In Italy

Lukaku is a left-footed player, who in 2014 was named by The Guardian as one of the ten most promising young players in Europe. A large and physically powerful striker, with an eye for goal, Lukaku has been known to use his physicality to get around defenders. However, despite his size, strength, physical build, and ability to hold-up play with his back to goal, his favoured role is not as a target-man in the centre, but as an out-and-out striker or poacher; due to his tactical versatility, he is also capable of playing as a winger. A well-rounded forward, who is also strong in the air, beyond his physical qualities and goalscoring ability, he possesses pace, athleticism, awareness, good link-up play, and good technique, as well as an ability to get into good attacking positions or create space for teammates with his intelligent runs off the ball.

After a turbulent time at Manchester United, Lukaku made the move to Italy to play for Inter Milan. Already he has shown why he was considered one of the best young strikers in the world scoring goals with ease.

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