Romelu Lukaku has scored 25 goals in the Premier League for Everton so far this season.
Garth Crooks has told BBC Sport that Romelu Lukaku should leave Everton to join Chelsea this summer.
Lukaku netted 25 goals in 37 Premier League appearances this season, with his performances for Everton impressing.
Lukaku appears to have developed into one of the top marksmen in English football.
And Crooks feels that the time has come for Lukaku to depart Goodison Park and join Chelsea.
“Now here is a player who has done more than any other to try to elevate Everton into a top-six side under Ronald Koeman,” Crooks said.
“Sadly it hasn’t happened this season but that was not Romelu Lukaku’s fault. The player could not have done any more.
“The Everton striker is the nearest thing I have seen to Didier Drogba and, under Antonio Conte, I think Lukaku will suit their style of football perfectly.
“The 24-year-old Belgian is no Drogba yet but I really would like to see him in the Chelsea set-up again.”
Everton have been particularly reliant on Lukaku for goals this season, and his departure would be a major blow for Koeman’s side.
No other Toffees player has scored more than six times this campaign, with Lukaku shouldering most of the goalscoring burden.
Everton are understood to be desperate to keep hold of Lukaku, but realise that they face a fight to keep hold of the powerful Belgian international.
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