Everton star Romelu Lukaku is one of the best strikers in the Premier League.
Liverpool legend Phil Thompson suggested on the Gillette Soccer Saturday show on Sky Sports News HQ on Saturday afternoon (broadcast from 12pm, November 19, 2016) that Everton manager Ronald Koeman is right about Romelu Lukaku.
Everton boss Koeman recently suggested to Belgian newspaper HLN that Lukaku’s final destination is not Goodison Park.
“If Romelu was to play at Everton until the end of his career I know he has left something (behind),” Koeman told HLN, as translated by The Daily Mail. “His potential is greater and higher than Everton as a final destination.”
Everton’s majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri subsequently told talkSPORT that Koeman’s comments about the Belgium international striker were taken out of context.
Former Liverpool defender Thompson has suggested that he agrees with Koeman’s comments about Lukaku.
“I think it would be at this moment in time, yeah, I really do,” said Thompson on the Gillette Soccer Saturday show on Sky Sports News HQ on Saturday afternoon (broadcast from 12pm, November 19, 2016) when asked if Lukaku’s potential is greater and higher than Everton as suggested by Koeman.
Lukaku is one of the best strikers in the Premier League and is a key member of the current Everton team.
The Belgium international has scored seven goals and created 20 chances in 11 league appearances for the Toffees so far this season.
During the 2015-16 campaign, the 23-year-old scored 18 goals and created 51 chances in 37 Premier League matches.
Everton are a massive club, but if the Toffees fail to break into the top four of the Premier League this season, then there is a danger that Lukaku could leave in the summer.
After all, if a big club who regularly feature in the Champions League come calling, then it would be hard for the Belgian to resist the temptation of joining them.
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