Jul 10, 2017 · 1 min read
I’m sure Lukaku will score goals for United, because he’s an athletic freak in his own right and will have talented teammates who can feed him the ball, but he doesn’t strike me as a good fit for them.
From the handful of Everton matches I’ve watched over the past couple seasons, I wasn’t overly impressed with his hold-up play nor his first touch. Everton isn’t a squad that will outright dominate possession against most clubs, so Lukaku had plenty of opportunities to use his speed & strength in wide open spaces for 1 v 1 chances against a hapless CB. On United however, you’d think he’s mostly going to face incredibly compact defensive shapes with little-to-no space whatsoever to directly run at people if he’s playing centrally.
