Premier League legend urges Man United striker to ignore his critics

Premier League legend urges Man United striker to ignore his critics

Manchester United have enjoyed a blistering start to the new season and summer signing Romelu Lukaku has been fantastic to date, netting in all three of his competitive appearances for the Red Devils since moving from Everton.

Lukaku scored a consolation goal in the defeat to Real Madrid in the European Super Cup and has since found the net against West Ham and Swansea City, scoring a brace on the opening weekend against the Hammers.

Many still have doubts regarding the Belgian striker and his consistency though, as his goals during his time at Everton usually came in purple patches and not always against the top sides, so some still wonder if he’ll encounter similar problems at Old Trafford.


Premier League legend Alan Shearer has urged Lukaku to ignore any critics though, which include Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, as he wrote in his column for The Sun.

‘On Saturday, there was some criticism about his movement in the link-up play. Yet [Jose] Mourinho said in the summer he was not interested in all that and he was not that type of player,’

‘He just wanted a goalscorer operating in and around the box to put the ball away. All this business about strikers dropping deep to link up play is overrated in my opinion anyway. In my time at Newcastle, if we were going through a bad spell I found myself dropping deeper to help my team-mates.’

‘But at the same time, this was negating my greatest strength. When we were playing well and I was on the shoulder of the last defender, we were dangerous.’

‘There is enough creativity in that Manchester United team right now as it is. It seems to have a lot more pace and energy, with more players now confident enough to run beyond the ball.’

‘Marcus Rashford, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Juan Mata all have quite enough ability to threaten and open up a defence without the need for Lukaku to come back and join in. Just stay up there and finish it off.’

Already boasting three Premier League goals to his name, Lukaku will be confident of extending his scoring run in this weekend’s hosting of Leicester City at Old Trafford.