5 reasons why Romelu Lukaku will be a hit at Manchester United

#5 He’s United’s main man

Marcus Rashford is one of only four strikers currently at United

Assuming United don’t now go out and buy another proven world-class striker – and realistically, I don’t think that’s likely given their history and Mourinho’s preferred tactical style – there can be no doubting that Lukaku, like he was at Everton, is the main man at Old Trafford when it comes to strikers.

Look at his competition – United currently only have four strikers in total listed in their squad and that’s including Lukaku. Of the others, Anthony Martial has often been used as an attacking midfielder or a winger and apparently has problems with his attitude too.

Marcus Rashford’s goalscoring record is relatively strong, but he’s also been played out wide by Mourinho and at just 19 years old there are still question marks over his long-term future. The other is James Wilson, and given he’s been loaned out twice in the last two seasons, it’s difficult to even call him a factor.

United may well decide to buy someone to compliment Lukaku, or they could even bring back Zlatan Ibrahimovic on another short-term deal if he can manage to get himself fit following his knee injury, but given they just spent £75m on him, it’s pretty clear that the Belgian is Mourinho’s top striker.

He’s also the new big star of the side given Ibrahimovic and Wayne Rooney are now both gone and Paul Pogba has firmly settled in.

With proven Premier League pedigree behind him, the chances of Lukaku needing a long settling in period ala Pogba are unlikely. Which means the United fans now have a new hero to get behind, and that will probably spur Lukaku on to great success at Old Trafford.