Return of the Rom. Luk who's back. The puns write themselves, but Romelu Lukaku is no joke.
Bullying grown men at Anderlecht aged 16. A £10million move to Chelsea aged 18. Seventeen goals in his first season as a starter aged 19. Everton's club-record transfer aged 21. Manchester United's £75m man aged 24. Belgium's all-time leading goalscorer aged 25. Inspiring Inter to a first Scudetto in 11 years aged 27. His CV is elite.
Now he's coming back to put right the wrongs of his three years at Chelsea. The stats make for damning reading: 15 games, no goals. But Lukaku is a different player to the one who left Chelsea in 2014. He's a different player, too, to the one who left Man United in 2019.
Save those jokes about his first touch. Delete those tweets where you doubted him before it's too late. This is a world-class number nine returning to Stamfo... ...
