The prolific Belgian’s first season saw him score a respectable amount of goals though there was criticism of his goal drought and his lack of telling performances in big matches.
In Lukaku’s second season, his output was less and United’s overall poor form saw him become a scapegoat of sorts.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer seemingly preferred Marcus Rashford to the former Everton man and the rumours constantly pointed to an eventual departure.
Both Inter Milan and Juventus fought for his signature but it was the former who beat the latter in the end.
Romelu Lukaku: “They [#mufc fans] have to find somebody [to scapegoat]. It is Pogba, it is me or it is Alexis. It’s the three of us all the time. For me, I just see it in many ways.” #mulive[lightharted podcast]
— utdreport (@utdreport) August 21, 2019
Romelu Lukaku: “I think a lot of stuff has been said, where I didn’t feel protected [at #mufc]. A lot of rumours, ‘Rom is going to go there, they don’t want Rom’ and nobody came out and shot it down.” #mulive [lightharted podcast]
— utdreport (@utdreport) August 21, 2019
Romelu Lukaku: “A lot of people don’t think I should be part of that system [at #mufc]. That’s my feeling from the conversations that I have, I just know.” #mulive [lightharted podcast]
— utdreport (@utdreport) August 21, 2019
Romelu Lukaku: “For me, the thing that makes me laugh a lot is, how the hell is s*** going bad in my team, but when I play in my national team, it’s good? And I’m happy.” #mulive[lightharted podcast]
— utdreport (@utdreport) August 21, 2019
There’s certainly some truth to Lukaku’s words as he was constantly scoring for his national side and so there must’ve been something wrong at club level.
The powerful forward’s agent is also not the first to complain of Manchester United’s lack of protection of their players in the light of public criticism or rumours.
Perhaps the board or some of the staff members involved are not good at matters related to their players and so they’ll have to learn to do better.