Everton supporters have expressed that they miss Belgian striker, Romelu Lukaku, at Goodison Park.
The 26-year-old, who is valued at £67.5 million (as per Transfermarkt), was chosen as a scorer for goal of the day on Thursday (via The Blue Room), with a video of his impressive goal, in a 2-0 victory over Leicester City in 2016 (per BBC), posted to Twitter.
With supporters taking a trip down memory lane due to the video, many expressed how they missed the Belgian striker at Goodison Park.
That lukaku was unstoppable. He was a beast (in a good way) back then
— this tweet is unavailable (@tjdoyle84) November 14, 2019
All he did was score goals!
Oh how I miss him!— TheBigRezowski (@PaulRezon) November 15, 2019
That’s what an who we miss
— mark (kidda) (@mark99576605) November 15, 2019
Miss rom. Him in this side would easily score 30+ goals a season. Truly remarkable goal record.
— Gwyn Jones (@strongmangwyn) November 14, 2019
Lukaku bagged an impressive 87 goals and 29 assists in 166 appearances for the Toffees during his stay in Merseyside (via Transfermarkt).
The frontman’s time at Goodison Park came to an end in 2017, when Manchester United forked out an initial fee of £75 million to secure the Belgian’s services (as per BBC).
Since leaving the Toffees, the 26-year-old has not quite gone on to fulfil the potential that was expected of him, before moving to Italy, which many supporters remarked upon.
Old Rom
— Toffeetowers (@toffeetowers) November 14, 2019
He should be one of the best strikers in the world but strangely hasn’t been improved for since and may be before he left Everton.
Lack of ambition/ commitment or he just peaked.— Ken Pickard (@jockwink) November 14, 2019
What do we think?
Lukaku’s record whilst with the Toffees was incredibly respectable, averaging over a goal every other game (per Transfermarkt), so it is only to be expected that the Goodison Park faithful would miss the Belgian.
However, with nine goals in 12 league appearances in Milan (via Transfermarkt), it is unlikely that the Toffees faithful will see a return from the 26-year-old anytime soon.