Pain and positivity: the fuel for Romelu Lukaku’s journey to the top | Ed Aarons
01-Jul-2021 18:00:14 | The Guardian
Belgium striker’s career path has not been straightforward but he takes on Italy as a hero in his homeland and a Serie A winner
Ariel Jacobs remembers vividly the day he realised Romelu Lukaku was something very special. The striker, having scored an incredible 131 goals in 94 matches for Anderlecht’s youth team, had been called up to train with the first team despite still having to attend school and being a few weeks from his 16th birthday.
“I had the chance to have some in-depth discussions with him and it became clear that as well as scoring lots of goals, Romelu’s second major quality and one I could feel immediately was his positive mindset,” says Jacobs, a former defender who spent five years as Anderlecht’s manager.
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