Ronald Koeman: Romelu Lukaku has potential to play for European elite via The Guardian
• Everton manager delighted that 23-year-old decided against summer transfer
• ‘He is a big striker who will always generate interest from big clubs’
Ronald Koeman has said Everton’s most important move of the summer was convincing Romelu Lukaku to stay but believes the striker will be coveted by European heavyweights such as Bayern Munich and Real Madrid should the 23-year-old continue to improve.
Lukaku returns to his former club Chelsea on Saturday having scored seven of Everton’s 15 league goals this season and assisted in three. Chelsea wanted to re-sign the Belgium international in the summer but, having sold him for £28m in 2014, refused to countenance Everton’s prohibitive £60m-plus price tag. The striker admitted this week that he was encouraged to remain at Goodison Park by an “honest” conversation with Koeman shortly after the Dutch coach had replaced Roberto Martínez as manager.
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