Romelu LUKAKU
Chelsea
Having burst onto the scene as a16-year-old at Anderlecht, it has taken more than a decade for Romelu Lukaku to be universally recognised for what he is: a world-class centre-forward.
Even during his most prolific Premier League season (2016-17, when he scored 25 times for Everton), Lukaku’s quality was all too readily reduced to his physical attributes. It is a habit that many media outlets have been guilty of when describing black players, but with Lukaku it has been particularly noticeable because he clearly offers so much more.
Yes, he is capable of bullying centre-backs – as Arsenal’s Pablo Mari discovered on Lukaku’s London return – but his movement and
