Vincent Kompany believes football shirts with names Manchester United signed an obsessive goal scorer in Romelu Lukaku.
Lukaku scored his first friendly goal in a friendly win over Real Salt Lake on Monday after the club spent 75 million to sign it over Alvaro Morata.
Kompany and Lukaku have been playing together internationally with Belgium for several years, including the World Cup and the European Championship, and the Manchester City captain expects Lukaku to succeed at Old Trafford.
“Romelu has one amazing ability and his desire is to score goals,” Kompany said ahead of Thursday’s derby in Manston, Houston. “A lot of criticism has been exposed, and his greatest strength is the belief in himself that he will have that instinct and achieve results. That will be what Manchester United will get from him.”
Lukaku, when he scored Cheap Harry Kane Football Shirt Kids at his first United start at Real Salt Lake, said: “I’m glad to be here because you really see that it’s a big club and that’s what I wanted to challenge.
“I’m very happy now. This is the job I wanted. I need to make sure I’m focused and have the same ambitions as I’ve always had. And just work hard. That’s the key to success.”