Phil Jagielka has said that Manchester United signed the complete centre-forward when they purchased Romelu Lukaku to Old Trafford.
Lukaku has scored six goals in six games for United since arriving from Goodison Park in July and is set to face Everton on Sunday for the first time since leaving.
“He is still a young man, but he is just about coming to the part of his career when you expect him to kick on.
“Hopefully that’s not the case at Old Trafford on Sunday, but we expect him to be one of their key players.
“We knew Rom was going to go on to great things, and he has started his career at United fantastically well.
“He is a difficult player [to mark]. We have trained against him for quite a few years and played alongside him and, at the moment, we are obviously missing his goals.
“But the way football is, and the crazy way the market is, Rom left us. It’s the way it goes, but when you have played with and alongside somebody for a while, there is a friendship there and a battle to want to come out on top.
“The only way we can do that is stopping him scoring. It’s obviously vice-versa for him.”
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