fotbalové dresy dětské You’ve got to feel a bit sorry for Romelu Lukaku.It wasn’t the Belgian’s fault he cost £75 million in the summer and it’s that price-tag that has seen plenty of pundits and football fans criticise him for his performances this season.But he’s scored 23 goals in all competitions this season – just three goals short of his best ever goalscoring return.

While some people don’t appreciate Lukaku’s ability, it seems he has the backing of manager Jose Mourinho.Despite suffering from a bad spell of form at times, Mourinho has continually picked Lukaku. And the forward thinks he knows exactly why.“He has been really good, but I think he knows I have that soldier mentality,“ Lukaku told Thierry Henry on Sky Sports. „I think the work rate I am delivering to the team is a lot and he knows he can come to me whenever. I will always put the team first ahead of myself and that’s something I told him. I said, ‚the team is the most important thing‘.

„I think the manager in his mind thinks that I’m like his sergeant on the pitch. And that’s strange for a striker because it’s usually the midfielders, but I’ve always worked hard and I’m grateful.“WHY LUKAKU ‚RETIRED‘ FROM YOUTH FOOTBALLBut there was once a time that Lukaku didn’t have quite have such a good relationship with his manager. Back when the former Everton player was representing Belgium’s youth side, he was shoved out on the left wing.His reaction? To ‘retire’.“One time, I remember they tried to put me in the No 10 position and I even retired from the national youth teams because they tried to play me as a left winger,“ Lukaku said.“Retired?!“ Henry asked. „How can you retire when you’ve just started?!““Yeah I stopped playing,“ Lukaku admitted.“I was 15. Yeah, from 14, I didn’t play for anyone until I was playing for the first team because I was playing as a left winger. I said, ‚no I’m not coming anymore‘ and I focused myself on development at Anderlecht. After a year and a half, I was in the first team.“

It might sound arrogant but it’s probably that arrogance that has seen Lukaku become one of the most-feared strikers in European football.And that’s probably why he wasn’t too happy when Zlatan Ibrahimovic dres liverpool fc first returned and immediately told him to play on the wing.Note to Mourinho: Don’t play Lukaku on the wing.