Factfile on Romelu Lukaku after Manchester United reached agreement with Everton to buy the Belgian international for a reported £75million ($97m, 85.5m euros) on Saturday subject to a medical and agreeing personal terms:
Romelu Lukaku
Date of birth: May 13, 1993
Place of birth: Antwerp, Belgium
Nationality: Belgian
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 93kg
Position: Striker
Clubs (senior career): Anderlecht (BEL, 2009-11), Chelsea (ENG, 2011-14), West Brom (ENG, 2012/13 on loan from Chelsea), Everton (ENG, 2013/14 on loan from Chelsea — subsequently bought him 2014-17)
League goalscoring record: 85 in 186 Premier League appearances (including a club record 68 for Everton), 33 in 73 Belgian championship matches.
International caps: 60
International goals: 23
Trophies won
2009/10 — Belgian league title
Transfer fee history:
August 2011 — Chelsea paid Anderlecht initial reported fee of £10m which rose with add-ons to double that.
July 2014 — Everton paid Chelsea a club record £28m after a successful one season loan there.
July 2017 — Manchester United agree a reported £75m (including add-ons) with Everton.
Other statistics of note:
25 — In 2015/16, Lukaku became the first Everton player since Gary Lineker in 1985/86 to score 25 league goals in a single season.
8 — In the 2015/16 campaign Lukaku became the first Everton player to score in eight consecutive matches since Dave Hickson in 1954.
31 — The time (in seconds) it took him to score Everton’s fastest Premier League goal against Bournemouth last February.
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