Romelu Lukaku has made headlines this summer after moving to Manchester United. The Belgian now has an opportunity to play for one of the best teams in the league and it will be a test of his ability to prove that he belongs at this level. A fee of £75 million will mean that expectation levels will increase and he has to show that he is deserving of such an outlay.
The opening weekend is always an important one as momentum starts to build. Strikers will look to open their accounts as quickly as possible, as it gets a weight of their shoulders.
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It is even more important for Lukaku to score on the opening day, as he has a big price tag to live up to as well. The sooner that he can start scoring goals, the better it will be for him. Fernando Torres is a great example of a player that started slowly after a big move and he was never the same again.
This weekend, the Manchester United striker can go into the game with confidence as he has a good record against West Ham.
He has scored seven in his last eight Premier League matches against the Hammers. There are certain teams that players always seem to perform well against and West Ham are one of Lukaku’s favoured oppositions.
The Belgian has been criticised for being a flat track bully before, but these are the matches that United struggled in last season. If their new striker continues to score at the rate he has before, that can only be a positive for the team.
Although it didn’t go all his way during the UEFA Super Cup, Lukaku showed enough to suggest that he can start the season in good form. There was one sitter that he should have done much better with, but he did manage to grab a goal and that should give him encouragement ahead of his Premier League bow for his new club.
Currently, Real Madrid are the best team in Europe and the Belgian showed that he could cause problems for a defence of that level. West Ham won’t be relishing the task of trying to stop him this weekend.
What does this mean for Draft Fantasy?
If you have drafted Lukaku, you probably have the intention of starting him this weekend, but this stat underlines the value that he offers during the opening game-week.
We will learn a lot about the Belgian in terms of his fantasy value after the first six or seven matches have been played. There are still a lot of unknowns regarding the style of Manchester United this season.
They were the lowest scorers of the top six teams last season and that would be a worry with Lukaku. He can only score if United create chances for him.
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This weekend is huge for him. West Ham are a team that he has a great record against. If he can score one or more on Sunday, he could be difficult to stop for the rest of the campaign.
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