Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku has revealed how an eye-opening moment involving Zlatan Ibrahimovic taught him what he needed to do to be a success at Old Trafford.
The Belgian striker has had an up and down season but put together a stunning goalscoring run for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side at the start of the month.
The powerful forward is currently sidelined with a foot injury that has kept him away from international duty.
And he's taken a trip down memory lane to remember how Swedish legend Ibrahimovic showed him some valuable lessons in his early days in Manchester.
Lukaku joined the club for £75m in July 2017 as an ageing Ibrahimovic was beginning his final season with the club - but it didn't stop him leaving an impression.
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Speaking to United's official website , Lukaku recalled: “Everything I learned from Zlatan was great, from his stories that he told me when he was at Inter, AC Milan, Barcelona and even Ajax, to being on the field working with him, seeing how competitive he was,”
“I remember one training session, because we were both strikers, we were never on the same team and, at one point, there was a 50/50 challenge. He went full-on against me!
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“That is when I knew this guy wants to compete and this guy wants to fight for his spot. That is why he changed me. It was an eye-opener. The guy had to fight to be in the position he is in.
“So, I learned just to focus, work hard and enjoy it as well. Because he is a guy who you can have a lot fun with as well and having his personality in the dressing room was good.”
