Romelu Lukaku has revealed Jose Mourinho has a Masterplan for Manchester United – and his stars are ready to follow it to the letter to win trophies, writes Steve Bates for The Mirror.
The £75million striker has been bowled over by the winning mentality in United's dressing room after Mourinho won three cups last season to add to an already rich history of silverware.
And Lukaku reckons he couldn't be in a better place to land to glory he craves with Mourinho obsessed with winning.
After arriving in Washington where United face their final US tour game against Barcelona on Wednesday Lukaku said: “The manager has a masterplan and we are following his plan.
“For me it’s all about winning. I want to win. Now I’m at a club where winning is the most important thing. It’s something inside of me.
I want to help my team-mates deliver wins game in game out.
“That’s what I came here for [trophies]. Manchester United, for me, equals trophies. The biggest club in the world equals trophies.
“Growing up, I’ve seen United win the league every year, almost! You want to be a part of that history.
“It’s drilled into your head when you do training sessions with the players, you don’t want to be on the losing side.
"That is something that I wanted to feel. I wanted to feel that pressure, I wanted to feel that hunger – to be here now.
“I’m grateful to be part of the biggest club in the world, but there is a lot of work to be done, and I know that I need to work much harder than I have until now.
"I want to do it because, at the end of the day, I want the club to reach bigger heights, I want the players to win a lot of trophies and I want to create history with the club.”
Lukaku, who scored 25 Premier League goals for Everton last season and has already scored twice in America for United, reckons he's still only half the player he wants to be.
And he's claimed he's nowhere near the level of goalscoring greats like Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski.
“I’m far from that level. But it’s the level I want to aim for.
I’m 24, I can’t say I’m the complete package. I can’t say I’m in my prime.
“There is a lot of work to be done and I’m delighted that there is still work to be done.
That means I can become even better than I am.
“That’s the state of mind I have - I always want to be better.
There is always room to improve. I just want to become the best player I can be.
“ I’ll never say it’s good enough. It’s a pressure I put on myself. When you play for United you have to perform every week.”
Asked whether he's modelled his game on Mourinho's first Chelsea striker Didier Drogba Lukaku said: “Not really. I’m different.
“Drogba is more of a hold-up player, a target man. I prefer to have ball to feet and run in behind. We’re totally different.
“We might have physical similarities but we’re totally different players.
I’m Romelu Lukaku, I want to create my own history. I’m at United, he was at Chelsea.”
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