Written by Koen Van Uytvange, Pieter-Jan Calcoen and Yanko Beeckman for Nieuwsblad:
Romelu Lukaku was loaned to Roma this season after a weeks-long transfer saga in the summer. At his former team Internazionale, where his goals helped win the league title in 2021, he is persona non grata. “A lot of bullshit has been written about me this summer,” Lukaku said about the transfer soap opera. "I will speak in time, but if I were to really say how it all went last summer, everyone would be shocked." With the national team, he is the all-time top scorer, and in the past year he has received all the love he’s sometimes missed: 2023 was his most prolific year yet with 15 goals in nine games. In addition to being a powerhouse striker, Lukaku is also a polyglot. In addition to Dutch and French, he also speaks English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Lingala.