da brwin： Romelu Lukaku has stated that he is tired of being compared with Didier Drogba, and wants to make his own name in the game.
da poker： The Belgium international was signed by Chelsea as a potential replacement for the ageing Ivorian, who left Stamford Bridge after eight years in the summer.
Lukaku has been farmed out to West Brom on loan this term, and scored the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win over Reading on Saturday.
The teenager has stated that he needs to play regularly and is eager to ditch comparisons with Drogba.
“Am I fed up being compared with Drogba? Yes. In the beginning it was nice to hear that, but every player wants to make his own name,” The Daily Mail quote Lukaku as saying.
“I want to make my own name. Drogba was my big idol and so was my father, who also played in Belgium.
“I looked also to my father but really I want to make my own style of play, I want to be myself. I want the people to say “this is Roman Lukaku, not the new Drogba”.
“I just want to be me and hopefully I will have a big career, but I want to do well now for this club and then we will see.
“For me, the next two years, it is very important for me to play. I’m just 19 and even though I’ll be 20 next year, people will still look at me like a baby.
“The next year I’ll be 21, I’ll still be a baby in some people’s eyes.
“Then there is the World Cup with Belgium and stuff like that. I want to play as much as I can in the next two years so at 21 I can be where I want to be.
“Last year I had good preparation at Chelsea, now I can show myself at West Brom.
“My dream is always to play for Chelsea, so my main ambition will be Chelsea but now it’s West Brom – and West Brom is on my mind.
“The club made a big effort for me to come here and hopefully I can do the business for the team,” he concluded.
By Gareth McKnight