Romelu Lukaku has hailed the impact Thierry Henry has had on his career and credited the Arsenal legend with having a huge impact on his stellar start to life at Manchester United.
The former Everton striker has scored four times in three competitive starts since his £75million summer move and will be looking to add to his tally against Leicester City o Saturday.
Henry has worked closely alongside Lukaku since he teamed up with the Belgium national team as Roberto Martinez’s assistant and the results have been devastating.
Lukaku told NBC Sport: ‘Henry is the best thing that has happened to me because since I came to England aged 18 I have had the best mentors.
‘I have had possibly the five best strikers of the last ten years as mentors.
Henry demands more from Lukaku
‘That’s [movement] something he needs to bring to his game. We all know what he can do,’ Henry said after last week’s win over Swansea.
‘If you want to take it to another level at Man Utd – four goals in three official games is remarkable – it is about getting better. He will work on it, he’s with special players and he’s with [Jose] Mourinho.
‘Mourinho will help him to develop that side of the game. We all know he has the one thing that’s most important, when you feed him in the box, he will score.’
‘I had Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka, Samuel Eto’o, Fernando Torres and now, Thierry Henry. That’s not bad, is it?
‘It is the best thing that could happen in my career because I am a young guy.
‘Thierry for me is the best. Every day whether it is positive and negative I take it in my stride because I know what is expected from the top level.
‘Working with him in Belgium I really take my time with him asking questions, I don’t take him for granted, I sometime ask him questions for two hours.
‘I will get the information that I need and take it on board.’
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