RIO FERDINAND has backed Romelu Lukaku to score at least 20 goals this season as Chelsea edge closer to announcing his arrival.
The 28-year-old is poised to return to Stamford Bridge seven years after being sold to Everton after the Blues agreed a £97.5million deal with Inter Milan.
He has already undergone his medical in Italy ahead of his switch back to the Premier League.
All that is now left is for the Champions League holders to announce his signing after paperwork was completed in Monaco.
And Manchester United legend Ferdinand believes the Belgium international will be an instant success in his second spell at Chelsea.
He has even claimed that Lukaku will be looking to down the Red Devils after they sold him to Inter in 2019 after deeming him as not good enough.
Speaking about the player on his YouTube channel FIVE, he said: “I’ve spoken to him recently and he’s hungry man.
“He hasn’t confirmed to me that he’s signing for Chelsea but he just said this season, he’s hungry.
“I just think this guy, a lot of greatness comes through having fuel and what I mean by that is having doubters and wanting to prove them wrong.
“He’s got a whole stadium full at Manchester United who doubted him, all the fan base at Old Trafford doubted him.
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“A lot of people weren’t too dissatisfied when he left.
“He will be sitting there and looking in the diary to see when that Old Trafford game is and he will want to unload.
“Romelu Lukaku guarantees you 20 goals, minimum. He guarantees you that.
“He’s scored goals wherever he’s been, he’s an elite goalscorer, it’s as simple as that.”
Lukaku has banged in 64 goals in 95 games in Italy in the last two years, including 24 top-flight strikes last term that secured Inter’s first Serie A title since 2010.
And he will now be looking to score his first goal for Chelsea having drawn a blank from his 15 games between 2011-2014.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
