Manchester United recently signed Romelu Lukaku from Everton as a replacement for Zlatan Ibrahimovic. And as soon as the deal was announced, everyone said that the Belgian has some big shoes to fill. In the previous season, Zlatan took most of United’s goal scoring responsibilities upon himself and now Romelu Lukaku had to replicate the same kind of form.
Maybe Juan Mata heard all these criticisms and immediately saw the funny side of it. The Spaniard posted a photo on his Instagram and Twitter profiles showing off Lukaku’s 13.5 sized boots. Yes, 13.5.
Firstly Mata posted a photo of him trying to fit into the Belgian’s shoes. And clearly, he is not doing a very good job with it.
Welcome @RomeluLukaku9 aka biggest boots EVER 👀😅🔴 @ManUtd pic.twitter.com/naof9thtgp
— Juan Mata García (@juanmata8) July 10, 2017
Read: Why Lukaku chose Manchester United over Chelsea.
Then the 29-year-old posted an Instagram story comparing his boots with that of Lukaku’s. And here we clearly see what a giant the Belgian really is.
Read: The Pogba and Lukaku bromance
But the new £75 million clearly saw the funny side of it. He commented on Juan Mata’s upload with a couple of emojis.
— R.Lukaku Bolingoli9 (@RomeluLukaku9) July 10, 2017
United had their first day of training in the United States before they play their first pre-season match against LA Galaxy on the 15th of July. And if we go by the pictures then the team clearly looked in good spirits and the Belgian in particular gelled well with his new teammates.