Romelu Lukaku, both now and in his childhood, stood out for his body build. The footballer was already taller and much stronger than his peers from a young age.
This allowed him to easily dominate his age groups. However, R. Lukaku was often criticized for playing among younger boys in order to gain an advantage.
His agent Mino Raiola shared an interesting story about how his mother dealt with this. "I talked to his mother. She was always among the parents who didn't believe that her son was 12 or 14 years old. There was always a commotion when he scored three or four goals.
He was bigger and physically stronger. Everyone started shouting when they found out he wasn't in the right age group. So she started carrying his birth certificate to show to parents who doubted his age. He was born in Belgium, but they kept saying he was born in Africa," M. Raiola shared the story.
Here you can see a picture of R. Lukaku when he was 13 years old.
For real what was he fed on? RT @FanAnticsFC: Lukaku aged 13. Giant #FanAntics pic.twitter.com/vz3V0jARKl — D_bams (@ayobamez) 8 July 2017
