https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_romelu-lukaku-j-ai-passe-un-cap-avec-les-diables?id=2197737
This interview is more complete talks a lot about Everton (I also think
@davek will enjoy it).
Interviewer: I am bit overawed because I'm talking to the leading goalscorer in England:
RL: You don't have to be (laughs coyly)
IW: It's a good time for you in your career; your progression, the fact that you're leading the goalscorer charts. Is this something you dreamt about since you were little?
RL: Yes but it's more important to be top of the charts at the end. I think that for me, I want to try doing something good with my club (Everton) and try finishing the season in the best manner. I want to finish as close as possible to the fourth place. It won't be easy but it's a nice challenge. I'm going to give my all.
Interviewer: They say that your club (Everton) is a bit too small for you
RL: That's the opinion of people. I focus on what happens on the field. I think that atm everything is going very well and that the club is playing well and we're getting good results. I think we should try to improve like the bigger clubs, but I know that the manager (Koeman) is trying to create a plan about how we are supposed to do that.
IW: Is the success of Everton linked to your success.
RL: I try to help the team the best I can; goals, assists, good actions. Atm this is going well. We have to continue working and improving.
IW: What you've been doing for the last years. 2016 was an incredible year for you, what has changed ?
RL: Well for one year; I'd been working really hard with Roberto Martinez on different aspects tactical, technical stuff and that resulted in that good year. I started learning and understanding certain things. 2016 very good 25 goals (too much stats). Then there was Koeman who's very demanding and places a lot of importance on discipline. Atm it's going well. I am happy.
IW: Did Martinez play an important role in your career and evolution?
RL: Very important, because when I had to leave Chelsea he was one of the first coaches to contact me, and was ready to pay the 35 mil € to bring me to Everton. I was often criticized in my first year but now it's been three years since I am at Everton and I think everyone in Everton is happy that he bought me because atm everything is going well. I'm in the process of doing good stuff for the club. It's a shame he left but now I see him at the national team. I am very happy.
IW: But you want the Champions league, and not only in video-games eh.
RL: No no no, but that will be the next step, but everything in it's time. At this moment I have to try finishing the season in the best possible manner with my club. I have to give everything for my club, for the supporters of Everton who deserve this.
Until 3.50; short national team intermezzo.
RL: My progress at Everton really helped me with the national team (what he said before about the tactical stuff and all)
RL: I don't change how I am; there are players who talk a lot in the dressing room. I am not like that, (at Everton and the national team). I am more someone who does his talking on the field; helping the the team. Being decisive and when the team is under pressure I try being the pivot and scoring goals
IW: You're like an American when it comes to ambition; you openly show it and say it.
RL: Yes I am not afraid to show ambition because I am a guy who works very hard.
IW: What's your ambition?
RL: Winning titles. That's why I play football; not scoring 500 goals and winning no titles.
IW: Becoming the best no9 on the field?
RL: Yes that's my ambition. That's the most beautiful challenge in football, knowing there are better players than you and trying to become better than them.
IW: Who's the best attacker; he who scores the most, or the most complete one? Or the one who decides the match?
RL: He who scores the most, who is there in the big games (he says: people often forget that) and who is the most complete
IW: Are you getting close to that?
RL: Yes but I still have to continue working a lot and be focused on the field and during training. But for me the most important part is winning the most trophies.
Quick translation; left out stuff that is limited to the national team.
