Reports abounded that Romelu Lukaku is at risk of missing the World Cup due to injury.
Now he is anyway in the Belgian band WC.
Interstar Romelu Lukaku He is the one who, on paper, will score Belgium’s goals when the “Red Devils” try to reach well below the next World Cup finals in Qatar.
Meanwhile, the 29-year-old had injury fears which meant his World Cup participation was considered in jeopardy.
If he’s ready to play one of his three group matches, he’s a player we need on the team. If not, it will not be ejected. We take it day by day, Belgium captain Roberto Martinez said of Lukaku, according to The Mirror, earlier in the week.
The Hazard brothers in the Belgium squad
And even if he’s not ready to play here and now, the guess is that he will be able to. That’s because Lukaku is in the 26-man Belgium squad that was presented on Thursday.
Otherwise, the team has a lot of star routines in the form of players like Thibaut Courtois, Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard. Eden Hazard is also participating in this tournament as well, with his brother Thorgan Hazard joining him in the team. 35-year-old Dries Mertens managed to take a place. Just like a lot of new acquaintances like 19-year-old Anderlecht defender Zino Debast and 22-year-old Lincoln player Luis Obenda.
Belgium plays the opening match of the World Cup against Canada on November 23.
Belgium World Cup squad
goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois, Real Madrid, Simon Mignolet, Club Brugge, Queen Castells, Wolfsburg.
Defender: Jan Vertonghen, Anderlecht, Toby Alderweireld, Antwerp, Leandro Dendoncker, Wolverhampton, Weiss, Leicester, Arthur Theatt, Rennes, Zeno Debast, Anderlecht.
Midfielder: Yannick Ferreira Carrasco, Atletico Madrid, Thomas Meunier, Borussia Dortmund, Timothy Castagne, Leicester, Thorgan Hazard, Borussia Dortmund, Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City, Yuri Tillmans, Leicester, Amadou Onana, Everton. Axel Witsel, Atletico Madrid, Hans Vanaken, Club Brugge.
attacker: Eden Hazard, Real Madrid, Charles de Kettleri, AC Milan, Leandro Trossard, Brighton, Dries Mertens, Galatasaray, Jeremy Duku, Rennes, Romelu Lukaku, Inter, Michy Batshuayi, Fenerbahce, Luis Obenda, Lens.