Romelu Lukaku is currently in the middle of his most difficult spell as a Manchester United player.

The Belgian striker has now gone eight games without scoring following United’s 1-0 defeat to Juventus in the Champions League on Tuesday night and his confidence is clearly shot to pieces.

Clips of Lukaku miscontrolling the ball and misplacing passes went viral on social media in the aftermath of the defeat against Juve. Fans are rapidly losing patience with the club’s current number nine, it seems.

Jose Mourinho defended Lukaku earlier this week but admitted the Belgium international is currently struggling.

“I have to agree his moment is not sweet,” the Portuguese coach told reporters, “not just with the goals he is not scoring but in his confidence, movement, touch, he is not linking the game well with the team.”

Unless he starts scoring soon - starting against his former club Everton this weekend - the pressure on Lukaku’s shoulders will continue to build.

This is now a real test of his character and mentality.

Lukaku would have been acutely aware that pressure and expectation would be intense the moment he joined United, one of the world’s biggest football clubs, especially because of the eye-watering amount of money he cost to sign.

The Red Devils forked out a cool £75 million for his services; a fee that certainly raised many eyebrows at the time.

Keane dropped his honest opinion about Lukaku last year

However, one man who felt the transfer fee was fair - in fact, a ‘bargain’ - was none other than Man Utd’s former captain Roy Keane.

The Irishman felt back in September 2017, a couple of months after Lukaku signed for United, that £75 million was an excellent price for the powerful forward.

"He is a good player at a good age. He knows the Premier League,” Keane said on Irish TV channel RTE.

“He was a bargain at £75 million, it was obvious he was going to score goals.”

Bargain, Roy? Hmm. You might want to backtrack on those comments.

"He has got off to a good start,” Keane added. “He comes across well and seems like a decent character.

"His record at Everton was fantastic and clearly he has gone to a bigger club and better team, who will create so many chances for him, he will get 25-30 goals a season.”

Lukaku scored 27 goals in all competitions last season, in fairness to Keane, although he has only managed to score four in 13 appearances this term.

Keane did, however, admit that scoring goals in the big games would ultimately be the test for Lukaku.

"The big test will be in the big games. For all top United strikers over the years, [it's] been scoring the big goals in the big games," Keane concluded.

"We are looking at these outstanding strikers all in great form but the time to judge them will be at the end of the season when the medals and trophies are being handed out.”

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