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Romelu Lukaku fired two more goals for Belgium as the Red Devils drew 3-3 in a friendly match with Mexico on Saturday evening.

Lukaku, who is of course a Red Devil at club level too, has now scored 18 goals for Manchester United and his country this season.

Still only 24, the towering forward already has 30 goals for Belgium, and 64 caps.

He has dismissed, though, the idea that he is the nation’s greatest ever striker. That title, Lukaku believes, goes to ex-Aston Villa striker Luc Nilis.

Nilis was only with Villa for one season and only made three league appearances before his infamous injury, a clash with Ipswich goalkeeper Richard Wright that broke his leg and effectively ended his career.

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Prior to his claret and blue move, though, the forward had enjoyed a hugely successful career around Europe with Anderlecht and PSV Eindhoven.

Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy have both suggested in the past that Nilis was one of the best strikers, if not the best, that they’d played with.

Lukaku says opinions from such forwards can’t be ignored.

“Luc Nilis, he was top scorer in a foreign league [with PSV],” Lukaku said.

“I watched a lot of videos, and if [Brazilian] Ronaldo said that Nilis was the best striker with whom he played, that means something.

“He is the best striker Belgium has ever had.”

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