Romelu Lukaku to stay at West Brom

West Brom today released a statement, confirming that on loan center forward Romelu Lukaku will be remaining at the Hawthorns for the rest of the current season, despite suggestion that he could be returning to Chelsea during this transfer window. The full statement is here.

"West Bromwich Albion are pleased to confirm that Romelu Lukaku will remain at The Hawthorns for the rest of the season.

The 19-year-old striker joined the Baggies on a season-long loan from Chelsea in August and has enjoyed a productive first five months, with his seven goals making him the club’s current top Barclays Premier League scorer.

As is often the case with season-long loans, parent club Chelsea inserted a January recall option in the deal. This option expired on Monday, which means Lukaku will complete the campaign with the Baggies."

Romelu has started his last two games for West Brom, but is usually brought on as a super sub once the opposition's defence is tired. Romelu exploits this with his pace and incredible strength. The Belgian powerhouse has made 19 Premier League appearances for the Baggies this season, 12 of those being sub appearances totaling in 849 minutes. Romelu has scored 7 goals and made the single assist with a goal on average every 121 minutes. Of the players with 20+ shots this season in the entire league, Romelu has the best accuracy rate hitting the target 53.7% of the time.

This is pretty impressive, seeing as Romelu is only 19 years of age. Romelu spent most of last season in the Chelsea reserves team, which upset a lot of Chelsea fans as we knew of his potential after signing for £18million from Anderlect. This upset Romelu as well. A life-long Chelsea fan, Romelu only made 12 appearances for Chelsea last season, as Andre Vilas-Boas wasn't a fan. Romelu featured more often towards the end of the season under Roberto Di Matteo, who clearly saw to potential in the young striker.On the last game of the Premier League season, Romelu started in a 2-1 victory at home to Blackburn Rovers, where he assisted John Terry's opener. Lukaku was so desperate to play, and it upset him that he didn't play a part in our Champions League victory. Therefore, Lukaku later revealed that he did not even touch the Champions League trophy, stating that his team mates deserve it and not him.

It is to no surprise that Romelu is impressing so much at West Brom. Lukaku became the Belgian Premier League's top scorer in his debut season, aged only 16, and in total scored 41 goals for Anderlecht in 98 appearances.

I remember before we signed Romelu, I watched a video of his trip to Stamford Bridge when he was aged 16 on YouTube. He was caught on camera staring at the pitch after his friends had carried on with their tour saying, "What a stadium. If one day in my life I'll cry, it will be the day I play here. I love Chelsea".

I really want Romelu to be successful at Chelsea. Many call him the New-Drogba due to his size and shot power. I honestly believe that Romelu Lukaku will one day be one of the best strikers in world football.