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Romelu Lukaku has EVERYTHING you want from a centre-forward, insists Roberto Martinez, with Chelsea striker looking to end five-game goal drought in Nations League semi-final showdown with France

Roberto Martinez insists Romelu Lukaku is better than ever as he returns to Turin with Belgium out to avenge their World Cup semi-final defeat against France.

Lukaku has not scored in five games and was on the losing side at Juventus in the Champions League last week, when Antonio Conte caused a stir by claiming Chelsea have not yet worked out how to use their £97.5million record signing.

'I started working with Romelu when he was 19,' said Belgium boss Martinez, who was in charge at Everton when they first signed the striker on loan in 2013.