From the moment Yannick Bolasie walked through the doors of Finch Farm, the exciting winger and Romelu Lukaku have been inseparable. You won’t find one without the other at Everton’s training complex. But then this is a relationship that has been in the works for a couple of years now. Lukaku, it seems, had turned his hand to a bit of recruitment.
“Over the years, when I have played against Everton, he would always ask me, ‘When are you going to come here?’” reveals a relaxed Bolasie, the smile that is never far away creeping across his face.