Romelu Lukaku has hailed Eden Hazard as the best footballer he has ever played with, citing his fellow Belgium teammate ahead of both Paul Pogba in a Q&A on Twitter.

Lukaku’s lacklustre final months in Manchester may have had some sway in his thinking, as he eschewed the World Cup winner in favour of his own international compatriot Hazard as the finest player he has called a teammate when answering a question from a fan on social media.

The pair were at the heart of Belgium’s third-place finish at Russia in 2018, narrowly losing to France in the semi-finals before rallying to beat England for the bronze medal.

They briefly played together at club level at Chelsea, though Lukaku’s frequent loan spells away from Stamford Bridge stymied much regular game time together and the pair missed the chance to reunite when he turned down a return to London in favour of his move to United.

Elsewhere, the former Anderlecht man weighed in on the differences between playing in Serie A and the Premier League, revealing that the former demands more intellectual nous while the latter runs at a more frantic pace.

“Tactically here, you get tested every week,” he stated. “[But] the speed in the Premier League is higher.”