Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku has joined Turkish side Fenerbahce from Napoli.
The 33-year-old struggled with injuries last season and made only seven appearances in all competitions for the Serie A side.
Belgium’s record goalscorer returns to Turkey where he lived during the 1996-1997 season when his father Roger was playing professionally for the Super Lig club Genclerbirligi.
“It’s an honour and a privilege to be joining your club ,” said Lukaku in a video on social media addressed to Fenerbahce’s fans.
“I am fit, 100%, ready to go. It is an emotional moment after many years to be going back to Turkey where I lived as a young kid, where I discovered the professional world as a toddler with my dad.”
The fee and length of contract for Lukaku has not been disclosed.
Despite an injury-hit campaign last season, the former Chelsea, Everton and Manchester United forward scored three goals at this summer’s World Cup.
Lukaku has won the Belgian championship with Anderlecht, a Fifa Club World Cup with Chelsea, and a Scudetto with both Inter Milan and Napoli.
He is the second former United forward to join the club this summer after Mason Greenwood was signed from Marseille.
Fenerbahce, who have finished runners-up to Galatasaray for the last four seasons, are without a Turkish league title since 2014.
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