Everton boss Ronald Koeman insists they'll survive the sale of Romelu Lukaku this summer.

He still believes his star striker could opt to remain with Everton, but he reassured their fans it may not be a disaster if he doesn't.

“In my career, we lost one time Ruud Gullit in PSV [when he joined AC Milan in 1987] and everybody was afraid," he explained. “And we signed some other new players and won, in 1988, the championship, the [Dutch] Cup, the European Cup. That is football.

“Of course, you like to keep your best striker, your top scorer, but we also need around that position more productivity. I said before maybe you lose at one side something... but I am not talking about what will happen if he does not stay next season.

“He has two years more contract. I expect that he will stay because until now I did not hear anything from the board that [any] one club is asking about Lukaku."