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Man Utd hero Cole: Lukaku must get back to basics

Manchester United legend Andy Cole says Romelu Lukaku must simplify his game in order regain his confidence.

The £75 million signing has been replaced by Marcus Rashford as United's leading striker since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took over as manager.

United's former Treble-winning frontman told ESPN: "Romelu has got to find his mojo again.

"He has come off the bench and scored two in two, but that mojo comes from confidence.

"I watched him this season under Jose and I could tell, as a former centre-forward myself, that he was low on confidence. The first thing which starts to go is your movement. Romelu wasn't moving.

"You stop making the runs because you stop believing in yourself.

"I've been in that position and I'd watch him making hand gestures about where he wanted the ball to go, but psychologically you don't really want the ball. It's all about confidence and when his returns he'll start scoring."

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