Romelu Lukaku has revealed that he was keen to ensure his transfer to Manchester United took place before the pre-season started. United have travelled to LA today and Lukaku will be ready to feature in our first game against LA Galaxy at the weekend.

I wanted my agent and my former club Everton to make sure that the deal happened before the pre-season, because now I can get to know the players and know how they play. I have worked already under the manager but now it is a fresh start with him. So I am excited to get to know the way of things at Manchester United. I cannot wait to get started.

I am really excited. I am a really calm person but once I am on the pitch I just become a warrior. I want to help my teammates, and be part of a team that wants to challenge for all of the trophies that are out there.

Lukaku was with Paul Pogba in LA on the day the deal was agreed and has revealed that ever since our midfielder joined the club has summer he has been thinking about the possibility of joining him at United.

It has been a big role. Of course he is one of my best friends and he is my neighbour as well. We are always together on a daily basis so he would explain to me how things were going. Last season when he signed for United, to have witnessed that, it really triggered something in my brain and I knew that if one day I had the chance to sign then I would not say no. You just know and realise how big the club is, and the hunger it has to win trophies. I would like to say, at the end of my career, that I played for a team that has always challenged for trophies and this is what the club has always done. To be here now is a blessing and I will not take this opportunity for granted.