Lukaku pulls out of Belgium’s World Cup warm-ups against USA and Mexico

[p]The 32-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lukaku-romelu/dCkG0Iw0/"]Lukaku[/a], who ‌has netted a record 89 goals in 124 ‌internationals, has elected to ⁠work ‌on his fitness and will ​skip Saturday’s clash against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/usa/fuitL4CF/"]USA[/a] and ​another friendly against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mexico/O6iHcNkd/"]Mexico[/a].[/p][p][b]"Romelu has chosen to focus on training to further optimise his physical condition," [/b]the Belgian ‌Football Association said in a statement on Tuesday.[/p][embed guid="d58e6d19-135a-4e50-8901-f0f593b4b8ce" url="https://x.com/BelRedDevils/status/2036470092163068266" social-type="twitter" /][p]Lukaku has struggled with injury this season and played only sparingly for his club Napoli.[/p][p]His last game for his country was ‌a 4-3 win over ​Wales in World Cup ‌qualifying in Brussels in June, in which he scored. He missed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/belgium/GbB957na/"]Belgium[/a]’s next six internationals.[/p]