Agent: Lukaku better than Costa

Romelu Lukaku's new agent Mino Raiola claims his client is better than Diego Costa and will move to "one of the world's best teams" soon.

Lukaku brought in the powerful Raiola as his new intermediary, in place of fellow countryman Christophe Henrotay, who had close connections with Everton.

Raiola, who boasts Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Mario Balotelli among his current clients, told Belgian newspaper Sudpresse that, had he been recruited earlier, Lukaku would not have joined Everton.

"If we had met each other earlier, he wouldn’t have played for Everton," Raiola said.

"Maybe somewhere else, maybe he would still be at Chelsea.

"I want to be clear: Romelu is a better striker than Diego Costa and could have done the same as the Spaniard did this season.

"But the Chelsea directors had decided to buy another star than giving confidence to one of their young boys.

"We will see what happens in the summer, but the Everton directors don’t have to think Rom will play there for the rest of his career.

"Later on, he’ll play for one of the world’s best teams: PSG, Manchester City, Manchester United or Bayern Munich. Big names, but nothing is impossible as Rom has great potential."

Lukaku only put pen to paper on a five-year deal last summer after completing a clu- record move to Goodison Park, and Roberto Martinez insists his star striker will not be leaving just because he has changed his intermediary.

"He has changed his agent but we are not concerne He is entitled to do that,” Martinez said.

"Everyone speaks about the colourful character that Mino Raiola is but he has a lot of players who are happy to stay at one club.

"I dealt with Mino Raiola at Wigan and not many people know that he had Danny de Ridder or Vladimir Weiss, players who have been happy to stay at a club. I don’t think there is anything to read into that."