"For me Henry is the next coach of Belgium. There are no doubts," Lukaku told Sky Italia. "I say it openly: he will be the next coach.
"He has the respect of all the players, he has won everything. He knows how to coach, he knows what we have to do to get there.
"He knows the team, the league, the staff. For me he is the ideal coach for our national team.
"[If it isn’t Henry] then I don’t know who they will hire. But I don’t think Belgium should start from scratch.
"So far this generation hasn’t won but we have to keep trying to win. He wants to win, and I don’t think the federation is going to get a coach who wants to change everything and start from scratch. It’s not worth it to me."
Henry served as Roberto Martinez’s assistant from 2016 – 2018 and then again from 2021 onwards. Belgium are aiming to rebuild their squad falling short again at a major tournament in Qatar.
