Everton stars warned about over-confidence by Romelu Lukaku ahead of FA Cup clash with Chelsea

ROMELU LUKAKU has warned Everton to beware a resurgent Chelsea this weekend.

The two sides meet in the FA Cup quarter finals at Goodison Park, just days after the Blues were dumped out of the Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain.

Everton and Chelsea have already met twice in the Premier League this season, with the Toffees taking four points from the floundering champions.

A hat-trick from Steven Naismith saw Everton storm to a 3-1 home win back in September, while it took a 98th minute offside goal from John Terry to grab Chelsea a point in January’s 3-3 draw at Stamford Bridge.

Lukaku missed a penalty as Everton threw away a two-goal lead against West Ham

Everton are yet to play since throwing away a two-goal lead against West Ham last weekend, and Lukaku has warned that they will need to be at their best to overcome a Chelsea side fighting for their only chance at silverware under Guus Hiddink.

He told Everton TV: “I think the Chelsea team from that moment [in September] is not the same Chelsea team as now.

“The players in the team are back scoring again. Diego Costa is scoring, Hazard is gaining momentum so it’s going to be a totally different game.

“In football, you should never compare one game to another. We will have to be better than them and sharper than them to win the game.

“It’s nice to play against a good side. For a player you want to play against those big teams.

“To me it doesn’t matter when, I just want to play against the big teams all the time.”

22-year-old Lukaku was sold by Chelsea to Everton for £28million in 2014 following a successful loan spell.

Chelsea are looking to re-sign the powerful Belgian striker this summer

The Belgium international has helped himself to 59 goals in 116 appearances, and SunSport exclusively revealed this week that the Blues are looking to re-sign him this summer.

Manchester United are also interested, and former Red Devils star Louis Saha believes Lukaku would thrive at Old Trafford.

He explained: “I have to admit that I rated Lukaku highly when he was at Chelsea, when he was young. I could see he was not ready, but now he has performed really well at Everton.

“And definitely he will bring something to the United side because he is strong, he has got that presence to trouble the central defenders.