Pizy

No way would the club match the bid to "save face" and tell the fans "at least we tried." Then the narrative would be even more embarrassing if he had identical offers and still turned us down.

According to United fans he was a donkey when he was originally on his way here, then yesterday he became top class, now if he ends up here he'll be back to being shit. Fun to watch.

So sick of the media making Conte out to be this explosive maniac who does nothing but run around angry and yelling at people all day. As if they have a fucking clue what he's thinking.

Think Maxwell left, didn't he?

Think he'll be the next Real Madrid target a year from now if he doesn't move this summer and has another season like last. For that reason it's probably now or never for us. The reason I'd prefer him to Morata is because of his tenacity. Almost Costa like without the dirty side of it. Look at this, for example: The sort of player that will thrive in the PL.

If Mou doesn't win the league this season having bought the two most expensive players ever in back to back Summer's it'll be embarrassing.

Just make damn sure Conte gets his absolute #1 choice striker now amongst whoever is available. These reports of him being unhappy will hopefully fade away and we may very well be better off having missed out on Lukaku. It certainly looks bad from the outside looking in that he hasn't signed a new contract. Then again, knowing how utterly shite the media has been reporting Chelsea news this summer, Conte may have signed the contract ages ago and the club have just kept things quiet.

If I see the phrase "in the coming hours" again I'm gonna break something. FFS, they've said that for every player we've been linked with and it never happens.

This has supposedly been done for weeks yet still not announced. For that reason it is actually a bit believable that there's some sort of snag the club have hit. The most annoying thing mentioned is this concept that Chelsea must sell in order to buy. This at a time when the club has more cash than ever and we are apparently struggling to sign players.

Go all out for him and if it's not possible get Morata.

Like I suggested last week, it honestly won't surprise me if Mourinho wasn't also secretly after Sandro as well as Lukaku. No way is he going to trust Luke Shaw or whatever other bums they have at LB.

Already feels like ages since we last heard a peep about this.

Perfect striker to bring on late in matches if we need a goal. Also perfect striker to use in the domestic cup competitions against weaker opponents. He'll terrorize small clubs and allow us to rest whoever our new first choice striker is.

Getting myself more and more hyped at the idea of Morata or Belotti. Quicker, more technically gifted strikers. Something we haven't had at Chelsea in a long time. Not to sound bitter about Lukaku potentially going to United (because I did want him here and thought he'd do well) but I actually don't think he's going to take them to a new level. I mean, they had fucking Zlatan who is a level above Lukaku even at age 35 and they struggled. And he's a technically excellent footballer in addition to being the physical monster that Rom is. I suspect that Lukaku will get his 20 goals per season there but I also suspect that there will be a lot of frustration over his ability and his probable struggles against the better opponents they face.

If we start the season with Llorente as our first choice striker then we can worry. For now we can just relax. The club have got this! We'll sign a new #9, Lukaku or no Lukaku.

All this selling off of players we've been doing and all of the hoarding of cash we've done lately... You never know! Would certainly be a megaton bomb that would put the rest of Europe on notice.

I'm one of the biggest Lukaku advocates here but to be honest, I wouldn't even be that devastated if he goes to United provided we get Belotti/Auba/Morata. Although I'm sure Lukaku would thrive here, maybe it would be a better outcome for us to bring in a more technically sound striker who can play a bit of football?

This is a great point. like, what have we been doing, fucking around with Everton with derisory £50m bids or something we knew they'd never accept? Or just thinking it was a foregone conclusion that he's desperate to return here? Incompetence either way.

Conte isn't going anywhere this summer. If we don't pick it up and sign some big players I think he'll go a year from now, though.

Hopefully Conte has already signed that new contract! And hopefully to save face we quickly announce our own new striker.

Holy shit! If Conte was as "desperate" for Lukaku as reports suggest, he's gonna be pissed! Belotti now, please!

Just yesterday we had that report saying that Conte wants Lukaku "at any cost, whatever it takes." Though I'm sure Mourinho would have him there, the timing of these new rumors is pretty suspect. Like maybe Raiola wants things to be resolved ASAP.

Or it's some Grade A trolling from José. He knows Lukaku ain't worth £100m so he leaks to the press that United really want him, it panics Chelsea into offering £100m first, and he laughs as he sees us spunk that ridiculous fee over. Seriously, though, I'm not worried one bit. If anything, if these reports are true it should kick our board into gear and force them to act. If they really want Lukaku they need to be swift. If not, start the process of getting Belotti or Auba.

I'm not worried for us either way. If he comes here, fine, if he goes elsewhere we know for sure we'll bring someone in. We have to. We're getting a top class striker from somewhere. Would be funny to see Martial and Rashford get Mourinho'd, though. How would they feel if United spent £200m on new, young strikers?