Someone from Atletico confirmed we had a bid turned down (chairman or gm can't remember now) , Gomez said it himself on the radio that a bid from Chelsea was turned down. You're right with the Lukaku part though http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/8313296/Chelsea-had-bid-for-Mario-Gomez-turned-down-by-Bayern-Munich-before-Fernando-Torres-move-from-Liverpool.html
Because he had too. We needed something new in attack, already had a bid turned down for Aguero, Mario Gomez and Lukaku. He was like the last option, and we had to get him
We can get: Neymar, Aguero, Montolivo, VDW, Courtois, AND Lukaku for that money lol. Seriously though, IF this story is real (which i highly doubt) i would prefer we spend the money on multiple players, instead of just 1.