Pizy 18,907 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 5 minutes ago, The Skipper said: I take back my take back. We've matched the bid. It's all very embarrassing. Who's to blame for this? I do think the way we negotiate has a big factor in this. If we were going to pay this much anyway why in the world were we low balling? I hope the club does wake up now though. If Roman has any pride left he'd be fuming right now. The fact that we panicked and matched it at the last minute when it was far too late tells me that we were indeed caught completely off guard here. We probably figured we could sign Lukaku whenever we felt like it because he wanted to come here and no other big club was interested. Foolish and incompetent but as others have said, maybe a blessing in disguise that will kick our board into gear. The Skipper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapkun 668 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 3 minutes ago, The Skipper said: I take back my take back. We've matched the bid. It's all very embarrassing. Who's to blame for this? I do think the way we negotiate has a big factor in this. If we were going to pay this much anyway why in the world were we low balling? I hope the club does wake up now though. If Roman has any pride left he'd be fuming right now. We were the only club with serious interest in him, so it made sense to try and negotiate for a lower fee. We had a lot of on going negotiations for other players as well hence the stepback from the Lukaku deal. In the end we didn't really match Manchester's bid. They had 75m+15bonuses+Rooney+10m+Raiola's fee. We only matched the 75m+15bonuses so obviously Everton prefered to sell to United. I can understand the reluctance to buy him at this price an it's not like our budget for the summer was exclusively going to be for the striker. The Diego Costa situation also didn't help. Had he moved to China maybe we would've submitted a bid earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tautvix 1,321 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 1 minute ago, Pizy said: The fact that we panicked and matched it at the last minute when it was far too late tells me that we were indeed caught completely off guard here. We probably figured we could sign Lukaku whenever we felt like it because he wanted to come here and no other big club was interested. Foolish and incompetent but as others have said, maybe a blessing in disguise that will kick our board into gear. The stupid board now has an embarrassing excuse to Conte. "We have tried but Lukaku has chosen United"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard N Y Burgesson 139 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I don't get that blessing in disguise thing. If you didn't want the player why the hell did you make the whole planet believeyou wanted the guy. This is just disgraceful and disgusting. Everday until the end of the transfer window i will see this in the news. Man Utd have had to live with the Mikel Obi transfer and now its our turn to do so. Its sad really sad cause everyday since this news broke out thats all i see with chelsea and their transfer dealings. No news on Baka or Sandro or Rudi just Lukaku so it will rob into our face. Forget the blessing it is more of a disgrace. No prob if you lost Lukaku but i was managing but chelsea just had to match the bid. This is funny. Chelsea matched the bid not beat but matched. Am having such a laugh now that i think about it. I hope we smash Man Utd home and away next season so it can ease the disgrace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard N Y Burgesson 139 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 7 minutes ago, Tautvix said: The stupid board now has an embarrassing excuse to Conte. "We have tried but Lukaku has chosen United"... Just having a laugh. And now apparently they are shifting the blame onto Lukaku because he somehow betrayed them(chelsea board). WOW like WOW this is incredible. Classic Telenovela story line https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/2017/7/8/15941130/conte-chelsea-betrayed-lukaku-manchester-united-choice-raiola-the-boogeyman?utm_campaign=weaintgotnohistory.sbnation&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 He'll do well there. Be with a different class of players to what Everton had. We it seemed just dragged our heels for whatever reason. Which may not be the case and may have been going Man U all along who knows just seems very quick business from them. Easy done no saga. Hopefully we can be quick with others but looking a bit unlikely at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard N Y Burgesson 139 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 A taste of our own medicine http://www.squawka.com/news/the-nine-other-players-chelsea-hijacked-from-their-rivals-as-33m-michy-batshuayi-set-to-pick-blues-over-tottenham/711290#Ci6oviOmj4qJUlLV.97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yipo 56 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 cannot belive he choose mourinho , i tot he hate him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artandur 939 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 8 minutes ago, Bernard N Y Burgesson said: A taste of our own medicine http://www.squawka.com/news/the-nine-other-players-chelsea-hijacked-from-their-rivals-as-33m-michy-batshuayi-set-to-pick-blues-over-tottenham/711290#Ci6oviOmj4qJUlLV.97 Saying they hijacked the deal would imply that we were even remotely close to agreeing a deal ourselves, which would be far too flattering to our negotiators, i feel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard N Y Burgesson 139 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Just now, yipo said: cannot belive he choose mourinho , i tot he hate him LOL money Talks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran. 6,317 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 1 hour ago, The Skipper said: I take back my take back. We've matched the bid. It's all very embarrassing. Who's to blame for this? I do think the way we negotiate has a big factor in this. If we were going to pay this much anyway why in the world were we low balling? I hope the club does wake up now though. If Roman has any pride left he'd be fuming right now. The bid at the very end was to save face IMO. We've gone for an angle that blames Lukaku and his agent for choosing United & the agent fees over us for "sporting reasons" The Skipper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,051 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Seems like the Utd deal will be around £100m. The deal is becoming more absurd by the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Crazy money!! Then again if they have it and feel worth it and it will have a impact then why not. Nothing we haven't done even if not that high..Though ours didn't work to well. Can see us doing a mega deal as well especially if get towards the end and signings haven't come along all that well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 And to any Chelsea fans taking solace in the "Mino Raiola is the devil" propaganda that Chelsea Football Club is forcing on you to justify how they fucked up this transfer. here you go. Lmaaooo Go look at how much money we paid Kia Joorbachian, who convinced the Chinese clubs to pay what they did for the Ramires and Oscar deals. What Jorge Mendes was going to get paid if that Costa deal to China went through, something like 15% of the transfer fee. And how much we paid a bunch of other agents last calendar year. Yet I'm supposed to believe £2M extra to Mino Raiola, or however much it was supposed to be, was this great ethical dilema that destroyed the deal? LOL. What a blatant fucking lie. If anything I think CFC were mad they got played by Mino Raiola, but guess what, he works for Lukaku, not CFC. His client has wanted out of Everton for 2 years now, and CFC dragged their heels until Raiola was forced to "make shit happen". This failure falls on nobody else's shoulders other than Marina/Emenalo. And I didn't even want Lukaku at Chelsea, but that doesn't mean the club didn't fail in attaining their 1st option target. It's time for Roman Abramovich to wakeup. He has to get rid of Marina and Emenalo ASAP, for their unprecedented levels on incompetence, and partner Conte with competent directors of football that know how to attain first option targets, and run a football club. Enough is enough man. Edit: found the totals paid to agents/intermediaries last year. The Skipper, kellzfresh, Amblève. and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluephoenix 1,131 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 United are big on spending, last season Pogba and now Lukaku where are they getting this kind of money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 It's been a pleasure being away from transfer news all day YorkshireBlue and The Chels 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Well, now that him and his agent has made a decision, we just have to forget everything about him and carry on. Hopefully we can sign a better striker this summer. Preseason bring it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluephoenix 1,131 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Ok for the love of God please lock this thread hahaha I am actually sad and glad that we didn't get him, 100m is just too much money! Imagine we get him and then have nothing for the rest and we would still be complaining about how we dont have any one to feed the balls. In retrospect good we didnt get him for that insane price tag. >> Imagine Lukaku does the penalty miss in one of the per-season or super cup? that got him out of Chelsea during Mourinho's return season in the super cup that would be precious. << Just hope Conte has plan and list of players he wants. We surely can't go into the season/pre-season without few good signings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy 439 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Everton's Romelu Lukaku Arrested at Beverly Hills Mansion, Crazy Rager Thank fuck we didn't get this fraud. Likely to be the best bit of this transfer period looking at Emenalo and Marina but meh still funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccg 1,528 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 BREAKING NEWS Romelu Lukaku to appear in US court on October 2 after being cited following a noise complaint on July 2 in LA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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