🇧🇪 Romelu Lukaku

[Mufassir08 2,400]

He's already said he doesn't want to stay. He handed in a transfer request and left on loan. I don't particularly want him to go but like I've said, don't piss off Jose.

He requested a loan and not a permanent transfer.There is a difference!

[oldportblue 547]

He requested a loan and not a permanent transfer.There is a difference!

all we know is that he asked to leave, no one said whether it was for a loan or permanent transfer as far as i know...

[Mufassir08 2,400]

all we know is that he asked to leave, no one said whether it was for a loan or permanent transfer as far as i know...

Pretty sure Jose said that Romelu asked for a loan.

[Toli 977]

we all love Mou, but his ego is at times a big problem. the club should be the most important thing and not Mourinho. And if it is better for the team that Lukaku stays, Mou should back up and put his ego at side and give him a real chance. if he sucks, well sell him. fact is, at the moment, he is surely better than Ba+Torres. And Etoo maybe will be gone too. so we need him, as a 2nd striker at least. if we sell him + lose torres and ba we need 2!! strikers to buy in the summer window.

also, if we sell him to Spurs, I really lose believe in our rational sense. Especially after Sturridge we should learn to stop these type of bullshit. Spurs f-ed us with Modric, why should we even sell them anything? if they want, they can have Torres.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

Looks like Benteke injured and out of WC

All eyes on Lukaku now.

[bababoom 4,478]

I wonder how many of you would sell Lukaku if he looked his age, a kid. You don't sell 20 year olds who score 15+ goals a season in the PL.

Would be utter fail on Mourinho's part

You wouldn't, but you can never tell with Chelsea.

He has faults and i've said it here many times, technically he's not all there. But he scores goals, he's young and the perfect backup striker. Imagine Costa, Lukaku and Eto'o.. i wouldn't mind that at all.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

All eyes on Lukaku now.

Not very good news for Belgium. Gives us a lot less options..

[Baba 10]

Not very good news for Belgium. Gives us a lot less options..

I don't know. This probably means that Batshuayi will join, which gives us more options to play 4-4-2 if needed.

And it means of course that Romelu will be the first striker, which is better than Benteke.

[Baba 10]

We're going to sign a top striker in the summer, this we can all agree on.

But what if Lukaku doesn't want to be 2nd choice like Courtois? he has enjoyed success at other clubs - and you know a player like Costa or whoever we sign will start most of the games anyway.

Given how he talks about himself, it would not surprise me if he'd rather keep starting games at Everton, than coming on in the 80th minute and playing cup games for Chelsea.

As would every professional player with a wee bit of ambition. And rightfully so.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

I don't know. This probably means that Batshuayi will join, which gives us more options to play 4-4-2 if needed.

And it means of course that Romelu will be the first striker, which is better than Benteke.

Better in some cases. Both have their merits. I used to put Lukaku on a higher level than Benteke, but he really proved himself this last year. Too bad for him..

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

Now his using his agent to do his talking, just sell him already

[duo11bluecl 207]

Now his using his agent to do his talking, just sell him already

The only chance, slightly chance he is ever gonna have that last chance is if we haven't sign Costa/top class ST by WC time. Then unless he scores like 5-10 goals and Belgium at least get to semi, his career here is over.

Right now it is 98% over.

[Reddish-Blue 2,506]

Now his using his agent to do his talking, just sell him already

Lukaku hasn't done anything wrong. Selling him will be a MISTAKE, just like Sturridge

He can easily become a 20-goal striker for us, just needs faith from Mourinho

[Reddish-Blue 2,506]

The only chance, slightly chance he is ever gonna have that last chance is if we haven't sign Costa/top class ST by WC time. Then unless he scores like 5-10 goals and Belgium at least get to semi, his career here is over.

Right now it is 98% over.

The question remains...why is his Chelsea career over?

Unless he had a bust up with Mourinho in the training ground, something doesn't add up...

He's 20 years old...would be a perfect impact striker off the bench....and he's still got a few years to refine his skill set

[duo11bluecl 207]

Lukaku hasn't done anything wrong. Selling him will be a MISTAKE, just like Sturridge

He can easily become a 20-goal striker for us, just needs faith from Mourinho

He can't have faith in him because he doesn't know him well enough to warrant putting his future in his hands(he doesn't score enough, we don't win enough, Mou get sacked). Faith is like with Lampard, Cole earlier this season where players have done thing to at least warrant faith. I agree he really hasn't done anything wrong, but I think that pen against Munich was the final straw for Jose. He was about to beat possibly 1 of the best squad in football history with an underdog Chelsea team on his 1st official big game back in charge then a last min winner and a lame last pen took it away from him. I think he is still hating Lukaku for that(just my thought).

You can't have everything you want right? City could have had Hazard and lot of other players that would make them pretty much unbeatable by now, but they aren't and won't be. Madrid can sign all the Bale and Di Maria in the world, there will always be Hazard and David Silva left for other teams to sign. So the bottom line is if we sign 2 fairly young(26 or younger) top class strikers to lead our line and they do well here, I guess Lukaku can go. The whole Chelsea fan thing doesn't really mean much imo, it is a bit shame as we all had high expectations for him.

The question remains...why is his Chelsea career over?

Unless he had a bust up with Mourinho in the training ground, something doesn't add up...

He's 20 years old...would be a perfect impact striker off the bench....and he's still got a few years to refine his skill set

Beef with Jose as I said above. he already said he WILL NOT BE A SUB. Loud and clear when he demanded to get loan out. Surely we must see that? Jose didn't force him out, he wanted out.

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

If Mourinho deems him not good enough I will believe it. Same with Di Matteo with Sturridge. Sure he could goto Spurs or Liverpool or Arsenal and score 20 plus goals a season but if he is thought that he cant hack it at Chelsea by a world class coach better than every other one in the PL then he's no use really is he?

Also he wanted out after that penalty miss.... really I don't know why? Can't deal with a very very demanding coach and his expectations?

Remember being angry at Jose selling Mata? I was too but he sold him, signed Matic and Salah and we went from a little horse (his words... not mines...) to genuine contenders for the PL when everyone thought City would walk it after the first 3 months. Who says he doesn't sell Lukaku for 20-25m (more than hes worth right now for a fact, given how inconsistent he has been at Everton and West Brom although he has got 30 odd goals in effectively 2 seasons) and replace him with a Diego Costa, Benzema, Mandzukic, Cavani or Falcao level player?

[bababoom 4,478]

If Mourinho deems him not good enough I will believe it. Same with Di Matteo with Sturridge. Sure he could goto Spurs or Liverpool or Arsenal and score 20 plus goals a season but if he is thought that he cant hack it at Chelsea by a world class coach better than every other one in the PL then he's no use really is he?

I agree the Mourinho bit, but lets be honest Di Matteo never had a say in the transfer market, Roman and the board bought the players. Rdm was out of his depth, you think the board would trust him with 100 or so million?

[Reddish-Blue 2,506]

If Mourinho deems him not good enough I will believe it. Same with Di Matteo with Sturridge. Sure he could goto Spurs or Liverpool or Arsenal and score 20 plus goals a season but if he is thought that he cant hack it at Chelsea by a world class coach better than every other one in the PL then he's no use really is he?

Also he wanted out after that penalty miss.... really I don't know why? Can't deal with a very very demanding coach and his expectations?

Remember being angry at Jose selling Mata? I was too but he sold him, signed Matic and Salah and we went from a little horse (his words... not mines...) to genuine contenders for the PL when everyone thought City would walk it after the first 3 months. Who says he doesn't sell Lukaku for 20-25m (more than hes worth right now for a fact, given how inconsistent he has been at Everton and West Brom although he has got 30 odd goals in effectively 2 seasons) and replace him with a Diego Costa, Benzema, Mandzukic, Cavani or Falcao level player?

How is Mandzukic part of that list? He's not that great.

Also, regarding Lukaku wanting a loan...can you blame him? He knew if Chelsea signed an experienced striker (e.g Eto'o), he would fall down the pecking order to third choice whilst the Spanish flop got chance after chance after chance to prove himself...

The kid is 20, has said multiple times his dream is to play for Chelsea, he's built like a bull, seems to know how to score goals....what more could you want from a young striker?

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Lukaku waits his team to do the work and he then scores goal. This wont work here. Mou expects from out striker to create, track back and be able to hold up the ball. Apart from being able to score goals, Lukaku is miles away from being proper striker we need. But would be very good 2nd option.

If you take goals away, Lukaku is average. We need much more than just goals from striker. Lukaku is poacher, we need allround striker.

Good thing, Lukaku is just 20 and his price wont drop in next few years if he keeps developing. If not keep him here, just loan him for two more seasons and then sell him if things wont go in right way.

[Thomas Williams 166]

I hope you guys realize Drogba had 22 goals COMBINED in his first two season in the EPL, over 55 games

Lukaku has 27 goals in his first two seasons with West Brom and over 59 games.

Granted, Lukaku will almost certainly never reach Drogba levels, and Drogba did a lot more than just score. But drogba was also 25 when he started the EPL, not 18 like Lukaku (although Drogba started his professional career much later). Lukaku

Drogba was able to be integrated into a Chelsea side a lot better than our current one, and he was even more raw than Lukaku is now. I don't see why Lukaku would be any different.