Romelu Lukaku

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

If they are willing to spend 70m on another centre forward at the expense of at least one top defender (yes, that kind of money buys you a hell of a defender), then something must be happening behind closed doors. They (the board) are either complete idiots, Conte is mad in his head thinking he can improve that backline, or simply they are afraid of Terry, Cahill and Ivanovic's power in the locker room, thinking the atmosphere would go ballistic if those are benched.

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

Imagine the atmosphere going ballistic once Cahill is benched though. What would he do? Walk backwards to the gates of hell threatening to take Emenalo with him?
I would like to opt for the first choice; the board is full of complete idiots.

Edit - I know I give Cahill a lot of sticks for his style of defending, but I do think he's a nice lad with his head on his shoulders.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

I don't give a fuck about the money or any previous dealings we've had with Lukaku or Everton for that matter. My no.1 concern is to make sure we get Conte's targets! We don't know how he wants to play and more importantly this is a season where we can't fuck up! Get him what he needs and see if he can turn water to wine.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

15 minutes ago, petre.ispirescu said:

If they are willing to spend 70m on another centre forward at the expense of at least one top defender (yes, that kind of money buys you a hell of a defender), then something must be happening behind closed doors. They (the board) are either complete idiots, Conte is mad in his head thinking he can improve that backline, or simply they are afraid of Terry, Cahill and Ivanovic's power in the locker room, thinking the atmosphere would go ballistic if those are benched.

What are you talking about? You don't buy a defender for 70M! And no there isn't one defender worth that number.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

12 minutes ago, Chelsea Legend 11 said:

What are you talking about? You don't buy a defender for 70M! And no there isn't one defender worth that number.

You did not get my point.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

1 minute ago, petre.ispirescu said:

You did not get my point.

The point i'm making is the funds allotted for a striker are not to be used in comparison for a defender.

[Special Juan 27,424]

From minute 3:25 he talks about Lakaku and he doesn't look comfortable what so ever.

 

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

55 minutes ago, Chelsea Legend 11 said:

The point i'm making is the funds allotted for a striker are not to be used in comparison for a defender.

I feel you but my fear is that after spending 70m on a player, the club might not be that reluctant to spend another 30-40m on another player. This is why I think that defence must be adressed first, then I don't care, they can throw bids for every striker and their dog left and right as far as I'm concerned.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

4 minutes ago, petre.ispirescu said:

I feel you but my fear is that after spending 70m on a player, the club might not be that reluctant to spend another 30-40m on another player. This is why I think that defence must be adressed first, then I don't care, they can throw bids for every striker and their dog left and right as far as I'm concerned.

Again we have no idea what the club have in the coffers. 

Also, perhaps spending 110m may mean offloading a few players? There's just no way to tell.

[Unionjack 7,531]

1 minute ago, Chelsea Legend 11 said:

Again we have no idea what the club have in the coffers. 

Also, perhaps spending 110m may mean offloading a few players? There's just no way to tell.

We haven't spent much now if you subtract money from sales. Wheres all this extra money from TV that has put all the clubs on a equal footing? If its all going towards trhe stadium fund we might be in the Championship by then still using our defence and Mikel.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

So lets do it.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

18 minutes ago, Unionjack said:

We haven't spent much now if you subtract money from sales. Wheres all this extra money from TV that has put all the clubs on a equal footing? If its all going towards trhe stadium fund we might be in the Championship by then still using our defence and Mikel.

We also didn't spend a cent last summer.

[Unionjack 7,531]

I know bruv I think we spent £7mill with sales and loans but look at the buys ffs! and all that for bloody Falcao! christ we were on fire last season.

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-chelsea/transfers/verein/631/saison_id/2015

[Special Juan 27,424]

Everton fans have gone from yesterday saying "He isn't for sale" to today saying "We can cope without him" and "Let him go"

That PC with Koeman has made their heads fart like fuck.

[Pizy 18,368]

Wish we'd just do it and be done with it. Lord knows where or how he fits in with Diego but Conte is much smarter than I am and if he wants him then fuck it.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

Please God No. I thought this silly transfer rumour was squashed. 

Hopefully Everton hate us enough to deny this transfer, or demand too much. 

We need technical players, not more first touch chasers. 

Says a lot when Lukaku was running his mouth going on about wanting to go to a bigger club and play in the Champions League June 1st Issueing a come and get me Plea to all of Europe, to finding himself still at Everton on August 11th, with no other club being linked to him besides us. Says it all really, imo. 

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Money can't buy you Lukaku doesn't quite roll off the tongue does it?

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Kristof Terreur ‏@HLNinEngeland  14m14 minutes ago

The cut in Romelu Lukaku's heel hasn't healed completely. It got stitched up after Espanyol. Only reason why he didn't play today. #EFC