Romelu Lukaku

[LAM09 6,744]

Got to laugh that Belotti is supposedly a "one season wonder" while there's people saying to spending £90m+ on someone no one knew till January. [emoji38]

[Pizy 18,368]

17 minutes ago, Jason said:

Fixed.

Would save us a fuck load of money if it happened. We'd still need another striker but could target someone less expensive if Diego stayed.

[Cosmin 2,484]

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Add 30m more to Everton's spending spree. 

Lukaku's definitely returning to the Bridge. Cannot see anyone else targetting him. 

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

[Cosmin 2,484]

They are spending smart, though. Might turn out to be a strong side next season. 

[Tomo 21,733]

7 hours ago, Pizy said:

Exact same age as Pogba but will get you 20+ goals per season. Guess we have to come to terms with the fact that a he'll cost between Pogba's £89m to £100m. It's madness, but that's the way it is.

I expect a whole lot of outrage (even from Chelsea fans) if/when we do sign him for that amount but after he starts banging them in regularly that talk will stop. 

Pogba will end up being worth the price in relitive terms, he's certainly one of the best midfielder's around and when the obsession over his price tag stops he will be reconised as such. Lukaku im truly not convinced ever will be, his goals no doubt he will score, but aside from that i can't see how he fits in.

Costa fit's us outside his goals because he's tenacious, presses well and is incredibility smart tactically with his off the ball movement. Even when he has his games were he can barely control the ball properly he gives us that. Lukaku falls short on those tactical level's compared to Costa and i fear our shape and team balance could be heavily affected by the fact Romelu is pretty lazy and hasn't got great movement.

 

[Tomo 21,733]

6 hours ago, Mufassir08 said:

Go all out for Mbappe?

Bit off topic but if he made similar noises to Eden circa 2012 and decided he wants to come here we should be all over it whatever the price. I would happily see us take a short term hit (ie abandon signing's in positions we need them) to fund him aswell.

[SinineUltra 1,170]

15 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Pogba will end up being worth the price in relitive terms, he's certainly one of the best midfielder's around and when the obsession over his price tag stops he will be reconised as such. Lukaku im truly not convinced ever will be, his goals no doubt he will score, but aside from that i can't see how he fits in.

Costa fit's us outside his goals because he's tenacious, presses well and is incredibility smart tactically with his off the ball movement. Even when he has his games were he can barely control the ball properly he gives us that. Lukaku falls short on those tactical level's compared to Costa and i fear our shape and team balance could be heavily affected by the fact Romelu is pretty lazy and hasn't got great movement.

 

Agree with your conclusions, tough, are there any equally profilic,but cheaper strikers on the market at the moment? Maybe I lack imagination, but in my opinion, the perfect fit to our system would be L.Suarez/R.Lewandowski type of strikers ,but that's just dreamland. That leaves us with worse alternatives and a heavy pricetag that comes with the Chelsea tag. Would be logical to assume that the transfer is done and Lukaku is returning to the Bridge given how active Everton have been on the transfer market. Only reason I see delaying the announcement is not to bump the prices up of our other targets. Though, that is just an assumption.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

27 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Bit off topic but if he made similar noises to Eden circa 2012 and decided he wants to come here we should be all over it whatever the price. I would happily see us take a short term hit (ie abandon signing's in positions we need them) to fund him aswell.

Absolutely! Just imagine Mbappe and Hazard on the same team, Would be an absolute nightmare to deal with!

[YorkshireBlue 3,122]

1 minute ago, Mufassir08 said:

Absolutely! Just imagine Mbappe and Hazard on the same team, Would be an absolute nightmare to deal with!

I don't think he could cope with the PL YET but I have no doubt 1 or 2 season more mature he would light it up 

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Just now, BluesMadLad said:

I don't think he could cope with the PL YET but I have no doubt 1 or 2 season more mature he would light it up 

I am pretty sure he would light up the PL alright, I mean the boy was absolutely on fire against some of the best in Europe! I'm sure he would cope with the English game. Anyway, it's futile to discuss something which is never going to happen.

[YorkshireBlue 3,122]

1 minute ago, Mufassir08 said:

I am pretty sure he would light up the PL alright, I mean the boy was absolutely on fire against some of the best in Europe! I'm sure he would cope with the English game. Anyway, it's futile to discuss something which is never going to happen.

Maybe you are right I ain't here to disagree but what is he 18? Just don't think he would have the physical or mental strength for it just quite yet but he deffo will in the future for sure

[Leif 6,006]

Serie A is not weaker than the Premier League, at all. Maybe it was 3 seasons or so ago.

La Liga, Serie A, Premier League, Bundesliga, Ligue 1.
There's no nuance to the game here anymore; if you can score against Italian defences you'll rip English ones to shreds. And this is before the top teams in Italy have their own stadiums. This is before they get the obscene TV money the English teams get. The Premier League's almost dead, and it's being replaced by a lookalike zombie. Shining here means nothing, now. It's no coincidence the likes of Aguero & Suarez dominated over here, yet only ever been the 5th or even 10th best player in Spain.
Add Costa to that too. Went from being something like the 15th best player in La Liga to a top 3 player in the Premier League - and it's not like he's improved as player - he hasn't. Even Bale ripped England up, only to be a slightly above average player over in Spain. Elite forwards look at the lack of actual football over here and lick their lips.

+ Sanchez, too*.

If Jamie Vardy & Mahrez can come out of nowhere & both end a season as top 5 scorers, Belotti can do so, with ease.

*Got another one - Fabregas went from a 'meh' player in Spain, to truly being one of the top 5 players in the Premier League, this following his decline. 

[Dahnald 256]

Doubt Everton are already spending the Big Rom money...

Jesus Christ they've already made like what 4 or 5 signings? They just bought Michael Keane.

[Special Juan 27,424]

Thing with Mbappe it's just raw talent, you can see that. His turn of pace is electric, his reading of the game is years ahead of his time for a young kid.

 

[Bernard N Y Burgesson 139]

2 minutes ago, Leif said:

Serie A is not weaker than the Premier League, at all. Maybe it was 3 seasons or so ago.

La Liga, Serie A, Premier League, Bundesliga, Ligue 1. There's no nuance to the game here anymore; if you can score against Italian defences you'll rip English ones to shreds.

Example Gabbiandini

[Blue Armour 4,278]

1 hour ago, Tomo said:

Pogba will end up being worth the price in relitive terms, he's certainly one of the best midfielder's around and when the obsession over his price tag stops he will be reconised as such. Lukaku im truly not convinced ever will be, his goals no doubt he will score, but aside from that i can't see how he fits in.

Costa fit's us outside his goals because he's tenacious, presses well and is incredibility smart tactically with his off the ball movement. Even when he has his games were he can barely control the ball properly he gives us that. Lukaku falls short on those tactical level's compared to Costa and i fear our shape and team balance could be heavily affected by the fact Romelu is pretty lazy and hasn't got great movement.

 

Really agree with that bit about Costa, which is why i'm still hoping for club, player and manager to eventually sort out all their differences in the summer.It will be forever before we can find another striker to fit that bill.

[Blue Armour 4,278]

Ideally we could keep Costa and secure a deal for Mbappe.

But,..definitely not going to complain if Lukaku's all we're going to get for a forward from this window.