Romelu Lukaku

[kmk108 1,186]

4 minutes ago, Dahnald said:

Beautiful how José was the one who bullied Rom away and now (re)signs him at United.

 

He might have took his biggest revenge at the club since his sacking. 

He even advised against a buy-back when we sold him to Everton. 

[!Hazard! 3,394]

Where's that quote from this forum that said something among the lines "Average players are debated, great players are universally regarded as great" ? Fits very well with Lukaku and this whole saga.

[Jype 6,398]

Why wait till late tonight to match United's bid, why not do it immediately when it was confirmed yesterday they had agreed with Everton? As I see it now it's too little, too late and he's a signature away from officially being a United player and has probably been celebrating the move in LA with his mate Pogba so it's difficult to swoop in anymore, but if it was done right after United's agreement there might still have been a chance.

And how convenient is it that Chelsea in their briefing to the media about matching the bid made a big mention that they refused to pay Mino Raiola as much as United are offering. Even mentioning that in the briefing is kind of petty and only makes it seem the club have already conceded a loss here but just want to set the the narrative to paint Raiola as the villain to distract attention from the board's own incompetence. That way they can tell the fans and Conte that they tried but in the end it was Lukaku's choice to go to United for a bigger payday for himself and his agent, when the reality is that if they had done their job a month ago Lukaku would be ours without United ever even making an offer.

[Clockwork 1,794]

9 minutes ago, Dahnald said:

No. Costa can fuck off after that crock half a year since the Leicester game.

He has dropped Conte completely and started playing shit on purpose. Fuck him. 

Ideally i wouldn't want Costa to stick around. But i do not see the advantage of selling him for peanuts to Atletico and paying double-triple that amount for a striker that might not even be an improvement. Lukaku and Morata don't impress me, enough has being said about Lukaku and Morata has done absolutely so little at age 25. Belotti is the most interesting one, i think he will do well in the PL but very tough to pay what Torino are asking for. Taking huge risk there.

Also i really believe O.Dembele is a player we should be targeting, great player already and potential to be one of the best in the world. 

[Georgy 439]

Barely dodged this one. For once good work board.

[YorkshireBlue 3,122]

If he hasn't signed.

 It's not over

[Tautvix 1,321]

2 hours ago, Tautvix said:

I just hope this isn't Man Utd games just to embarrass us and say Chelsea also offered same but he signed for the best club in the world... It's always strange to see everyone reporting at the same time.

I said this earlier. It's Man Utd games.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

1 minute ago, Tautvix said:

I said this earlier. It's Man Utd games.

chelsea shouldn't bid.

[Amblève. 4,995]

52 minutes ago, MrExcalibur100 said:

It's just sad to witness what is happening with this club just after Conte delivers a *bonus* Premier league title. We are so poorly run for what is now a global brand of a football club. 

I've been defending our board quite a lot over the past few years but man, Lukaku should have been wrapped up by mid-June. If he really joins United because we penny-pinched over a few millions it's gonna be hard to have any faith in whoever the fuck is running our transfer department. This whole thing of trying to outsmart everyone and buy cheaper players is a strategy bound to fail; you simply do NOT think twice about paying up for a quality starter for arguably the most important position on the pitch.

[Tautvix 1,321]

11 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said:

chelsea shouldn't bid.

Chelsea could. But not every English paper would say that at the same time. Then after 1 hour Di Marzio just kills it.

[kmk108 1,186]

19 minutes ago, BluesMadLad said:

If he hasn't signed.

 It's not over

Haven't there been enough last minute changes for people to not forget this? Chelsea alone have stolen a few players at the last minute.

The only time to believe its over is when he's officially announced and he's holding the shirt.

[YorkshireBlue 3,122]

10 minutes ago, Tautvix said:

Chelsea could. But not every English paper would say that at the same time. Then after 1 hour Di Marzio just kills it.

If rom prefers chelsea and knows they have bid all he has to do is reject utd

[Fernando 6,455]

Manchester United close in on £100m Lukaku deal after seeing off Chelsea

Belgian will cost £75m plus £15m in add-ons after Chelsea’s hijack bid fails 
• Wayne Rooney, notionally valued at around £10m, will return to Everton 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jul/07/chelsea-romelu-lukaku-offer-match-manchester-united

[Dahnald 256]

Raiola is the biggest winner. 

[Clockwork 1,794]

1 hour ago, !Hazard! said:

Where's that quote from this forum that said something among the lines "Average players are debated, great players are universally regarded as great" ? Fits very well with Lukaku and this whole saga.

@MrExcalibur100

What happened man?

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

Lukaku said he knew where he would go so in all likeliness he was destined for Utd all the time as his agent Raiola probably could guarantee a move there already with his connections to Woodward and Mourinho. We just put in a cheeky bid to annoy them and maybe unsettle Lukaku. But if we really wanted him in the first place we would have bid earlier. Not even our board is stupid enough to only start bidding after another team does. With his agent and his buddy Pogba indoctrinating him we hardly ever got a chance. But he has always been a controversial character and would have been a nuisance here from time to time. When a player chooses to follow his buddy and his agent instead of making his own decisions I am not too concerned that we will miss out.

[Superblue 6,370]

Do we have any players represented by Mino Raiola??

[oldportblue 547]

Do we have any players represented by Mino Raiola??

nopes




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