Romelu Lukaku

[Stats 7,142]

He will score a bagful of goals for a second rate team. Also, we'll only be crying over Lukaku if Costa fails and whoever we buy to replace Lukaku ends up being not as good. I only want players who WANT to be here and fight for the badge, if Lukaku would rather ply his trade elsewhere, so be it... We will find a suitable replacement and still win the league. The success or lack thereof of this club is not tied to Lukaku, we have the ability to attract the best players in the world so if he goes out another will come in at some point.

If he doesn't sign an extension there is no proof he is willing to stay here and fight for a place.

Who said Lukaku is not willing to fight for his place? That is rubbish imo. It is good having Costa but it is also ideal having impact players like Lukaku who can also start cup games and start some league games. I would rather that than have Drogba in his place. I appreicate everything Didier has done here but he is not the future and Lukaku is. That is why i would prefer Lukaku here. As I said I reckon Mourinho just is not ready to give Lukaku a proper chance. Lukaku wants to stay but it looks like he won't be guaranteed 2nd choice striker let alone first.

If we sell him that is proof that Mourinho was not ready to give him a proper chance. Especially when it was said he wants to fight for his place but Mourinho goes and buys a 36 year old Drogba. And imo that is either forcing one of Torres or Lukaku out. If Torres stays and Lukaku stays that says it all. Needs no explanation.

Costa and Lukaku would be perfect for next season. I'm just not sure Mourinho views it the same way.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Who said Lukaku is not willing to fight for his place? That is rubbish imo. It is good having Costa but it is also ideal having impact players like Lukaku who can also start cup games and start some league games. I would rather that than have Drogba in his place. I appreicate everything Didier has done here but he is not the future and Lukaku is. That is why i would prefer Lukaku here. As I said I reckon Mourinho just is not ready to give Lukaku a proper chance. Lukaku wants to stay but it looks like he won't be guaranteed 2nd choice striker let alone first.

If we sell him that is proof that Mourinho was not ready to give him a proper chance. Especially when it was said he wants to fight for his place but Mourinho goes and buys a 36 year old Drogba. And imo that is either forcing one of Torres or Lukaku out. If Torres stays and Lukaku stays that says it all. Needs no explanation.

Costa and Lukaku would be perfect for next season. I'm just not sure Mourinho views it the same way.

You think its Jose I think its Lukaku... Stalemate reached.

Nothing in life should be guaranteed you need to fight for your position, if Lukaku is unwilling to fight with a terrible Torres and a 36yr old Drogba for second fiddle then I don't want him at the club anyway. Need to have more self belief than that.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Costa and Lukaku would be perfect for next season. I'm just not sure Mourinho views it the same way.

And I'm not convinced Lukaku is Chelsea quality anyway. The way we want to play doesn't play to his strengths

[pakito 17]

Bringing in ancient Drogba and selling Lukaku is mind blowing

[Moros 86]

Were not gonna sell him, as I said earlier. He has two years left, is likely promised a second striker place and Drogba might even be signed to also tutor him. Due to the HG rule we almost need to keep him as otherwise his place in the squad can't be filled by a different striker (unless u21 or Homegrown). Torres will be dropped from the squad whether or not he gets sold. Also because we already lack HG players and because Lukaku will get the HG tag he will likely stay for a longer while. Without a doubt his contract will be lengthened after the summer and not sooner. Now is the transfer window the club is already busy with discussing a lot of contracts, loans,... Naturally the contract hasn't been prolonged yet, because before he was at Everton and after Everton he had WC preparations. Hence the time for real negotiations has yet to come. Also he's a chelsea fan and I've yet to hear him speak about wanting to leave Chelsea. Personally I think Mourinho already spoke with Lukaku and fixed the situation. He's smart enough to know he won't find it easy to find a replacement that is ready and has a future at chelsea, while also being either U21 or Home grown.

[Stingray 9,441]

LOL and like Sturridge proved we could have kept him but wasted our time on fucking ..... Fernando Torres. You might not care but Sturridge could have been a genuine, English talent here. He still got into double figures for us whilst playing majority of games out of position but guess what we sold him and look how good he has proved to be. Almost scored more goals than all our strikers put together last season. It just does not send a good message if we buy top talent then ship them on. We have loaned him out for 2 successive seasons. He has scored so when you say what has he done to show he wants to succeed? He has scored goals ffs and reached double figures. We would benefit from him being here but how it feels to me is that he is being pushed out. Holland had to speak about Lukaku returning, not Mourinho. Mourinho clearly is the one who is edging him out, not Lukaku because like I said the way Mourinho came out and complimented Drogba at 36 as still being "one of the best strikers in Europe" says it all.

Has there been any vote of confidence in Lukaku from Mourinho? Never. I know which stance I take here. He wants to play and prove himself but once again he gets kicked in the teeth.

I am just hoping the rumous of him leaving are rubbish. Holland said last week that he will return to pre-season and then after a decision will be made. I would rather Costa, Lukaku and Torres than Costa, Drogba and Torres. Drogba will be gone next season and if Lukaku goes we will definitely splash out money for a new striker.

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[Sidzeret 2,257]

Better Wolfsburg than Everton. Either way, we are going to regret selling him.

[didierforever 7,349]

What are people basing that lukaku is leaving on? A FuCKING TWEET??? seriously? Show me one good source like bbc or sky and then we will talk!!!

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Best case scenarios:

Torres leaves, Costa- Lukaku -Drogba for next season

Lukaku signs an extension and goes out on loan

in that order

We are going to regret going with Costa- Drogba- Torres into this season. We are one injury way from being crippled once again in the strikers department (no offence to Drogba) We can't go challenging for the EPL and CL with 37yo Drogba having to lead the line for a long period of time.

[iseah100 5,612]

What are people basing that lukaku is leaving on? A FuCKING TWEET??? seriously? Show me one good source like bbc or sky and then we will talk!!!

Sky suspended betting on Lukaku to Wolfsburg. Whatever that's worth.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

What are people basing that lukaku is leaving on? A FuCKING TWEET??? seriously? Show me one good source like bbc or sky and then we will talk!!!

I am not one for twitter rumours but chelsea have 4 strikers and too many players so either Torres or Lukaku has to go.

[Hamilton 2,120]

What are people basing that lukaku is leaving on? A FuCKING TWEET??? seriously? Show me one good source like bbc or sky and then we will talk!!!

The thing is, the same guy tweeted as first the kdb move, apperantly he's reliable with Wolfsburg transfers..

Lets see, hope not..

[Sidzeret 2,257]

What are people basing that lukaku is leaving on? A FuCKING TWEET??? seriously? Show me one good source like bbc or sky and then we will talk!!!

Do the math

[zyzz 711]

About half an hour ago klaus allofs, the sporting director of wolfsburg, was asked about the reports that they made an offer for lukaku and he denied it. Wolfsburg are definitely interested though.

[Barbara 15,149]

Do the math

If that's true... so the player doesn't have balls to stay and fight a deadwood and an ancient (who's probably here to his benefit more than anything else) and prefers to leave and somehow Chelsea suck handling it?

Sorry if that's a hard angle for me to understand. If he leaves AGAIN on his own accord is because he's a big coward. If he had high competition for the spot I'd say well, he's not the bravest guy around, but that's also a hard situation. But last year he had to fight his spot against an old Eto'o, deadwood Torres and I-can-also-score-double-figures-in-mid-tables-teams Ba. Now he has to fight to be #2 against Fernando Fucking Torres and Didier Once-Upon-a-Time-A-Regular Drogba? Sorry if I can't see a big character and personality behind those decisions IF HE DECIDES TO LEAVE.

And I think the comparison with Daniel is a really bad one. Daniel proved at this club - facing off Torres competition when there was still hope about Torres - with Didier still around while he was still THE Didier Drogba. Daniel proved his worth while he was at Chelsea, not loaned somewhere else. The least you can say about Dani is that he stayed to fight for his position and then we fucked up. We can't say the same about Lukaku, can we? He asked to leave last season and who knows if he doesn't ask to leave again. Daniel had better competition when he chose to stay. A guy that runs away from fighting against Ba, Torres and Eto'o and then against Drobga and Torres doesn't deserve a place in this team if you ask me.

All that said, I won't believe some twitter from a guy that gets it right as much as he gets it wrong... But as everyone here is discussing it as a done deal, that's my position. I don't believe the board or Mourinho would allow him to go (unless they plan to bring someone else to replace him), I think if he leaves it'll be because he wants it and we won't stop it. And if that's the case he's never deserved to wear this shirt anyway because if you want to take a #2 position at age 21 in club the size of Chelsea for granted and want everything handed to you in a silver tray without fighting (and then maybe what José told about Costa - who got nothing for free in his life and had to fight for everything he's conquered - was already alluding to a possible Lukaku departure, as he has all info and we don't) you simply don't deserve to be here.