Romelu Lukaku

[DDA 9,928]

i would sell torres and ba and have lukaku and cavani

Two sexy strikers right there that would be ideal for us but I think we need three striker's for next season at least. As much as I would love to slap myself in the face for saying this, if we have Cavani and Lukaku as our main goalscorers then keep Torres for 3rd choice ST. Ship BA out to a small team like Arsenal I really wouldn't care to lose BA at all.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Redcafe and bluemoon wanking themselves over lukaku and courtois.

[YouNameIt 1,511]

Its all very simple. We cannot bring him back until we get rid of Torres.

I think everyone understands what a talent this guy is and that he is probably ready to play for Chelsea, but to do that he needs high quality playtime. We cannot have him rot on the bench considering his age and talent. He is still developing. If he was 26-27 it wouldnt matter that much because he'd be a complete striker then and at his prime.

[Hamilton 2,120]

Romelu will be the guest in our weekly football debate program extra time on tv-station canvas tonight..

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Should go on loan, he can play a bench role but not good enough to be first choice. He's still pretty raw and would benefit more from another loan spell where he gets to start every game.

A loan with a possession based team. The playing style at West Brom is different than at Chelsea. At WBA, their opponents more often than not play attacking football which gives more space to Lukaku which will never happen at Chelsea as everyone will sit deep against us. And if they sit deep, you marginalize Lukaku's biggest strength, his pace and runs behind the defence. That's why he needs to get accustomed to a possession based team and improve his link up play further and his back to the goal hold-up play. Swansea would be my first and last choice, going back to West Brom offers him nothing.

I'm not saying he isn't good enough for us now, but for his sake he's still developing and he should aim to get as much playing time as possible. If he stays with us, he'll be good, he'll score bunches as an impact sub but how much will he really improve?

[Weckerz 3,781]

Should go on loan, he can play a bench role but not good enough to be first choice. He's still pretty raw and would benefit more from another loan spell where he gets to start every game.

A loan with a possession based team. The playing style at West Brom is different than at Chelsea. At WBA, their opponents more often than not play attacking football which gives more space to Lukaku which will never happen at Chelsea as everyone will sit deep against us. And if they sit deep, you marginalize Lukaku's biggest strength, his pace and runs behind the defence. That's why he needs to get accustomed to a possession based team and improve his link up play further and his back to the goal hold-up play. Swansea would be my first and last choice, going back to West Brom offers him nothing.

I'm not saying he isn't good enough for us now, but for his sake he's still developing and he should aim to get as much playing time as possible. If he stays with us, he'll be good, he'll score bunches as an impact sub but how much will he really improve?

After the ballboy incident Swansea can fuck off.

I'm not sure about another loan in general either. If you had Lukaku + Ba + Torres right now, who would you field?

Ideal scenario would be to sign a big name, get rid of Ba and let Torres and Lukaku fight for second fiddle. He's been amazing as an impact sub for West-Brom, I don't see why he would weigh less on tired defences over here than at WBA. José will love him, that's for sure.

[Jype 6,398]

After the ballboy incident Swansea can fuck off.

I'm not sure about another loan in general either. If you had Lukaku + Ba + Torres right now, who would you field?

Ideal scenario would be to sign a big name, get rid of Ba and let Torres and Lukaku fight for second fiddle. He's been amazing as an impact sub for West-Brom, I don't see why he would weigh less on tired defences over here than at WBA. José will love him, that's for sure.

Goes without saying that most would prefer Lukaku of that bunch but getting rid of Torres won't be that easy and if he's still around I don't want Lukaku coming back next season because getting ahead of Torres, Ba and potentially another new signing is not the simplest of tasks and there's no point returning if he won't get a game.

Agree on the ideal scenario, maybe Ba could stay another year as third choice as he seems like the type who won't complain if he doesn't play that much but if only we were be able to sell the ladyboy and buy someone good with Lukaku as second choice it would be perfect.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Goes without saying that most would prefer Lukaku of that bunch but getting rid of Torres won't be that easy and if he's still around I don't want Lukaku coming back next season because getting ahead of Torres, Ba and potentially another new signing is not the simplest of tasks and there's no point returning if he won't get a game.

Agree on the ideal scenario, maybe Ba could stay another year as third choice as he seems like the type who won't complain if he doesn't play that much but if only we were be able to sell the ladyboy and buy someone good with Lukaku as second choice it would be perfect.

We will have Jose in charge who is one man who wouldn't be afraid to bench torres and play the youngster. So the torres effect will be reduced. If we buy a big name striker and torres stays then yes we should loan him. As 4 strikers is a bit much and we need him to be playing at least semi regular.

[Peppi85 110]

Lukaku mentioning Dortmund & Schalke 04 in a Belgian talkshow

[mediator 2,026]

No way, he should stay in England to be a homegrown player next year.

Btw he told that mou didn't phoned him but when the journalist asked him what will be his future, he said "i don't know what's the plans of Mou concerning me" on "la tribune tv show on RTBF".

So he knew alreadry that Mou will be the next Chelsea Manager

[Jusek 2,031]

Btw he told that mou didn't phoned him but when the journalist asked him what will be his future, he said "i don't know what's the plans of Mou concerning me" on "la tribune tv show on RTBF".

So he knew alreadry that Mou will be the next Chelsea Manager

He actually said that? Wow!

[mediator 2,026]

He didn't denied in fact. The question was "we know that Mourinho loved Drogba as his main striker, you are a bit like him", and he answered "i don't know what's his plan for me" or something like that.

[The Mak 4,459]

Its all very simple. We cannot bring him back until we get rid of Torres.

I think everyone understands what a talent this guy is and that he is probably ready to play for Chelsea, but to do that he needs high quality playtime. We cannot have him rot on the bench considering his age and talent. He is still developing. If he was 26-27 it wouldnt matter that much because he'd be a complete striker then and at his prime.

Exactly.

And how pissed would you be with the blonde flop starting more games than you, even though you scored over twice the amount he has in the league?

However, I'd like to think Mourinho will do his upmost to get rid of Torres if he comes, as difficult as it may be.

[Jase 43,479]

BeNeFoot ‏@BeNeFoot

Lukaku on Extra Time: I have learned a hard lesson but I'm a better player now. I've learned to make more intelligent runs.

Lukaku: When I left #rsca, it was the right moment to leave. I had a good upbringing. I couldn't get the extra training I needed there.

Lukaku: I completed my footballing education at Chelsea. I learned quicker by training alongside better players.

Lukaku says Chelsea won't let him go to a direct rival. He's just named the Bundesliga as a possible destination (Dortmund/Schalke)

Worth reading last tweet in context particularly of the first sentence and the example of Kevin De Bruyne. We'll see after pre-season.

Lukaku said the likes of him, KDB must go back to Chelsea who will then have a squad of about 40, which they will have to trim.

John Chapman ‏@BelgoFoot

Romelu Lukaku has just arrived for his spot on Belgian TV sports programme (French speaking) after his hat-trick.

Lukaku says Eden Hazard fastest over 10 metres but he would beat Hazard over 100 metres.

Lukaku says he weighed 110 kilos at Anderlecht but since strict diet (salad, fruit juice, meat, ... no pasta) he is down to 94/96 kilos.

Lukaku says that defenders in #epl will know his style (and Benteke's) and that second season is the most difficult.

Lukaku says Mourinho has not called him.

Romelu says his brother is not a defender, he's a midfielder. Nice as Anderlecht President there in the studio (Jordan has been LB so far).

[Keikoismad 162]

http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/programmas/extratime/ET_Episode_20130520?video=1.1635303

Lukaku as the guests choose their 'moments of the week'. In the 10th minute, Lukaku is also talking about his fellow Belgian Courtois.

I will translate it later, and the rest of the show will come online later tonight or tomorrow on www.sporza.be ( and then just search for the latest full episode of extra time)