Romelu Lukaku

[BlueLyon 9,359]

So Mourinho started public war of words with Lukaku...fucking brilliant, if Lukaku leaves I will be pissed on Mou as hell. Mata, Luiz, Kdb, Lukaku,..all could leave soon. And to think they were in big plans of our team, just couple months ago.

Lukaku has potential to be our top striker ever, should he start PLAYING next year for Chelsea. We have perfect situation to get him in squad as we dont have any top strikers to play ahead of Lukaku, but noooo Mou goes and buys Etoo, wants some proven striker etc...

When Arsenal lacked a midfielder, they gave chance to Willshere. They didnt loan him and buy someone else instead. This is how talents become big players for their teams. But sure, Mou goes to buy Etoo instead of giving chance to Lukaku who couldnt do worse than Torres/Etoo/Ba this season despite they played good, Lukaku would play as good too. Just give him a chance FFS.

[Hostedenis 556]

Mou didn't 'not give a chance to Lukaku', Lukaku asked for a transfer request after the Bayern game. Who knows how many minutes he would've gotten under Mourinho. I'm sure it wouldn't be as many as now at Everton, but you can't say Mourinho did not want Lukaku or wouldn't have given him a chance/minutes. Lukaku himself asked for the transfer and for his development I think it was for the best.

Good for him (plays and scores a lot more than he probably would've at Chelsea)

Good for Chelsea (strengthens Everton, so gives harder games to our competitors but not to us as he can't play against us - look at the Liverpool derby)

[Tomo 21,741]

So Mourinho started public war of words with Lukaku...fucking brilliant, if Lukaku leaves I will be pissed on Mou as hell. Mata, Luiz, Kdb, Lukaku,..all could leave soon. And to think they were in big plans of our team, just couple months ago.

Lukaku has potential to be our top striker ever, should he start PLAYING next year for Chelsea. We have perfect situation to get him in squad as we dont have any top strikers to play ahead of Lukaku, but noooo Mou goes and buys Etoo, wants some proven striker etc...

When Arsenal lacked a midfielder, they gave chance to Willshere. They didnt loan him and buy someone else instead. This is how talents become big players for their teams. But sure, Mou goes to buy Etoo instead of giving chance to Lukaku who couldnt do worse than Torres/Etoo/Ba this season despite they played good, Lukaku would play as good too. Just give him a chance FFS.

Actually they did, and wouldn't risk him in the PL until he proved himself at Bolton, and even then he only got in because Arsenal had an injury hit start to the season when Fabregas was unavailable.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Pretty pathetic from him to ask for transfer after the Bayern game. Obviously the kid needs a couple of lessons from Jose, something has happened behind the scenes that we don't know.

[Tomo 21,741]

I seem to remember in 2005 Mourinho similarly had a go at Carvalho in a press conference and i couldn't remember similar outcry.

What does Lukaku have that Carvalho didn't? let me guess he is young enough to play in the Olympic's.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

I know Lukaku as very humble guy, but he talks too much and that sentence "now I am at everton scored 7 goals in 8 games and everyone talks about me etc"...he is becoming bit arrogant but as long he stays down to earth, thats good thing.

[dukeman 9]

If he was in Mourinho's plans, Lukaku's request was gonna be declined. As it was accepted and he got his loan move, only proves that he was not in Mourinho's plans and he made the right choice. And for Lukaku, he's not consistent enough. Every time you play a bad game in Chelsea, you are sitting on the bench for a consecutive 5 games, that's not what a young player like him needs, not now, and not next season.

[The only place to be 11,313]

He requested a transfer two days after we signed Samuel Eto'o.

All this guff about him 'deciding his future' is a smokescreen from Jose. JOSE decides who stays and who goes. Lukaku may have asked but Jose acceded to these 'demands'.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

If he was in Mourinho's plans, Lukaku's request was gonna be declined. As it was accepted and he got his loan move, only proves that he was not in Mourinho's plans and he made the right choice. And for Lukaku, he's not consistent enough. Every time you play a bad game in Chelsea, you are sitting on the bench for a consecutive 5 games, that's not what a young player like him needs, not now, and not next season.

Torres, spent SO much time on the bench these past three years.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Lukaku just came second behind Pogba in the Golden Boy Award, celebrating the best European talent under 21.

Previous winners:

Rooney, Messi, Van der Vaart, Fabregas, Aguero, Pato, Balotelli, Gotze, Isco...

[The only place to be 11,313]

Lukaku just came second behind Pogba in the Golden Boy Award, celebrating the best European talent under 21.

Previous winners:

Rooney, Messi, Van der Vaart, Fabregas, Aguero, Pato, Balotelli, Gotze, Isco...

Impressive.

Apparently Barca are interested in him as well....that makes three of our young players that they've been linked to (Courtois and Loftus-Cheek).

Ha ha...idiots. Don't they know how bad his link-up play is? Stupid Barca and their stupid youth development officers.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Yeah, wouldn't really see him making it at Barca.

Would be funny though.

[Las7 951]

Yeah, wouldn't really see him making it at Barca.

Would be funny though.

They currently play Pique up top whenever they are chasing a result in the second half - Lukaku would be an obvious upgrade to Pique when trying something different after plan A fails.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Lol Barca. Nice joke.

[Flemishblue 61]

If he wouldn't be a Chelsea player at this moment... everyone would be drooling over the prospect of signing him.

He is truely a great guy and I wish him all the best, preferably at Chelsea but that seems to become less likely..

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Just gave an assist against Man Utd.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

He has earned his right to speak...over and over.

Top Top player.

[Zoro 151]

He has earned his right to speak...over and over.

Top Top player.

I wont agree with this until I see he perform at a big club.