Romelu Lukaku

[sainttourist 68]

Not big fan of him, still need to grow up as a person. But he is 20 years old and already one of the top scorers in PL. If he already wasn't ours, there definitely be some stupid rumors that we want him for 50m or something. And i really doubt that Costa is much better. In fact, there not much strikers around better, and all of them are hard to get. Will be stupid to lose him.

[bababoom 4,478]

Costa, Lukaku and Eto'o/Torres, would equal to Man city, Livepool and United' strike force. Lukaku will get games, i just hope he doesn't demand to be our number 1 striker.

Obviously he's not the finished article yet, on the ball he could be a bit better, but the fact is he scores goals. Costa and Lukaku would be devastating. If we do sell him to fund the Costa singing, what happens if Costa gets injured? we'll be left with Eto'o or Torres...

[bababoom 4,478]

Not big fan of him, still need to grow up as a person. But he is 20 years old and already one of the top scorers in PL. If he already wasn't ours, there definitely be some stupid rumors that we want him for 50m or something. And i really doubt that Costa is much better. In fact, there not much strikers around better, and all of them are hard to get. Will be stupid to lose him.

Right now, he is. Costa has the pace, technique, strength and finishing. He's more complete than Lukaku.

But to put things in perspective, When Costa was 20, he was playing for Valladolid and only scored 9 goals in 36 games. Last year Lukaku scored 17 goals in 35 games for West Brom and he was 19... Lukaku potentially has it all to be one of the best strikers in the world.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

I don't fucking care if he rots on the bench or not. We are a big club and we need to have a WC striker as back-up to our main man and competing for the staring spot. If he is that good as he think he is, he might as well take the staring role from our main striker( Costa, preferably). He should stop acting like a whiny bitch and focus on being the best for his parent club.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

The Cassilas that Ancelotti has also dropped, that one?

Yes, now. ;-)

[Esam 60]

I don't think Jose will sell him after sturridge's bombardment at Liverfool .. we can say that Mata didn't fit Mou's system but Lukaku surely does!

So I think he's already our sub striker next season .. and will rotate with whoever we have upfront .. our bench is a weakness actually and we need to renforce it .. so why not with who is already ours?!

[bouletje 82]

I don't fucking care if he rots on the bench or not. We are a big club and we need to have a WC striker as back-up to our main man and competing for the staring spot. If he is that good as he think he is, he might as well take the staring role from our main striker( Costa, preferably). He should stop acting like a whiny bitch and focus on being the best for his parent club.

a 20 year old should never ever sit on a bench, nowhere, this is a general rule and a very simple one in real life football. As a 20 year old, you need to play games, not serve as a back up, if you would be sitting on a bench at that age(wich is normal in a top team like chelsea), you need to go play at a team that is playing at a lower lvl, and that's exactly what this loan is good for.

and whiny bitch, dude please...

[ParNolio7 285]

He will NOT want to come back to us as a second striker, not when he's in the form he's currently in.

Hopefully, if Torres were to leave, and Eto'o ended his 1-year deal with us, Lukaku would be first choice followed by Demba Ba and possibly a younger utility striker!

Never gonna happen (unfortunately). Mourinho wants to spend big. Diego Costa for sure. He's never been interested in giving high potentials a chance to grow. He even wanted to sell Hazard in the beginning, that tells you everything.

So Lukaku will be sold to the competition for around 20 mil (not enough if you ask me), Diego Costa will come in, I can also see Eto'o & Torres both leaving. Another 20-30 mil striker coming in as supersub (with lower potential than Lukaku for sure), and Ba to warm the bench. That's the way Mourinho rolls.

[ParNolio7 285]

The other week I was saying that a lot of people are overstating his weakness way too much. However, there is also a thing of overrating him as well.

Do not mistake one good game for 'form'. Form is putting in a string of good performances and goals, which he hasn't really done since earlier in the season. Inconsistency will always be a part of such a young players game; so a 20 year old striker would be delighted as 2nd choice at a club that plays Champions League football, 60+ games a year and fights for titles on every front (and not just for 4th).

For example, if Lukaku is sold, would he be bought as a main striker for one of the top 5-10 teams in the world? I severely doubt they'll want to rely on someone so young and inexperienced in the truly big games (CL).

I get your point, but you're wrong on the form part, check his last 7 matches on whoscored.com and you'll notice that Lukaku is in blistering form in fact. Very high rating, MOTM performances, goals, assists.

Any top team who plays two strikers up front would have an excellent employee in Lukaku imo.

[ParNolio7 285]

If we had any other manager i would be worried, Jose doesn't pick players on reputation (Drogba/Sheva), if Lukaku is on better form than Costa, Jose will select him.

Haha, that's all Jose ever does actually.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Never gonna happen (unfortunately). Mourinho wants to spend big. Diego Costa for sure. He's never been interested in giving high potentials a chance to grow. He even wanted to sell Hazard in the beginning, that tells you everything.

Are you sure.

So Lukaku will be sold to the competition for around 20 mil

to Bayern

Barca

Real Madrid

Atletico

Arsenal

Liverpool

Man United

Man City

PSG

Monaco

Borussia Dortmund

Everton or Spurs

He's a great young talent and he's done amazingly well, but if we sell him and bring in Costa then we're going to be in a stronger position going forward. It's a lesson to other young players - don't ask to leave the club because you might not come back.

[ParNolio7 285]

Sometimes you need to sit on bench and wait for your chances. Same with Lukaku. He isnt world class striker, not mentaly or technicaly ready to lead team with expectations by Mou (winning PL and CL next year). He MUST get a chance, but buying Costa and having Lukaku on bench is useless for Lukaku. He wants to play regulary, he will get maybe 15 games if we do get Costa. Buying Rooney was vital from that aspect last summer. He would be able to play next to Lukaku and is old enough to make way for Lukaku eventualy. Costa is top striker and just 25 and if we pay 40mio for him and things work out, he will be our starter for next 5 years at least. No point of having Lukaku then. If we get Costa, Lukaku will leave. Unless we play two striker formation, but that wont happen anyway.

Either we do: 1.) Lukaku main striker next year 2.) buy experienced, top striker, aged 29+ who will play only for two years max and then give place to Lukaku 3.) buy top striker ala Costa who is 25 and will play here for next 5 years and we sell Lukaku.

What's all this nonsense about Lukaku not being "mentally ready"? Everton just played one of the most important games in their history and Lukaku chose that very match to produce a cracker of a goal and a MOTM performance, 8.5 rating on Who Scored ...

Same when Belgium had to win in Croatia to secure WC qualification. Lukaku had to stand in for Benteke, everybody was afraid he wouldn't "cope with the pressure". BAM! Lukaku scores twice, and not tap ins #lukakufacts

[The only place to be 11,313]

What's all this nonsense about Lukaku not being "mentally ready"? Everton just played one of the most important games in their history and Lukaku chose that very match to produce a cracker of a goal and a MOTM performance, 8.5 rating on Who Scored ...

Same when Belgium had to win in Croatia to secure WC qualification. Lukaku had to stand in for Benteke, everybody was afraid he wouldn't "cope with the pressure". BAM! Lukaku scores twice, and not tap ins #lukakufacts

But leave him on the bench for a few games and have his competition be the worst striking trio in the top half of the table and he'll ask to leave the club?

We're going to hopefully sign a world-class striker in the summer - will he be happy having a striker like that as his competition or will he walk into Jose's office again and ask to go to a club where he's guaranteed a start?

[ParNolio7 285]

Its all up to Lukaku. He still is 20 years old (at least thats his official age). Diego Costa is 25 years old. He must decide what is better for him. He can be the 2nd CF choice for some seasons, until he can be our 1st choice (he can even play alongside Diego Costa), or he can be the 1st choice for Everton and follow Heskey footsteps.

Wow what a racist fool you are. "At least that's his official age". Just because Romelu is black doesn't mean he was born in a bush. He was born close to Brussel for crying out loud. Says a lot about you man, and not good things.

[ParNolio7 285]

I'm fairly convinced he'll walk by now.

Many of you are calling him stupid, but he's smart enough to know he'll never be the first choice striker for Chelsea in the next few years. He'll take a small step back (I think he'll want to stay at Everton if it was up to him), keep scoring them goals and be bought by one of the top teams again when he's 24-25.

And who would want to play for a club where the majority of the fans thinks he's rubbish? Seriously, you can't blame Lukaku for not wanting to come back to the Bridge. And to know, that Chelsea is his favourite club, a shame really.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

What's all this nonsense about Lukaku not being "mentally ready"? Everton just played one of the most important games in their history and Lukaku chose that very match to produce a cracker of a goal and a MOTM performance, 8.5 rating on Who Scored ...

Same when Belgium had to win in Croatia to secure WC qualification. Lukaku had to stand in for Benteke, everybody was afraid he wouldn't "cope with the pressure". BAM! Lukaku scores twice, and not tap ins #lukakufacts

he has right atitude for 20 y.o, but maybe we need a leader in striker.

[BloodIsBlue 291]

The age comments on Lukaku coming out of here are low and shameful. Lukaku is a big softy and genuine sweet-heart, Hazard has a much harder ego. Usually the guys getting accused of being older also have a more mature personality to give them away.

It would be another Sturridge situation to let him go, the writing is on the wall for everyone to see. Diego Costa could not have scored the goal Lukaku scored on the weekend even if he was cutting in on his right foot. Costa doesn't really have those deep cuts he just had shuffles and from the top of the box its 50/50 he'll miss the target.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

He's a great young talent and he's done amazingly well, but if we sell him and bring in Costa then we're going to be in a stronger position going forward. It's a lesson to other young players - don't ask to leave the club because you might not come back.

Are you sure?If Costa gets injured we are back to Torres or whoever would be the 2nd choice so I doubt we would be in a stronger.The other thing is he is a young,immature 20 year old boy who made a mistake,it happens to everybody hell Jose himself made the biggest mistake by believing in Torres and also wasting our entire window on Rooney so the point is everyone make's a mistake at some point of his life especially a 20 year old.That does not mean he should be sold right away.In an ideal world our strikeforce next season would be Costa,Lukaku and Eto'o.