Romelu Lukaku

[didierforever 7,349]

nothing at all in the tabloids about this!!! seems the weekly "lukaku transfer round up" to me.

whats worse is that he probably is set to be the 2nd striker and is "willing to fight for the spot" and yet just cos of his past discretions, all the BS transfer news is given way too much priority. i mean since the start of the season, lukaku has almost joined monaco, RM and juve about 3 times and then there is everton who keep bobbing up bi-weekly!!!

[calculatingInfinity 1,452]

nothing at all in the tabloids about this!!! seems the weekly "lukaku transfer round up" to me.

whats worse is that he probably is set to be the 2nd striker and is "willing to fight for the spot" and yet just cos of his past discretions, all the BS transfer news is given way too much priority. i mean since the start of the season, lukaku has almost joined monaco, RM and juve about 3 times and then there is everton who keep bobbing up bi-weekly!!!

Di Marzio is hardly just someone making shit up for weekly Lukaku rumors.

[didierforever 7,349]

Jose could have managed the situation better? He wanted to use him in his squad, Lukaku missed a penalty and decided he was leaving lmao. Jose tried to convince him to stay but he wanted to leave permanently but did Jose let him? No. Lukaku is all talk, remember when he talked to the media trying to say Jose didn't want him in the squad and Jose responded and he shut his mouth?

Also 12M for a player with 6 months on their contract, thats brilliant business given he also had maybe just over one full season of regular PL games (6 months as a regular at Bolton and 6 months regularly for Chelsea and handfuls of appearances for City tbh) so you can hardly say the board did bad. We could have let him go for free and got nothing in July, then if he had gone on and scored goals for Pool everyone would be greeting their tits off about him even more.

the board dint do bad in the sturridge case? so it was RDM and FSW who simply kept sturridge on the bench while torres slept on the pitch? sturridge was "injured" with us on 31st dec and yet fit enough to play every game for pool after that!!! the board forced the issue. if getting 12mil is the only criteria of a "good business" then yes they did good, but unfortunately, it simply is not.

lamps wanted to leave on multiple occasions, JT was close to joining city, sure they dint put in a transfer request (apparently which lukaku did) but they are still club legends. lukaku right now is important for us. we cant afford to not win the PL this season which is exactly what we are heading for if our strikers are costa, DD, torres. its simply not good enough to win the league. IF jose actually talked to lukaku yet lukaku wants this move, then FUCK HIM. he can go and put a ball up his ass. but i simply cant see a reason why lukaku would want a move to everton after (supposedly) been promised the 2nd striker role. i mean he has made it clear that he wants to play football for the very best of teams, yet he would willingly take a step (or 2) backwards. he has said on multiple occasions that he wants to play in the CL, which he simply wont get anywhere near to in everton. i just dont get why lukaku would WANT this move.

[didierforever 7,349]

Di Marzio is hardly just someone making shit up for weekly Lukaku rumors.

u mean this guy

[calculatingInfinity 1,452]

u mean this guy

It says Chelsea are ready to offer 30m + Torres for Cavani. I am unsure how that is crazy in any way, or how we have any way to confirm or say that it's false. Chelsea might very well have tried that and PSG just refused, you know that happens quite often without the public knowing everything about it... Them refusing that would especially make sense when PSG came in with a hell lot of money.

[Jype 6,398]

also how do u think we wont miss him? costa as a first striker is GREAT, but having a 36 year old DD and a guy who does THIS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVtLxQXFEjI), is suicidal for a team having PL and CL aspirations.

I was thinking more like long term. Torres, even if he survives the ongoing transfer window, won't be a part of Chelsea FC for any more than a season or two and clearly everyone at the club knows that we can't really rely on him so eventually he will be replaced and probably by a very good player too. If in two years from now we have Costa and another very good striker banging in goals every game do you really think people will cry over what could have been if we had Lukaku?

I honestly don't see the big deal in all this. Costa / Torres / Drogba, which is still the worst case scenario and might even change if we somehow manage to ship off Torres, is more than enough to compete for some trophies this year when you consider the other improvements to the team and how close we came to winning some major trophies last season with a squad clearly worse than what we have now even without Lukaku.

Like I said, I'm still hoping he stays but it's not the end of the world if he goes and £24m + bonuses is a good price.

[didierforever 7,349]

It says Chelsea are ready to offer 30m + Torres for Cavani. I am unsure how that is crazy in any way, or how we have any way to confirm or say that it's false. Chelsea might very well have tried that and PSG just refused, you know that happens quite often without the public knowing everything about it.

i think after last season it was CONFIRMED by either napoli or by chelsea that they had no contact with each other.

[calculatingInfinity 1,452]

i think after last season it was CONFIRMED by either napoli or by chelsea that they had no contact with each other.

I don't remember that... but only a week ago or so Mourinho said there would be no more players coming in, that Chelsea transfer window was closed... Just for Drogba to be announced a few days later. Clubs and managers lie all the time, I think it's silly to think Chelsea didn't have any interest in Cavani, but were scared away from the fee and wages.

But back to my original point, instead of whatever shit this is you have us discussing now. Di Marzio is a pretty reliable guy, but none of these journalists gets everything 100% , there will always be mistakes. However with the amount of Lukaku rumors and also coming from people like Di Marzio, I'm pretty confident he will be going soonish. I hope it won't happen, but I think it will. That Di Marzio once said a club was ready to bid on some player, and then didn't end up succeeding getting the player, hardly makes him unreliable. If you don't care about these rumors and gets angry about them, why don't you just you know... Ignore them? Clearly you know the best.

[didierforever 7,349]

I was thinking more like long term. Torres, even if he survives the ongoing transfer window, won't be a part of Chelsea FC for any more than a season or two and clearly everyone at the club knows that we can't really rely on him so eventually he will be replaced and probably by a very good player too. If in two years from now we have Costa and another very good striker banging in goals every game do you really think people will cry over what could have been if we had Lukaku?

I honestly don't see the big deal in all this. Costa / Torres / Drogba, which is still the worst case scenario and might even change if we somehow manage to ship off Torres, is more than enough to compete for some trophies this year when you consider the other improvements to the team and how close we came to winning some major trophies last season with a squad clearly worse than what we have now even without Lukaku.

Like I said, I'm still hoping he stays but it's not the end of the world if he goes and £24m + bonuses is a good price.

dude, i get what u r saying. even i am thinking about long-term.

this club can not AFFORD to lose jose (which will happen if we dont win the PL/CL) and for the life of me i cant see how costa/torres/DD would help us in that. costa WILL get injured or have a poor form. if we were to re-play villa away and palace away in a similar position as last season, i dont see how a DD/torres would help in case costa is injured. we are better than we were last season, no doubt. but so are city. their defence with the acquisition of mangala will be shored up. they have a good back-up in fernando to yaya-fernandinho. i dont see them having as poor a start as they did last season. also, the last season flattered us cos we won 6 points over both the teams that finished above us. even if we lose/draw a game, it means we have a 10/7 point gap to close against city which is massive. and lukaku could easily be the player who gives us that edge. maybe DD can do that too but i dont expect that off him (and lets not even include torres here).

at the end, if we dont win, jose will be sacked. which sets us back 5 years easily. the managerial merry go round will continue. bamford, baker, boga, solanke, musonda type talents would be wasted.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

If this is the move that will fund the Pogba/Cavani deal, then why not?

Get the €30m from Everton, add another €30-35m, buy one of Cavani and Pogba and let's end this transfer window on a high note.

[didierforever 7,349]

I don't remember that... but only a week ago or so Mourinho said there would be no more players coming in, that Chelsea transfer window was closed... Just for Drogba to be announced a few days later. Clubs and managers lie all the time, I think it's silly to think Chelsea didn't have any interest in Cavani, but were scared away from the fee and wages.

But back to my original point, instead of whatever shit this is you have us discussing now. Di Marzio is a pretty reliable guy, but none of these journalists gets everything 100% , there will always be mistakes. However with the amount of Lukaku rumors and also coming from people like Di Marzio, I'm pretty confident he will be going soonish. I hope it won't happen, but I think it will. That Di Marzio once said a club was ready to bid on some player, and then didn't end up succeeding getting the player, hardly makes him unreliable. If you don't care about these rumors and gets angry about them, why don't you just you know... Ignore them? Clearly you know the best.

how do i ignore them when there is only one thread alive on the forum discussing the same stupid thing. also, i dint get angry, its more u who has taken me ridiculing di marzio to your heart.

i mean how many sources and how many articles have been published since june? its been 2 months (and 1 month of transfer window) and yet lukaku is STILL here. i am just sensing a pattern. moreover with our HG players boundary and the fact that we will be left with DD and torres as back up, this move makes as little sense as u like. but as u said, no one gets it 100% right. so that is all i need to know. there is jack-squat on sky and BBC which are what i would call reliable. if there is news on there, i ll know the truth.

[Jype 6,398]

dude, i get what u r saying. even i am thinking about long-term.

this club can not AFFORD to lose jose (which will happen if we dont win the PL/CL) and for the life of me i cant see how costa/torres/DD would help us in that. costa WILL get injured or have a poor form. if we were to re-play villa away and palace away in a similar position as last season, i dont see how a DD/torres would help in case costa is injured. we are better than we were last season, no doubt. but so are city. their defence with the acquisition of mangala will be shored up. they have a good back-up in fernando to yaya-fernandinho. i dont see them having as poor a start as they did last season. also, the last season flattered us cos we won 6 points over both the teams that finished above us. even if we lose/draw a game, it means we have a 10/7 point gap to close against city which is massive. and lukaku could easily be the player who gives us that edge. maybe DD can do that too but i dont expect that off him (and lets not even include torres here).

at the end, if we dont win, jose will be sacked. which sets us back 5 years easily. the managerial merry go round will continue. bamford, baker, boga, solanke, musonda type talents would be wasted.

Don't you think you're being a little bit overdramatic there?

Anyway, maybe it's just me but I consider the attacking trio of Costa, Torres and DD to be enough for a season if Lukaku goes (and at the moment that's still 'IF'). It's not ideal but in addition to our other signings still IMO good enough to win us the title. Hell, with the kind of through balls Fabregas was playing in the last game even Torres might yet have a goal or two in him. Looking at the big picture I can see nearly everyone raising their game with these new quality additions to the squad and at least for me that's reassuring enough to go into the season with the players we have now and I'm confident we'll win the league.

[Madmax 9,219]

at the end, if we dont win, jose will be sacked. which sets us back 5 years easily. the managerial merry go round will continue. bamford, baker, boga, solanke, musonda type talents would be wasted.

And all of this hinges on Lukaku sticking around?

[didierforever 7,349]

Don't you think you're being a little bit overdramatic there?

Anyway, maybe it's just me but I consider the attacking trio of Costa, Torres and DD to be enough for a season if Lukaku goes (and at the moment that's still 'IF'). It's not ideal but in addition to our other signings still IMO good enough to win us the title. Hell, with the kind of through balls Fabregas was playing in the last game even Torres might yet have a goal or two in him. Looking at the big picture I can see nearly everyone raising their game with these new quality additions to the squad and at least for me that's reassuring enough to go into the season with the players we have now and I'm confident we'll win the league.

each to his own then. just dont see costa/torred/DD as a PL winning combo. city barely won the league with aguero/negredo/dzeko and jovetic. u need good strikers to win leagues. its costa's first season and he might struggle (i hope not) and even if he gets 15-20, we would need one of DD/torres getting 10. dont see that happening.

but each to his own!!

[didierforever 7,349]

And all of this hinges on Lukaku sticking around?

u could have bothered to have read the line before that too..

[Madmax 9,219]

u could have bothered to have read the line before that too..

I did, just too many ifs and coulds for my liking. No disrespect, I just don't think he'd be such a vital loss were he to move.

[didierforever 7,349]

I did, just too many ifs and coulds for my liking. No disrespect, I just don't think he'd be such a vital loss were he to move.

in m opinion, there is only one IF.

IF we go into the season with a striker force of costa/dd/torres,then i cant see us winning the league.

[Jype 6,398]

each to his own then. just dont see costa/torred/DD as a PL winning combo. city barely won the league with aguero/negredo/dzeko and jovetic. u need good strikers to win leagues. its costa's first season and he might struggle (i hope not) and even if he gets 15-20, we would need one of DD/torres getting 10. dont see that happening.

but each to his own!!

You can't really compare that to City's strikers and do a 1+1=2 and just assume that because their overkill strikeforce barely won them the league that our's will have no chance. At the back we are much stronger and with a full season of Matic and newly-signed Fabregas our midfield has also suddenly become pretty good compared to last season's Ramires - Mikel. Our attacking midfielders score much more goal than City's apart from Yaya Toure, whose commitment to City is still somewhat unclear and it's not guaranteed he has another 20 goal season in him.

There's absolutely no reason to be all doom and gloom as you seem to be, with or without Lukaku it's an excellent time to be a Chelsea fan and with the squad we have there is a very good chance we will win back the title after five years of waiting.