Romelu Lukaku

[Blue Gino 377]

Chelsea initially said according to Lukaku's agent that Romelu will not be loaned out, period. If a deal happens it's because Lukaku whined to leave and frankly he can piss off if that's the case and not another loan deal which means smart ass remarks all season long of how great he is, just sell him if he wants out rather than compete with Torres for minutes which by the way how fricking hard is that to do, to outplay Torres? If a bird landed on the pitch and for 90 minutes dodging players and flying all over the place, that's about what Torres brings. The bird won't score and neither will Torres!

[Diego Kwsta 96]

A guy who doesn't want competition will never make it in life.....I was a huge fan of Romelu,just as a lot of you I supose,but I lost my faith in him.The guy hasnt done anything to prove that he is ready,he cant back up his words in the pitch and thats something that we'll have to think about.Do you really want a guy who want everything on a silver platter?

[zolayes 14,489]

ironic .. so many fans giving up on Lukaku ,,saying He is a Quitter

[Diego Kwsta 96]

ironic .. so many fans giving up on Lukaku ,,saying He is a Quitter

He is a quitter....He left the club last year because he didn't want competition.What does that make him?

[Chelsea? 892]

He is a quitter....He left the club last year because he didn't want competition.What does that make him?

he didnt think he'd get a fair chance.

[Diego Kwsta 96]

he didnt think he'd get a fair chance.

You don't GET chances.You EARN them.

[bababoom 4,478]

It's obvious he wants to leave, he only has two years left on his contract so he holds all the cards, unfortunately. I wouldn't be surprised if he's not willing to play second fiddle. If we decide to keep him for another year and he still doesn't sign a new contract than he will go for peanuts, in this ffp era we cannot afford to let that happen.

[The Skipper 20,609]

I don't understand why people are trying to blast the board... Should we just let Lukaku leave for a cut price deal next year when he only has 1 year left or something? If he doesn't want to stay or sign a new contract, selling him in this window is imperative.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

We shoukd've gone for Mandzukic when we had the chance.

If he's not willing to play second striker, better sell him when we can fetch something from his sale. Another loan spell, and it'll be like this year again next year, except we'll be forced to sell him for peanuts.

Hope the board and Lukaku comes to a decision this year.

[calculatingInfinity 1,472]

Am I missing something? The two links on the previous page don't even say anything other than 'Everton feel a deal could be done'. Do people need nothing other than a run-of-the-mill 6 pictures, 3-paragraph Daily Mail 'article' to start calling the board 'idiotic'?

Dominic King got more than enough sources in Everton (and Liverpool) to be considered reliable.

Of course nothing is set in stone, but this is more than the usual transfer gossip, something is going on.

[Stats 7,140]

We shoukd've gone for Mandzukic when we had the chance.

If he's not willing to play second striker, better sell him when we can fetch something from his sale. Another loan spell, and it'll be like this year again next year, except we'll be forced to sell him for peanuts.

Hope the board and Lukaku comes to a decision this year.

TBH while it was speculated I don't think Mandzukic was ever going to come here realistically unless it was as a last resort. He would have gone to a team which offered him guaranteed first team football which Atletico eventually did. If he came here he would of found himself in the same predicament he did at Bayern with Lewandowski coming in.

[Pizy 18,858]

Imagine the shit we'd get if we sell him to Everton and he out scores Costa.

I think it's looking more and more likely that Drogba will be back as our 3rd striker. I hope not, though. We need a striker that offers something completely different than what Costa does. Thing is, who that's good enough would come in knowing he'd be a backup?

Why not just give Eto'o another 1 year contract?

[didierforever 7,349]

I don't understand why people are trying to blast the board... Should we just let Lukaku leave for a cut price deal next year when he only has 1 year left or something? If he doesn't want to stay or sign a new contract, selling him in this window is imperative.

actually very simple to understand!!! we dont need the money!! lukaku scoring 15 goals this season and going for 10mil in the next season is a way better scenario for us than lukaku going to 25mil this season and we buying a 10-15mil rated remy or emenike to replace him and having another season of "our strikers are shit, so we cant do anything".

[The Skipper 20,609]

actually very simple to understand!!! we dont need the money!! lukaku scoring 15 goals this season and going for 10mil in the next season is a way better scenario for us than lukaku going to 25mil this season and we buying a 10-15mil rated remy or emenike to replace him and having another season of "our strikers are shit, so we cant do anything".

We don't need the money... So we should let Lukaku walk for like £10m next season?

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

It's amazing how a club like Man City can have four top class strikers but still manage to make all of them content. All four of them better than Lukaku. I know Pellegrini plays with two strikers but still he can only play with two at a time. We shouldn't have problems with having multiple quality options to play as a striker. Costa will certainly be our best striker next season but I don't like how the tag "second" striker is placed on the next guy. Dzeko for instance started the season as Man City's third striker but began to outperform Negredo and became second choice and a starting XI partner to Aguero. At the end of the day every player still has to prove himself to the manager from scratch.

This is what vexes me about the Lukaku thing. Of course we won't know for sure what happened behind closed doors till leaves. There was a rumour that the club never contacted him even once during his second spell at Everton. Then he says this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2646047/Romelu-Lukaku-insists-wants-stay-Chelsea-despite-uncertainty.html

It's either the kid is bi-polar or the club are trying to force him out of the club for whatever reason.