Chelsea Transfers

[Blues Forever 1,232]

Inter journo saying we have raise the bid for Lukaku from €100m to €110m.

[Alabama 1,992]

It means there is encouraging signals from Lukaku's camp...

[King Kante 1,476]

1 hour ago, Jype said:

I think it's really arrogant for people to think a player like Lukaku is somehow beneath the level of Chelsea as a club, and that the club should be entitled to have a Haaland, Lewandowski or whoever of that caliber.

Lukaku these days is a really good player and I know I'm quite alone with my opinion but I'd really like to see him back if/when Haaland is out of reach. Aside from the very top few strikers in the world Lukaku is about as quaranteed as can be to score +20 goals a season in the PL. Yes he's not a perfect player and yes he has his flaws, but the fact still remains the club desperately need a top class striker and Lukaku fits the bill. I for one am not confident at all about landing Haaland even next year when every top club on Earth will have a go at him.

I've said before that I'm willing to see out the coming season with the current set of players and hope they (especially Werner) can improve in front of goal enough to stay competitive, but that was always assuming Lukaku is off the table as well. If Haaland, Lewandowski etc. are out of the question but Lukaku is within reach, I say go for it.

He is the same as ever. Just that he now plays in a worse league so his touch doesn't look that bad. £100m on him at this point is madness. 

[Jase 43,479]

2 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

Inter journo saying we have raise the bid for Lukaku from €100m to €110m.

If I didn't misunderstand the context of the translation, it says Inter have also rejected the 110m bid?

And saw an Inter reply saying that if Kane, Haaland is worth around 150m, then it should be the same at least for Lukaku. 

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

Just now, Jas said:

If I didn't misunderstand the context of the translation, it says Inter have also rejected the 110m bid?

And saw an Inter reply saying that if Kane, Haaland is worth around 150m, then it should be the same at least for Lukaku. 

Yep, Inter also rejected it.

[Jype 6,398]

5 minutes ago, King Kante said:

He is the same as ever. Just that he now plays in a worse league so his touch doesn't look that bad. £100m on him at this point is madness. 

He's definitely not the same player as he was in his last season at Man Utd. After the World Cup 2018 he was seriously out of shape and had built up way too much muscle mass, which made him slower and not as agile. Even if that's the only change (which I disagree), him getting on a better diet and training regime has made his physique much more suitable for his playing style.

[Vesper 28,796]

Marina is HORRIBLE negotiating with Italians

we all have known this for years

[Vesper 28,796]

4 minutes ago, Jype said:

He's definitely not the same player as he was in his last season at Man Utd. After the World Cup 2018 he was seriously out of shape and had built up way too much muscle mass, which made him slower and not as agile. Even if that's the only change (which I disagree), him getting on a better diet and training regime has made his physique much more suitable for his playing style.

so he will swap wonderful northern Italian healthy cuisine for dodgy midnight roti and doubles runs

and 

boom

Edited August 3, 2021 by Vesper

[Jype 6,398]

1 minute ago, Vesper said:

so he will swap wonderful northern Italian healthy cuisine for dodgy midnight roti and doubles run

Would think he's learnt his lesson by now, and is keeping with the healthy and professional diet wherever he plays. 😂

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[DH1988 1,273]

1 hour ago, Jype said:

Impossible to say without having taken part in the discussions...

IF it's true that Dortmund would only sell Haaland this year for €200M then it's absolutely crazy money compared to anything Lukaku would go for. Not only would the transfer fee itself be €70-80M more, but also taking into account Raiola and Haaland dad's ridiculous agent fees the difference would easily be a lot more than €100M. We also don't know the wages Haaland would command, earlier there were some silly rumors about him being after a minimum of £400-450K/wk which would no doubt also be 50-100% more than Lukaku's wage.

Don't get me wrong, I would absolutely love having Haaland and I'm sure the club would too. It's been widely reported that Haaland has always been the club's number one target for this summer, so if the transfer doesn't happen then it was clearly never a realistic signing to begin with and the club have abandoned the pursuit because it's either not financially viable or Dortmund just really don't want to sell. If Haaland is off the table, Lukaku is a great alternative.

 

Of course, you could say that about any transfer really or rumour, none of us work for the club etc. even the figures you've quoted there are within a measure of whats been rumoured, first it was €130m, then £130m, then... xyz, so on and so forth. We don't know the wages that Lukaku would command either, being arguably the top striker in an under performing league for two years. We are UCL winners, we are not short of money, we are doing an awful job at offloading hangers on and we are losing some talent in the process.. Its shaping up to be a very disappointing summer on the back of a huge elation with us, yet again, not backing a winning manager. Also, I am so so so disappointed we haven't backed Tuchel so far, he is by far, personality wise and coaching wise, my favourite coach. I'd hope we learnt from our Conte debacle, yes difficult prickly manager, but he took us to a league title none of us thought we'd be in for that year.

Bottom line, nobody knows the figures, but what has been quoted so far, to me, a fan on a forum, believes that we could achieve with our financial muscle. Considering Haaland would give us years at the top level being so young, its a safer long term investment than say, as I said, Lukaku who has played since he was young, had fitness issues and arguably has 2-3 years left, with us losing Alonso potentially, in the process. 

[killer1257 3,282]

Lukaku is the death of Broja and Soonsup Bell. Classic Chelsea

[chelsea_4_eva 1,157]

Stay at Inter Lukaku you are the main man, the Don Corleone.

Here you will have to compete with our Future Mr.Chelsea Mount, Starboy Kai Havertz, Capt.America Pulisic

[Jype 6,398]

2 minutes ago, killer1257 said:

Lukaku is the death of Broja and Soonsup Bell. Classic Chelsea

What's the logic behind this? Getting 21yo Haaland is fine but 28yo Lukaku destroys the youth?

[Johnnyeye 7,441]

this board is showing its cluelessness once again, typical of this club.

[Tomo 21,733]

2 minutes ago, killer1257 said:

Lukaku is the death of Broja and Soonsup Bell. Classic Chelsea

A bit extreme, even if Rom was here for 5 years Jude would be 22 at that point. If anything a striker of Lukaku's age gives him a better chance as a potential opening will arise at the perfect age.

[Vesper 28,796]

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel 'ready to sell 12 players' including Callum Hudson-Odoi

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1471241/Chelsea-transfer-news-thomas-tuchel-callum-hudson-odoi-tammy-abraham-premier-league-news

The likes of Erling Haaland and Romelu Lukaku have reportedly been tailed by the Blues this summer, the kind of players who are not simply purchased on a whim.

Thankfully for Chelsea, their tendency to loan out fringe players normally leaves them with a substantial amount of ‘deadwood’ in and around the squad.

To raise the kind of funds necessary to land one of Europe’s hottest strikers, there may be next to no deadwood remaining when the window slams shut, with a 12-man transfer list reported by The Telegraph.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/08/02/romelu-lukaku-back-top-chelseas-new-striker-wish-list/