haha yeah, he's definitely had it shaved off also! FFS. poor guy.Does look a bit red here in fairness
Álvaro Morata | Chelsea player
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If he had that done, someone has definitely led him to believe the deal was on.
Morata will be fine. As has been said, if he wanted to leave he would have forced his exit but did not say anything to the press.
The choice of Chelsea seems very complicated, as well as Mbappé, so presumably he will have to compete again with Benzema.
Surely next time his agent will be more cautious
The choice of Chelsea seems very complicated, as well as Mbappé, so presumably he will have to compete again with Benzema.
Surely next time his agent will be more cautious
oh man this actually makes me feel sad. I wanted him here really bad
I would be very surprised if we put in more than an enquiry for this guy. Lukaku says in an interview that he knew for a couple of months that he is coming to United, I remember he even came out with some interviews a month or so back where he said he knows where he's going, but everyone assumed it was Chelsea.
Then I hope we didn't mislead Morata to move Everton along or get at Perez. I know it is always good to make Perez look bad, but not at a players expense.
The fact we were actually negotiating with United is because he wanted to leave. If he didn't, we wouldn't even have listened
He's quite strong mentally, he knows he's staying so he's going to work his ass off, as he's always done
We got the wrong striker, methinks. I would have preferred Morata to Lukaku. Better technique and composure, and therefore better link up play. I think he's a great finisher, too. Did pretty decent in the CL.
Hope Chelsea don't get him.
Hope Chelsea don't get him.
I echo your thoughts on Morata and Lukaku and also hope that Chelsea doesn't get him. Lukaku is more than welcome to prove us wrong though.
I have the same fear. I do wonder why we were only willing to go to £66m for Morata. And I wonder why, if Lukaku was first choice as the media has been briefed, did we submit a final bid for Morata just a day before agreeing a fee for Lukaku...? Was Morata actually first choice, but only up to a certain price? Why value Lukaku at £24m higher?
Marca disagrees.Does look a bit red here in fairness
Morata was my first choice but since we have Lukaku now, he isn't that bad. However, we still need another striker. We can go into the season with just Rashford and Lukaku. Yes we do have Martial but he just doesn't have a striker's instinct. He's much much better playing at LW. So we do need another striker that's probably 27-29 years of age whose experienced enough and yet has a lot to prove and more importantly wouldn't mind sitting on the bench. Does anyone have any ideas. The only one that comes to mind is Chicharito.
I posted this in the original Lukaku thread to a similar comment so just thought I'll paste it here to this also:
I get what you're trying to say (agree to some extent) but people have to realize that's his style of game. He's built like a tank, bulldozes his way past defenders, finishes chances at a high rate, and there's no other way to put it. He's a straight forward, point A to point B, type guy and it's extremely useful that he's a clinical finisher making him a lethal option. Why would you want to purchase a monster truck and ask it to do the job of a race car? If that's the case then you just go out and buy the race car from the get go. But that's not the case here. Fact of the matter is Lukaku is a different style of player so saying he has certain or serious limitations is misleading with the example I just mentioned. That's like saying a monster truck has serious limitations vs a race car in terms of speed and acceleration; it just doesn't add up or make sense because you're comparing apples to oranges..... I hope people realize this and can accept Lukaku for the player he is, maybe then they'll find an appreciation for him. And like I said it's certainly not a bad thing he's the type of player he is. He has different elements to his game and is damn good at what he does - that's scoring goals while having the ability to ragdoll defenders off of him. I for one can absolutely appreciate that and the diverse dynamic he'll bring to the club. Doesn't always have to be a pretty or shiny attacker. There's different types of players afterall
...likewise, we didn't get Lukaku for so called technique. If that's what José was aiming for he'd certainly have gotten a different striker. As for the composure part I think you're off the mark there. Lukaku is clinical and a huge part of that is due to his composure, calmness, and control. How can one be clinical but not composed? Doesn't really go together. Anyways, hope you got the gist of what I'm saying here :]
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The simplest explanation all along has been that Real was never going to sell Morata until and unless they bought Mbappe. So United pursued both Morata and Lukaku simultaneously but eventually made the (wise IMO) decision that they just had to move decisively for Lukaku before he went to Chesea since Real was just going to string you along all summer on Morata while Mbappe decided.
Now Mbappe looks likely to stay in Monaco so Morata is likely to stay at Real. And Chelsea gets fecked and ends up trying to scramble for somebody else like PEA or Belotti.
Aubameyang and Belotti are both very good players though, hardly scraping the barrel.
Chelsea and ourselves were both willing to pay whatever was needed for Lukaku and neither of us was willing to pay the price tag of Morata. It's not that hard to understand really. One is a superior player than the other in the opinions of Mourinho and Conte. One is an up-and-coming striker and the other is already an established goal scorer.
He will be absolutely fine. Going from the same position, Benzema one year older. He will get plenty of chance.
Curious just how he will develop and will he reach his full potential.
I fear you are correct. Hope we are wrong.
We got a proven premiership goalscorer and you think Morata was the less risky option? Because until he actually does it he is a risk no matter how good he is. I feel he could be great but we'd of had to hoped there was no adjusting period.
With Lukaku its hitting the ground running.
Poor fella. He was my choice, but perhaps there is still hope in the future. After the WC, who knows. Always room for more quality internationals.
You can be a proven Premiership goalscorer and be unsuitable for a top side. I think Morata is as close to a sure thing as you can get.
Since when is 25 goals a season unsuitable?
Worth a De Gea plus cash swop?
De Gea + cash!?I wouldn't even entertain a Morata + cash offer for De Gea.
Bale, Kroos + cash or Ronaldo
Don't feel sorry for him, if he wanted to be here he should've pushed for the move and submitted a transfer request instead of worrying about cutting ties with Madrid.
Belotti has a lot to prove and a move to the EPL on the back of one great season is a massive risk.
If he had done that he would have been in an even worse situation, we would have dropped him anyway and he'd be damaged goods for Real Madrid's fans.
If Rashford wanted to leave at some point because of not playing and the club didn't want to sell him I'll be surprised if he put on a transfer request and told us to feck off.
Cuts both ways. We feel sorry for players because they're individuals but think of it this way. The same players pull stunts with clubs all the time - feigning negotiations to move when all they want is a pay rise and extension. Frankly, I wanted Morata over Lukaku but that's life and football. His club wouldn't play ball and we moved for a player that will hopefully assure us goals.
I wish we'd gone for both though.
I wish we'd gone for both though.
I wouldn't even entertain a Morata + cash offer for De Gea.
Bale, Kroos + cash or Ronaldo
Oops.. typo!
Its business.
At the end of the day, seems we were more interested in Lukaku and were willing to pay more to get him ahead of Morata.
Whether that was the right choice is left to be determined in the future. (when we can rely on the all-seeing hindsight)
Morata might still go to Chelsea or stay and become a regular at Madrid. Whatever happens, he is currently no worse than he was a few weeks ago .
At the end of the day, seems we were more interested in Lukaku and were willing to pay more to get him ahead of Morata.
Whether that was the right choice is left to be determined in the future. (when we can rely on the all-seeing hindsight)
Morata might still go to Chelsea or stay and become a regular at Madrid. Whatever happens, he is currently no worse than he was a few weeks ago .
Silly post. Don't write stuff like that.
bony
I feel the opposite, I think Morata would have been the wrong choise between the two but it's not like I'm a professional scout or anything. Really hope Lukaku does really well.
Nope Madrid can feck off. Only players worth considering realistically that idea for is Bale.
Felt sorry for him. His agent is too soft? Get new one.
Real made it hard and asked too much. He and his agent could've put more effort pressuring Real though.
No point for Mourinho to wait until August and before the pre-season preparations began.
Real made it hard and asked too much. He and his agent could've put more effort pressuring Real though.
No point for Mourinho to wait until August and before the pre-season preparations began.
He was a one season wonder.bony
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