Lukaku and Sanchez - cut our losses? Poll now added

Should we cut our losses on Sanchez and Lukaku in the summer?

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If Lukaku is fine with not being a starter then I'd keep him for next season.

As for Sanchez, there's no redemption for him here. Sadly I can't see any club being interested in him for the salary he would demand.
 
Before today's match I wouldn't say ditch Lukaku but Sanchez has shown no improvement under Ole while everyone else has.

I'm sort of hoping he'll come good against PSG or something and turn the tie around. He's hardly done anything since joining. If he's on the pitch he has to give us attacking impetus or he's not worth keeping.

Sanchez run us ragged when we beat Arsenal 3-1 last season. it was a single man onslaught for 80 mins after we got gifted the early lead. I've not seen one fraction of that player who we bought not long after that match.
 
Damien said:
If Lukaku is fine with not being a starter then I'd keep him for next season.

As for Sanchez, there's no redemption for him here. Sadly I can't see any club being interested in him for the salary he would demand.
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That's what I'd go with now.
 
Lukaku i doubt will be happy with not starting. If it is half and half with Rashford then he may accept that. But if Rashford is starting most games, Lukaku will push to leave.

Sanchez has turned into a disaster.
 
Lukaku can score goals, Sanchez offers nothing.

I don't think Lukaku should be our first choice number nine but between the two of them, he's far more useful.
 
Changed my mind on Lukaku but Sanchez is beyond done and top priority has to be out of the door this summer
 
Lukaku has better goals per minute stats than Rashford, Martial and Pogba. It's obvious we should keep him.

He's arguably the best finisher at the club, our top scorer last season and or current top scorer this season. You don't sell a player like that willy nilly.
 
Sanchez obviously needs to leave.

Lukaku I would still rather sell if we can get decent money for him. People here have short memories and have seem to have forgotten how much better the team plays when we have a mobile front 3 in Martial, Rashford and Lingard. Lukaku has done pretty well since the injury crisis + the Arsenal game but the goals he scored shows what kind of service he needs, and it's not the service that will be provided by our best team.

Only reason he should stay is if the club are willing to spend big despite not selling him AND he's ok being a plan B. Otherwise we should cash in. His recent goals might increase his value too.
 
Lukaku underrated on here even if he isn't world class or even quite good enough to be our starting striker
 
Dante said:
Lukaku has better goals per minute stats than Rashford, Martial and Pogba. It's obvious we should keep him.

He's arguably the best finisher at the club, our top scorer last season and or current top scorer this season. You don't sell a player like that willy nilly.
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True. How much ever we praise Rashoford, Martial and Lingard for their involvement in build up play, they are no where near as prolific as Lukaku is at the moment. It would be foolish to let go of Lukaku and rely on just Rashford, Martial and Lingard for our goals. These guys are yet to have a 20+ goals a season.

Right now, Lukaku seems to be happy to play second fiddle and he has been saying the right things and showing the right attitude. He is not sulking and seems to know what he is lacking. Hope he continues to work on his limitations, score more goals and cause us a selection headache, which is a good problem to have!

As for Sanchez, unfortunately this is yet another expensive mistake we have made. The curse of the #7 jersey again. Don't see a way back for him and it would be better to ship him off to China or MLS this summer.
 
deadrevelz said:
Sanchez obviously needs to leave.

Lukaku I would still rather sell if we can get decent money for him. People here have short memories and have seem to have forgotten how much better the team plays when we have a mobile front 3 in Martial, Rashford and Lingard. Lukaku has done pretty well since the injury crisis + the Arsenal game but the goals he scored shows what kind of service he needs, and it's not the service that will be provided by our best team.

Only reason he should stay is if the club are willing to spend big despite not selling him AND he's ok being a plan B. Otherwise we should cash in. His recent goals might increase his value too.
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Agreed some goals do not make up for his overall lack of footballing ability. In my mind I expect him to be gone at the end of next season.
 
If we manage to get rid of Sanchez we'll obviously have to subsidise his wages, take a loss. Hope the injury isn't too bad.
 
I'd still sell both, I want a full unit of technically top drawrer forwards, Lukaku is on a decent run of back to back braces but the fluididity and intensity of our attack has dipped noticebly without Lingard and Martial, to me we need another couple of that style and level in the options, like how City can throw on Sane and Mahrez to replace Sterling and Bernardo.
 
I'm still unchanged from "sell both" because our best team still doesn't include Lukaku and our overall football isn't fluid enough but he can strengthen his case to be our back up with more games like today. Sanchez has only strengthed my belief that he needs to feck off. Absolute waste.
 
Lukaku showed today qualities we've not seen since he joined us. We've waited a long time but I do believe we could start seeing the player we want to see. So important for strikers to get back on the scoring sheet. Will give him a massive confidence boost. So anyone else keep your mittens off. We're keeping him. Btw I changed my vote!
 
Damien said:
If Lukaku is fine with not being a starter then I'd keep him for next season.

As for Sanchez, there's no redemption for him here. Sadly I can't see any club being interested in him for the salary he would demand.
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Maybe a Chinese club would fancy Sanchez. Or perhaps we’d have to contribute to it for his next club.
 
simplyared said:
Lukaku showed today qualities we've not seen since he joined us. We've waited a long time but I do believe we could start seeing the player we want to see. So important for strikers to get back on the scoring sheet. Will give him a massive confidence boost. So anyone else keep your mittens off. We're keeping him. Btw I changed my vote!
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He didn't show anything new, it's the same type of game that he had against Burnley earlier this season.
 
MyOnlySolskjaer said:
Maybe a Chinese club would fancy Sanchez. Or perhaps we’d have to contribute to it for his next club.
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I honestly don't think a Chinese club would be interested for what he'd be demanding - and don't think he'd willingly go over to China either when he can just stay here and pick up the salary he is doing. Definitely think that if he is to leave this summer, we'd have to contribute a chunk of the salary to his next club.

Our worst transfer for a while (perhaps ever) in terms of knock-on effect and contribution respective to what we pay him.
Dante said:
Lukaku has better goals per minute stats than Rashford, Martial and Pogba. It's obvious we should keep him.

He's arguably the best finisher at the club, our top scorer last season and or current top scorer this season. You don't sell a player like that willy nilly.
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I should hope so as well with him being our primary centre forward.
 
I argued no to selling them a few weeks back. Sanchez is playing his way out of the club, though. He’s dreadful. Lukaku has responded well and should continue to improve under Ole. He isn’t perfect but he’s a great option to have around the squad.
 
I have no hope for Snachez. Lukaku i think we can still work with.
 
Yeah, I don't think we should get rid of Lukaku somehow. Too many knee jerk reactions. Frustrating at times but a goalscorer nonetheless.

Sanchez on the other hand has contributed very little in over a year now so the jury is definitely out.
 
Huge performance from Lukaku today, not his biggest fan but definitely good enough to keep in the squad and rotate into first team. He brings something different to Rash and Tony. He’s only 25 also so hopefully Ole can improve his overall play and get him properly fit to play with more intensity
 
NorthernAvengeR said:
Remove Big Rom from this thread :wenger::devil:
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Yep

You don't sell a guaranteed 20 goal a season striker unless you have equally as good replacements and while he arguably isn't first choice any more neither Rashford and Martial have proved they can take on the goal scoring burden on their own

Besides Lukaku looked class at the WC and that version is easily good enough for us
 
Dante said:
Lukaku has better goals per minute stats than Rashford, Martial and Pogba. It's obvious we should keep him.

He's arguably the best finisher at the club, our top scorer last season and or current top scorer this season. You don't sell a player like that willy nilly.
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That's what Ole pretty much said not long ago - "nobody scores more goals in training than Romelu"
 
Can't see Lukaku being happy with this role next season, he left Chelsea when he was younger to play more.

Think his wage and and the fee we can get for him might mean we will sell him though.
 
Confidence is the key with a striker. He's got four in two games now and hopefully will go on an extended run. I'll give him this: since our injury crisis, he's shown what he's really made of, first-touch notwithstanding.
 
I honestly think if we paid Sanchez the full value of his contract and told him to feck off tomorrow, we wouldn’t be missing out on anything. He's comfortably the worst player in our squad currently and utterly useless. Please for the love of god, just get rid as soon as possible.
 
Sanchez obviously needs to go in the summer if there are any clubs(china?) that want to pick up his wages. Lukaku in i last 2 previous games have proved that he still has goals to offer. I'd keep him, but only sell him if we have a better 2nd choice striker lined up
 
If the price is right, you sell 'em, but I'm not for offloading either just to get rid of them. I think that Sanchez will come good. Also, Lukaku showed me some hope today with his play in a two-striker setup.
 
The Man Himself said:
Changed vote from sell both to keep Lukaku.
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Same here - I think Rom has shown that his real value lies in those niggly game against the bottom-half of the table sides. The games that we sometimes struggle to score in. We know he doesn't really flourish in the games against the other top-6 sides, but he really offers something when we're camped in the opposition half but struggling to get that goal. Just as he did against Saints and Palace.

But Sanchez... I honestly can't remember a player declining so rapidly and so badly. I was genuinely excited when we signed him, now... I'd be surprised if a club like Wolves or Everton would take him.
 
Sanchez just looks shot to me. No confidence and no real threat to the opposition. Everyone else has had a lift since Ole came in but Sanchez's level has remained the same. We really ought to be looking to offload him this summer and use his wages elsewhere.

Lukaku still has a lot more to give and can still improve and contribute.
 
Damien said:
If Lukaku is fine with not being a starter then I'd keep him for next season.

As for Sanchez, there's no redemption for him here. Sadly I can't see any club being interested in him for the salary he would demand.
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I will ask you but this goes for other members also. Who do you think can score more goals per season as no9? Rashford or Lukaku? Of course i am talking about next season, not future when Rashford will be more complete player.

For me, Rashford is great when we play on counters but at OT, when we need poacher, i don't have faith in him.
 
Andycoleno9 said:
I will ask you but this goes for other members also. Who do you think can score more goals per season as no9? Rashford or Lukaku? Of course i am talking about next season, not future when Rashford will be more complete player.

For me, Rashford is great when we play on counters but at OT, when we need poacher, i don't have faith in him.
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Rashford might not score as much next season as Lukaku as the 9, but the way he plays the role is a much better fit for the rest of our attackers. He will link with Martial, Lingard, Pogba. Lukaku won't or is much less likely to because his hold up play and general touch is so inconsistent.

I'd rather have 80 goals spread across the lads evenly than 25-35 from Lukaku and about the same from everyone else combined.
 
Would be madness to sell Lukaku. I don't know who people think they are going to get in if they do. There aren't actually that many good strikers in the world, and he is definitely in the upper echelons of those. Probably a tier under the absolute best for me; it is his touch that is holding him back from actually being in the top tier.

Joint 19th highest Premier League goalscorer ever at 25. I think sometimes people forget he is only 25.
 
Ronaldo's Mum Eh? said:
Lukaku still needs to go. 4 goals doesn't change anything. He's not good enough.
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Depends what we mean by not good enough. As a squad player he’s more than good enough. If he’s happy with that role he’s more than welcome to stay in my books.
 
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