Lukaku or Morata?

Who do you prefer?

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Stojan Stamenic said:
Lukaku, cause he can be really useful when playing on the right as a left footed cut-inside forward. Played a lot of times in that position last season, something like "false RW". Fast, strong, great in counter attacks. Similar to what Ronaldo plays in Real on the left.
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Then it would make more sense to have both. Morata as striker up-top, Lukaku as inside-right forward. Both of them joining makes our atrack very flexible and hard to predict for opposing managers. Would give opposing defenders hell too.
 
Morata by some margin. I have nothing against Lukaku, and hopefully he'll be great for us if/when he signs, but a team with Morata leading the line would've been better in my eyes (pure speculation though).
 
They each have their pros and cons but have to give credit to Lukaku. Grass isn't always greener and we know what Lukaku can do in this league!

Watching his highlights from the seasons he tore teams apart when he was on
 
Lukaku. Because he scores more.

Plus it is a much less risky signing. He already knows the league, our manager, good mates with Pogba, won't cry about the rain etc.
 
I've literally never watched Morata play for 90 minutes and I like Lukaku, so I pick Rom.
 
Lukaku is proven in the league, has minutes under his belt, he's a big strong number 9, he's got a good goal record even at poor clubs.

Morata has never played in this league, starts far less games, isn't a typical number 9, and apparently doesn't score enough goals (even though his goals to minutes ratio is great)

I wouldn't have minded Morata here at all, but i'd much rather take Lukaku. I've been a fan of his for a long time, I just always assumed he would end up back at Chelsea and probably bang goals in for fun over there.
 
Lukaku

If he can hit 25+ goals for Everton I'm sure he can get the same and then some for United.

You have to remember though all we've done is essentially replace Ibra. Lukaku, much like ibra was for us can't be relied on so heavily for goals.

We still need another quality goal scoring attacking option.
 
Are the people saying morata avid followers of serie A and La liga? His goal record isn't the greatest, and lukaku is as proven as a premier league goal scorer comes at the moment. This is a no brainer
 
I haven't seen a lot of Morata. Happy enough with Lukaku though.
 
I also would have been OK with Morata but if we get Lukaku, I'll be very happy. No "getting used to the league" period needed. I haven't seen anything from Morata which would even remotely justify the fee (except for the fact that he's coming from Real Madrid mob). However, Lukaku is a proven goalscorer in the Premier League.

However, I'd be more than happy to see them both wearing the red shirt.
 
Both in similar age and both realistic targets with different skill sets for strikers.
 
Lukaku. The physicality he brings is immense. Proven goalscorer in the prem.

You still need some flair - but somewhere else on the team.
 
Lukaku for me. More proven currently and I think a better player to build around. Morata feels like someone you could put in a functioning team and he'll do well, Lukaku is someone you can promote as a star of your team and he's capable of being that.
 
There are question marks on both, the price is exaggerated for both but they can both improve. So it's a matter of taste.
 
Football wise I prefer Morata.

But it doesn't mean anything now, better to wish Lukaku will succeed here and live up to the expectations hopefully.
 
Morata feels like he's just potential at the moment
Lukaku feels like he's more proven but with maybe still room to improve also

Lukaku then
 
If we get Lukaku I think Chelsea will go for Morata and he will turn out to be the beter striker for them.

Morata is just a beter footballer. The critique he wasn't banging in goals left and right was justified at Juve but he has improved lots in that time. If you look at his stats he is banging in goals left and right atm, that he still isn't Zidanes first choice pick is up to Zidane but the critique about Morata not being a goalscorer is not justified anymore. The same can be said about Lukaku tbh, he is only now reaching those numbers, previous seasons he was good but also not a goalscoring machine. In that aspect I think both have improved and would do equally well for us.

Lukaku is more of a physical beast whilst Morata is a more gifted footballer. I think with Morata the quality of our overall game would improve and he would be better to link up with other players than Lukaku. That is why I prefer Morata over Lukaku.

That being said I would actually like to see them both and play with 2 strikers. Open ups more perspectives for Rashford aswell imo.
 
I don't rate either way too high. I would rather have Lukaku over Morata right now though for only 3 reasons.

1. Lukaku is a Jose kind of striker in and out.
2. League experience.
3. Hate business with Madrid.
 
Morata, while he's a player I like, could have ended up like Soldado (also a player I liked) as questions have been raised in the past over his mentality. There's always a risk of somebody like that not settling.

Lukaku is certainly a safer bet for the money quoted. He's been in England for years and lives in the North West. You pretty much know what you're going to get - Brute force, pace and goals. His link up play might not be the best, but he will stretch teams and give the other attackers more space to operate in as a result.
 
The red panther said:
If we get Lukaku I think Chelsea will go for Morata and he will turn out to be the beter striker for them.

Morata is just a beter footballer. The critique he wasn't banging in goals left and right was justified at Juve but he has improved lots in that time. If you look at his stats he is banging in goals left and right atm, that he still isn't Zidanes first choice pick is up to Zidane but the critique about Morata not being a goalscorer is not justified anymore. The same can be said about Lukaku tbh, he is only now reaching those numbers, previous seasons he was good but also not a goalscoring machine. In that aspect I think both have improved and would do equally well for us.

Lukaku is more of a physical beast whilst Morata is a more gifted footballer. I think with Morata the quality of our overall game would improve and he would be better to link up with other players than Lukaku. That is why I prefer Morata over Lukaku.

That being said I would actually like to see them both and play with 2 strikers. Open ups more perspectives for Rashford aswell imo.
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Have my doubts about Morata fitting so well with the way Chelsea play. Maybe they'll go for Belotti instead.
 
Im happy with either but if i had to pick it would be Morata. Better all round play and i think he would play better with our other technical players. Lukaku will get on the end of passes to score and little else.
 
Android1974 said:
Have my doubts about Morata fitting so well with the way Chelsea play. Maybe they'll go for Belotti instead.
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I think Morata would be great for Chelsea, Belotti is the worst one out there, scores goals but has no skills on the ball. Hugely underwhelming player that reeks off one season wonder.

Morata > Lukaku >>> Belotti for me
 
Lukaku would probably yield more benefit in the short term as he's up to speed with the Premier League so would likely slot in easier. Morata may be the better bet longer term, against which, if he turned out to be brilliant for us, in three years tome as he comes to his peak he might be lured back to Spain.
 
Both. Lukaku - big gap - Rashford - big gap - Martial/Lingard (not even real strikers) is far to weak considering we are playing in various competitions and will be injury cursed at some point
 
Lukaku. More proven, especially in this country, and while the fee for him is high, the fee being quoted for Morata is ridiculous considering his status in the RM pecking order and what they sold and bought him back for in the not so distant past.
 
I'd have preferred Morata, but you could probably make a more convincing arguement that Lukaku is the better player. Still happy though.
 
What is Lukaku's record like against big teams? I get the impression he's great at bullying lesser teams but disappears in big matches.
 
doomy20 said:
Both. Lukaku - big gap - Rashford - big gap - Martial/Lingard (not even real strikers) is far to weak considering we are playing in various competitions and will be injury cursed at some point
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We may need another striker in the squad but it doesn't have to be an €80m striker unless he adds another dimension to our attack. I think we'll definitely get another striker along with Lukaku. Someone who can be effective as an impact sub but also lead the line when called upon. Vardy/Defoe type player would be just fine.

If we're going for another big money striker, I really hope we push for Mbappe, if not then Auba. But it's unlikely that we spend close to 200m on strikers in a single window.
 
Morata is the more rounded and better striker, and fo same price would take him over Lukaku. Lukaku just seems to limit the attacking options.

OT: Its funny that many are concerned about how us buying players from Madrid would help them fund Mbappe but show little to no concern for funding PL teams like Everton or Spurs. Whatever squad Madrid builds has little to no impact on our domestic success but funds available to other PL does and 75m to everton would help improve their team
 
Both. Honestly, with our current squad, our best formation is a 4-4-2 diamond. Sign both Lukaku and Morata, a DM and a maybe a LB and we will have a very good squad. There are no great wingers available, so just go with this and it will suit all our players.
 
I would love to say both as I rate both of them. But once we get Lukaku, we don't have a spot to play Morata as well, not when we already have Martial, Rashford, Mata, Mhki and Lingard to figure out.
 
Morata. Much better footballer in terms of technique, more mobile, works harder pressing from the front and a big game player.

Lukaku will generally do alright, but he's a big lump who batters shite teams and piles in on thrashings. He should score 20+ next season and that would stand us in good stead for a top 4 finish, but in my view he's not the man to make us proper contenders for the big prizes again.
 
I get the arguments in favor of Morata but why could Martial or Rashford not fill that technical "hole" in the suggested diamond formations when folks are suggesting we still get Morata to link up with Lukaku?
 
Redplane said:
I get the arguments in favor of Morata but why could Martial or Rashford not fill that technical "hole" in the suggested diamond formations when folks are suggesting we still get Morata to link up with Lukaku?
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Because they are not good enough (yet)
 
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