From Ducker:
Wonder if the press will write some nasty articles about Chelsea like they have done for us recently?
Wonder if the press will write some nasty articles about Chelsea like they have done for us recently?
Romelu Lukaku | United confirm deal subject to medical and personal terms
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And the club photographer .....
If you break it down to two companies making a deal.
Party A say they've bought the asset, Party B said it hasn't happened.
Party A are either being trolls/clueless, or Party B want it sorted quickly/ or a slightly higher fee.
I'd say it's done and we'll end up paying a small bit extra in future clauses...
By the looks of it he already is. Who else does he have on his books ?
The man at Madrid? Back Up dancer
The man with the bids? Back up dancer
The man with the bids? Back up dancer
Ducker: Lukaku to MUFC
BBC/Stone: Lukaku to MUFC
MEN: Lukaku to MUFC
Craig Norwood: Lukaku to MUFC.
It's done. Everton are simply saying "It's not done" because we leaked it first and there are probably some "i" to dot. We don't brief all our well known journos with "maybe" signings.
BBC/Stone: Lukaku to MUFC
MEN: Lukaku to MUFC
Craig Norwood: Lukaku to MUFC.
It's done. Everton are simply saying "It's not done" because we leaked it first and there are probably some "i" to dot. We don't brief all our well known journos with "maybe" signings.
Everton won't confirm anything until Lukaku is in a Utd shirt so shouldn't be digging the report too much.
...However, if true, what a fantastic move this would be. A proven EPL striker for many seasons now at £75M or a RM reject at £70M? Only one winner here and it's not even close.
186 appearances
85 goals
42 assists
Worth every penny in comparison to Morata who is A LOT bigger risk at essentially the same price tag. Not to mention, Lukaku is 24 yrs old - the same as Morata.
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Zlatan knew all along
And for all the pessimists out there who don't think highly of Lukaku (for whatever odd reason), only Aguero has scored more goals (99) in the last 5 EPL seasons than Lukaku (85). Then you compare the City teams Aguero was on those years vs the Everton teams Lukaku was on, a point can easily be made Lukaku got more out of what he had to work with than what Aguero had.
Best of all this would be a huge middle finger to Madrid. The feck outta here trying to recoup a blasphemous amount for Morata and taking the piss. Have fun getting the Mbappe fee from someone else. PLEASE GOD LET THIS MOVE BE TRUE!!!
Absolutely brilliant post.
Totally agree as well.
Why is everyone assuming it's an either / or situation?
We can still seal Morata before Sunday.
We need to replace Rooney and Zlats after all!
We can still seal Morata before Sunday.
We need to replace Rooney and Zlats after all!
As well as his own qualities, Lukaku bullying and stretching centre backs will create so much more space for guys like Rashford, Martial, Mata and Mhiki
after tough years last year I think Martial and Mhiki will do great next year
after tough years last year I think Martial and Mhiki will do great next year
85 million euro seems almost modest
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Madrid can royally feck off, I hate this club and everything it represents.In fairness a few weeks ago they started with the Conte about to quit over transfers thing, lasted a day or so.
Mourinho so clearly models himself on SAF, just he's not as good as he throws his toys out of the pram after 3 years. We'll see what happens the season after this, but this season should be pretty good for us.
Ok, great potential signing
Apparently, it's part of the screw you Mourinho's been addressing Mendes for not backing him at Real Madrid and Chelsea's debacles.
Proven EPL goalscorer. Superb stats. Hardly ever gets injured or suspended.
Outstanding signing.
30+ goals next year nqat.
Outstanding signing.
30+ goals next year nqat.
If he signs this has been a masterclass in transfer tactics by United. Very refreshing to see us not give in to Real, and even more satisfying seeing us hijack an apparent Chelsea deal.
Doubt still remains in my mind as to how good he'll be - I'm not a fan of his first touch and he does blow hot and cold. However a proven EPL goal scorer, who's also a tank with some pace aged 24 under Mourinho (yeah I know Mourinho sold him at Chelsea) can only mean one thing - improvement.
I'm 80% happy with this. That's enough for me.
Doubt still remains in my mind as to how good he'll be - I'm not a fan of his first touch and he does blow hot and cold. However a proven EPL goal scorer, who's also a tank with some pace aged 24 under Mourinho (yeah I know Mourinho sold him at Chelsea) can only mean one thing - improvement.
I'm 80% happy with this. That's enough for me.
If true, great signing. We need more left footers at our club!
RONmelu ROOkaku. Combines the grace of Cristiano with the finishing of Rooney.
Don't quite follow you mate, I'm obviously missing something?
I wonder if they've made an agreement during the Rooney deal that it's okay to leak us signing Lukaku as a smokescreen, so it'll speed up the Morata to us deal and the Lukaku to Chelsea deal.. Hmm probably not ha!
Get out!
I thought we used to have good relations with Mendes?
Big man like Rom with a beard, how the feck can he back up...?
Sir, if your Coach prefers to play someone rather than you, means he does not believe in you.
Zidane does not trust Morata to be starter in the big games, because he knows Morata is not good enough.
And Madrid buybacked him not for being a future starter striker, no.
He is a backup for aging Ronaldo and Benzema. And may be for Bale which supposed to replace Ronaldo but currently fail to do it.
If both of them gone, Madrid will seach for other high profile striker. Like Mbappe right now.
As simple as that.
Wow, if this is how we played it Madrid must be fuming. They got greedy and now have no real place to unload Morata for anywhere close to the bid we lodged unless Chelsea gets desperate.
Says something when our fans are triumphant over signing Romelu Lukaku.
Where are you getting these figures from?
I'm not saying they are wrong, but Wikipedia says 71 club goals in all comps for Lukaku over the last 5 seasons.
Also, it's not the case that only Aguero has scored more goals (99) in the last 5 EPL seasons than Lukaku, even assuming that 85 goals in the correct figure for the latter. Harry Kane has scored 94 goals (all competitions) in the last 3 seasons alone.
The 2nd highest scorer in the league last season.
Muppetastic.
Honestly, Im a lot happier than I expected to be about this deal. I would have expected myself to be in the "happy enough" category, but Im absolutely made up.
Honestly, Im a lot happier than I expected to be about this deal. I would have expected myself to be in the "happy enough" category, but Im absolutely made up.
We ain't spending close to 200m on 2 players when we have other positions to fill.
Wonder how long it will take before he irritates Jose.
Well he is a more proven player than Morata is. For almost or a little less than Morata and around the same age.
Seriously DT? Who would you want that's available. Most here are probably happier him than Morata … I think there's a chance we can still land them both if Rooney's off the books.
So whats going on here........... it felt like hed be in a united shirt by the weekend now all of a sudden the breaks seem to be on.
Why would Morata come to United and play second fiddle when he does that at Madrid already?
I guess part of the reason for these prices is because the market has changed. The new premier league tv deal has brought in billions into the premier league clubs. Incomes are going sky high now. So asking prices are going up as well to reflect that.
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