Romelu Lukaku | United confirm deal subject to medical and personal terms

How do you feel about the imminent signing of Romelu Lukaku?

  • Muppetastic!

    Votes: 456 20.6%

  • Happy enough

    Votes: 1,222 55.2%

  • Ambivalent

    Votes: 370 16.7%

  • Disappointed

    Votes: 112 5.1%

  • Oh please god no!

    Votes: 54 2.4%
  • Total voters
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Well we know for some who the next scape goat will be in the match day thread next season.
 
TrustInJanuzai said:
This echos what I have always thought about Lukaku and again confirms in my mind that he is nowhere near good enough for a top team. You compare him to all the top strikers in Europe and while his goal record may stand up, his overall technical game is so many levels below that it's comical. So many people are obsessed with stats, but the truth is there's so much more to strikers than just putting the ball in the net. Will he be able to bring others (Rashford, Martial, Mkhitaryan, Mata) into the game in a way that top strikers can do? I personally dont think so, and as a result I don't think we can expect any of them to have hugely productive seasons.

Morata may have been a bigger gamble due to his past goal records but at least he can claim to be on a technical level with the other world class strikers in the world. Morata was a gamble worth taking because if he can find that finishing touch he's world class, that's much more likely to happen than Lukaku suddenly becoming technically brilliant and being able to control a ball 99/100. For £75 million you shouldn't be signing a striker that will need to be upgraded on to become an elite team capable of winning the champions league, you should be signing a striker ready to make that step up to lead a team to the top. Morata has that potential, Lukaku I'm afraid, does not.
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Absolutely this.
 
Can't we get morata as well? Serious question. We have the money.
 
Spoony said:
Surely I'm not the only one who thinks he's a donkey?
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I genuinely cannot understand how anyone can actually believe Lukaku is a donkey.

Obviously you don't literally mean a donkey, so could you explain what this means in a football context?

A donkey = rubbish footballer?

Just look at the guys record, you do not score that many goals at his age in the Premier League if you're a bloody donkey.
 
TrustInJanuzai said:
This echos what I have always thought about Lukaku and again confirms in my mind that he is nowhere near good enough for a top team. You compare him to all the top strikers in Europe and while his goal record may stand up, his overall technical game is so many levels below that it's comical. So many people are obsessed with stats, but the truth is there's so much more to strikers than just putting the ball in the net. Will he be able to bring others (Rashford, Martial, Mkhitaryan, Mata) into the game in a way that top strikers can do? I personally dont think so, and as a result I don't think we can expect any of them to have hugely productive seasons.

Morata may have been a bigger gamble due to his past goal records but at least he can claim to be on a technical level with the other world class strikers in the world. Morata was a gamble worth taking because if he can find that finishing touch he's world class, that's much more likely to happen than Lukaku suddenly becoming technically brilliant and being able to control a ball 99/100. For £75 million you shouldn't be signing a striker that will need to be upgraded on to become an elite team capable of winning the champions league, you should be signing a striker ready to make that step up to lead a team to the top. Morata has that potential, Lukaku I'm afraid, does not.
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I have the same fears. I'm not sure I'm buying the line the club has briefed the media with, that Lukaku was always first choice. If so, why did we spend weeks negotiating for Morata and submitted higher and higher bids? Time will tell if choosing Lukaku rather than overpaying for Morata was a wise decision.
 
I get what people mean about technical ability and first touch but as someone who watched Shaquille O'Neal lead the Lakers to championships, you don't need grace if you can use brute force and superior size to get the ball in the net.
 
I'm more excited that we are signing a player, than because that it's Lukaku. We are so desperate right now. A good player nonetheless.
 
Spoony said:
Surely I'm not the only one who thinks he's a donkey?
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Nope. He's definitely clumsy on the ball and lacks the class a player this expensive should have. We're paying for his goals which to be fair he gets.
 
His goalscoring last season in the Premier League was outstanding. You can't really argue with that. His hold up play at times was bordering on woeful but he can still improve that. He has imrpvoed every year in the PL anyway since his early Chelsea/West Brom days.
 
The bullshit about Morata's potential world class technical ability is ridiculous.
Where the feck are people getting this from?
 
Jeffthered said:
Just not sure about the real, real quality of Lukaku. However, it's up to him to make that step-up... IF he can. If it all comes together, he could be outstanding at any big, BIG club... but for what I have seen, at times he seems sluggish, not so tidy and responsible and lacks that sharpness and edge. Think of Aguero and just is approach to play, rather than talent. I don't see that in Lukaku. Yet. But who knows? i'm happy to be convinced...

A question... just a question (before people slaughter me...)... do you think Lukaku would inspire the team, and score more goals than say, a Jamie Vardy?

Just think our transfer dealings under Woodward have been shoddy. I really hope we keep Rooney, at least he knows the club and shows a degree of leadership when he wears the shirt. We have a lot of players who feel good being at United, but I still feel that we are searching for our soul, and that is a big worry. Big money signings don't achieve that, and I would be interested in what others think about that.
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I think he'll inspire more than Vardy would, yes definitely. Vardy had one phenomenal season at 29, Lukaku has been scoring quite consistently for about 3 years and is 24.

I'm forever grateful for what Rooney has done but he has declined dramatically and has not been good enough for about 4 years. Regarding his leadership skills, I think he was a poor, poor captain for us. But anyway, back to Lukaku!...
 
Interesting that people think Lukaku can't improve his touch but Morata can improve his goal scoring, I would think that both things are equally difficult to improve on. Goal scorers seem to have an eye for it, and developing it is something that doesnt really happen is my feeling
 
Overall, I'm very happy if they goes through, and from the strikers out there that are said to be available, Lukaku was always my first choice. He will guarantee us goals.
 
WhoDaGOAT said:
A great striker scores against nearly every team in the league. That's the point. His record overall.

When it comes down to it, avoiding defeat against your closest rivals could be the difference between losing out on the title on GD or 3 points.

Liverpool take it to a different extreme; they destroy the big teams and feck up against the weaker teams.

It's all about balance. We might beat the bottom 10 team more regularly with Lukaku, but we might also perform poorly in the big games.

We need a balance between the two. Nobody knows how this will work out. I think there's a 50/50 chance between success and failure for him.
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We create a boat load of chances. We need someone who can put chances away. Lakaku can put chances away. Match made in heaven.
 
Some of the rubbish I've read on here regarding Perisic, Matic, and Lukaku shows how fecking stupid a section of our support are.
 
Judas said:
If only we could get Ibra to be his mentor, the stuff he could learn from him would help us massively.
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And if only real life was like FM where players have stats that can be raised by assigning mentors to help them.
 
Would have preferred Morata, but Lukaku is a good player too, and against smaller teams, likely better. Plus, there won't be problems of adaptability. And well, feck Madrid.
 
minoo-utd said:
Yes things moved so quickly though, spot on.
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I know. Out of nowhere that one was.

Just think it makes sense. Not only because he's a striker who will guarantee us goals, but I get the feeling he will be very happy at United. He's best mates with Pogba, knows Mourinho and his expectations, plays the lone striker role well, has EPL experience, etc. I just can't see him being a flop for us. I hope not anyway.
 
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