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
    2,214
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Devil may care said:
Kane is an exception as Morata would be, but I wouldn't opt for Lukaku if we could just get Ibra for a couple of seasons and see how Rashford develops.
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In my opinion it would be a similar situation if we buy Kane or Lukaku, both are 22. Martial could rotate in the striker position. Let's not forget that we play 4 competitions and there are injuries, suspensions, lost of form, etc.

Lukaku and Kane are talented and good goalscorera for the present and the future. The difference is that Lukaku could be available while Kane would be difficult to get because Tottenham will play Champions League next summer.

Don't you think Kane would also resign Martial to the left wing?
 
Kane is not realistic this summer. Maybe next, at a gargantuan world record fee. But not this summer.

Lukaku would be a good buy. I would imagine it would be around £60m.

People saying, 'what about Rashford?' - are you kidding? He's 18, has played a handful of matches, and we are threadbare across our entire attack.

He is more likely to be the next Macheda/Januzaj than the next Welbeck (our only good forward developed in 20+ years).

He can get plenty chances as a sub.
 
Devil may care said:
Kane is an exception as Morata would be, but I wouldn't opt for Lukaku if we could just get Ibra for a couple of seasons and see how Rashford develops.
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Morata? The striker who doesn't know how to score goals is an exception?
 
amolbhatia50k said:
Morata? The striker who doesn't know how to score goals is an exception?
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He's proven himself a big game player in the CL and was good last season. Admittedly this season hasn't went as well but I think that is down to Manduzcik making a better lamppost for Dybala to play around and the fact his future is uncertain with Real possibly buying him back.
 
Devil may care said:
He's proven himself a big game player in the CL and was good last season. Admittedly this season hasn't went as well but I think that is down to Manduzcik making a better lamppost for Dybala to play around and the fact his future is uncertain with Real possibly buying him back.
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The guy is a striker who doesn't score goals yet you make him sound worthy of making exceptions for. Being some defensive striker version of Park doesn't make him special.

Maybe he is talented but he needs to prove that he can score goals. He isn't exactly a forward with great dribbling ability like Martial, nor is he 20. He'll turn 24 this year.
 
amolbhatia50k said:
The guy is a striker who doesn't score goals yet you make him sound worthy of making exceptions for. Being some defensive striker version of Park doesn't make him special.

Maybe he is talented but he needs to prove that he can score goals.
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I wouldn't consider him a defensive striker at all, but his goal record this season hasn't been great, I just think his talent is very well rounded and he'd be a great fit for us.
 
His goal record always hasn't been great. It was as mediocre last season for Juventus.
 
Devil may care said:
I wouldn't consider him a defensive striker at all, but his goal record this season hasn't been great, I just think his talent is very well rounded and he'd be a great fit for us.
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If we're going for a well rounded talent up front who we want to see improve his goalscoring over time, we might as well stick Martial up front. We aren't going to find anywhere better in that category, nor anyone with that sort of potential. Also, having a left winger and a striker who both need to work on their goalscoring is not ideal at all. If you genuinely have seen enough of him to believe he has a great goalscorer in him very soon then fair enough. Time will tell.
 
DWelbz19 said:
His goal record always hasn't been great. It was as mediocre last season for Juventus.
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14 goals in 57 Serie A games. 10 in 37 for Madrid before that. For a player who will be 24 when next season gets underway, he better start proving his goalscoring prowess soon. Appears to be a marginally better Spanish Welbeck.
 
amolbhatia50k said:
If we're going for a well rounded talent up front who we want to see improve his goalscoring over time, we might as well stick Martial up front. We aren't going to find anywhere better in that category, nor anyone with that sort of potential. Also, having a left winger and a striker who both need to work on their goalscoring is not ideal at all. If you genuinely have seen enough of him to believe he has a great goalscorer in him very soon then fair enough. Time will tell.
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Your point is well made and I can't argue that he needs to score more, I might well be letting the fact I like his game and that he delivered in the CL semi and final last year as well as against Bayern this year, along with my belief he'll be a world class striker, cloud my judgment of what he actually is right now.
 
Adisa said:
I would assume his comments about us aren't derogatory as he says he would like us or Bayern. The translation might make it sound like he's mocking us.
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Did the 'real focus' mean a 'focal point', as in brutish striker?
 
I think he's ours if we want him based on his recent comments. I really hope we don't screw this up. He can be our #9 for years to come. Fantastic strike rate. Premier League proven. Young. A front 3 of Martial, Lukaku, and a new RW like Mahrez would be deadly with Memphis and Rashford rotating in. I think we'd all like Kane, mostly because he's young and English, but it's just not going to happen. This is the guy we need. His stats tell it all. http://www.football365.com/news/romelu-lukaku-the-ridiculous-statistics
 
Not sure about him. He is quality but I reckon people would get sick of his touch after a while. He works in a team like Everton where everything is geared towards him in terms of crosses and though balls. Martial will be a better player. We should be looking elsewhere. Kane would be a much better option.
 
Mourinho has been strongly tipped to take over from Louis van Gaal at Old Trafford in the close season and Lukaku stated he would be willing to reconcile with his former boss.

"Of course," Lukaku told Derniere Heure. "Some people will say that I need to convince him but it's not a question of that. Three years ago I was 20 and I wasn't ready to be immediately effective in a top team.

"Several good seasons, including the current one, have changed the situation. I'll be 23 [in May] and I could leave this summer."

http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/tran.../lukaku-open-to-mourinho-reunion?ICID=HP_HN_4
 
He plays for Everton, surely he must be the new Messi?
 
He'd cost us an absolute packet. With the new TV deal coming into place this summer and the new Everton owner saying he's not going to sell star players, we'd be looking at £40-50m as he's now a proven PL goalscorer too. Personally, I don't think he's worth that and I'm not sure how much he's going to improve his game outside of the box, which is very poor.

I'd much rather see us pay a bit more than the figure for Lukaku and buy two young talents, us as Embolo and Ousmane Dembele.
 
pascell said:
He'd cost us an absolute packet. With the new TV deal coming into place this summer and the new Everton owner saying he's not going to sell star players, we'd be looking at £40-50m as he's now a proven PL goalscorer too. Personally, I don't think he's worth that and I'm not sure how much he's going to improve his game outside of the box, which is very poor.

I'd much rather see us pay a bit more than the figure for Lukaku and buy two young talents, us as Embolo and Ousmane Dembele.
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Him asking to leave could reduce the fee considerably. Depends how hard he's willing to push. Anyone know how long he's got on his current deal?
 
I guess if Everton didn't sell Stones for £50 million, they're not very likely to accept that amount for Lukaku either?

It's going to cost us crazy money to get him or Kane.
 
Benteke all over again, the potential price doesn't match the actual quality. Lukaku is a good player but Everton will probably ask too much.
 
JPRouve said:
Benteke all over again, the potential price doesn't match the actual quality. Lukaku is a good player but Everton will probably ask too much.
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I think that's very harsh. He'll cost a lot, but he'll be worth it, if he stays injury-free.

Edit: I'd prefer Ibrahimovic though.
 
Still only 22 years old. Mourinho should never have sold him.
 
bucky said:
I think that's very harsh. He'll cost a lot, but he'll be worth it, if he stays injury-free.

Edit: I'd prefer Ibrahimovic though.
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How is that harsh? I rate Benteke and Lukaku but I believe that they don't worth more than 30m€, I'm stingy though.
 
JPRouve said:
How is that harsh? I rate Benteke and Lukaku but I believe that they don't worth more than 30m€, I'm stingy though.
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Lukaku's way better than Benteke though.
 
Floyd said:
Lukaku's way better than Benteke though.
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That's why he will cost more but it doesn't mean that he worth what Everton will probably ask. In my mind he worth what Liverpool paid for Benteke when Benteke worth less but from what I see Lukaku will cost almost as much as Suarez did.
 
JPRouve said:
That's why he will cost more but it doesn't mean that he worth what Everton will probably ask. In my mind he worth what Liverpool paid for Benteke when Benteke worth less but from what I see Lukaku will cost almost as much as Suarez did.
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I get what you're saying and don't necessarily disagree but the problem is with the ridiculous new TV deals kicking in clubs like Everton are in a position to turn down what we would normally consider reasonable transfer fees. Quite simply they don't need the money like they used to.

Whether you or I consider a player 'worth' a transfer fee of £XXm or not, this situation is going to drive transfer fees up exponentially, creating a new norm.
 
Rado_N said:
I get what you're saying and don't necessarily disagree but the problem is with the ridiculous new TV deals kicking in clubs like Everton are in a position to turn down what we would normally consider reasonable transfer fees. Quite simply they don't need the money like they used to.

Whether you or I consider a player 'worth' a transfer fee of £XXm or not, this situation is going to drive transfer fees up exponentially, creating a new norm.
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That's why I suggested several times to not purchase foreign players from english clubs, I said it for Schneiderlin a player that I like and I will say it for Lukaku an other player that I like.
 
Rado_N said:
I get what you're saying and don't necessarily disagree but the problem is with the ridiculous new TV deals kicking in clubs like Everton are in a position to turn down what we would normally consider reasonable transfer fees. Quite simply they don't need the money like they used to.

Whether you or I consider a player 'worth' a transfer fee of £XXm or not, this situation is going to drive transfer fees up exponentially, creating a new norm.
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Exactly. We should probably buy early, before some shite team like Watford set the bar by paying £40m for Agbonlahor.
 
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