Morata was second choice to Lukaku. We obviously negotiated for both at the same time and pulled out of the Morata deal as soon as we agreed on Lukaku.
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Morata was second choice to Lukaku. We obviously negotiated for both at the same time and pulled out of the Morata deal as soon as we agreed on Lukaku.
Every season we fail to push for the title we lose a little more of what we were.
If you think Jose keeps his job next year finishing outside the 4 again and if you think we are signing big fish without Jose or CL football you're in a dreamland.
We limped into CL this year with Zlatan, with no striker we would of struggled to finish above Everton.
Besides why on earth wouldn't you want to see United Challenge for the title again next season?
We will still be in the market for top players next season as well
Jesus Stormzy, didn't realise it was you
How would you feel if we went into next season with Lukaku, Martial and Rashford as striking options and then used Pereira and a new winger (maybe Perisic#0 for the wide positions?
Agreed, hopefully with lukaku in Ed can look at closing other deals
Chuffed to bits with this signing. I think he could be great for us. I mean, he scores goals in every way possible. He was scoring at Everton for fun I think he could be even better surrounded by better players.
I can understand people being careful with this signing, being good for a smaller club doesn't automatically mean you're good for a bigger one but going to big strengths to underrate him and call him a monkey, elephant, awful player, that's what I don't get.
I can understand people being careful with this signing, being good for a smaller club doesn't automatically mean you're good for a bigger one but going to big strengths to underrate him and call him a monkey, elephant, awful player, that's what I don't get.
Do you think? I havent really followed the Morata saga recently but I thought it was the fee that was putting us off?
And see other teams win the league too? Or again scramble to reach top 4 with no europa league to save us now? What really big fish is available after griezmann decided to stay. What's the use of adidas and chevy giving us 150 m pounds as sponsorship and having seen us signing no one and scrambling for top 4 or playing in europa league spot again next season.
Is lukaku any worse than cole or yorke we had won the league and Ucl with?
Nobody called him a monkey, more like a donkey. Big difference
Who told you that I wouldn't want to see United challenge? My interrogation is will Lukaku make that happen? If you can't understand that then there is no point to this conversation.
He's clearly tier 1 on that list because his record is very good im not hedging my bets on Craig Norwood alone but ESPN, Sky sports and BBC sport all reported the same story so its clearly a media brief by club officials.
You need to relax my friend.
But he's a donkey and he's no better better than having Smalling up front...
But honestly he's quality. Not sure why some miserable bastards would prefer to watch a 2 minute video of his bad touches when they could be watching this video.
Ok. A donkey. My mistake.
Oh wow.
And is Lukaku the answer? Because if he isn't then we have a 75m problem in our roster, the all problem is that I'm not convinced that either of them are close to be guaranteed success, I think that they are closer to 50/50.
Of course it was. If Everton insisted on 90m and Real accepted 65m, we would be having Morata by now. The thing is Everton accepted a 75m offer while Real want more and tried to play us throughout this saga. I also think a deal with Everton was struck weeks ago more or less, they were spending the money lately. They were both probably high on our list, but Lukaku said a month ago he knew which club he will be playing next season at and that he already agreed with his new club on a move. Everything falls nicely into place. Jackson also said Jose was obsessed with Lukaku a month ago, which again would suggest Lukaku was our no1 target and he was right it seems.
Our issue was not finishing off small teams, lukaku's bread and butter, goals equal wins which equal points.
We are a better team with him, that's what matters
What is the defensive side of Lukaku's game like? Is he a willing runner?
75 million for a proven premier league goalscorer who is 24 and has a lot of room for improvement seems a better deal than 90 m euro for a striker who isn't as prolific and doesn't know the league.
And I don't think that we are a better team with him or if we are it's marginal. I could be wrong though.
Good signing. He'll work well with Fellaini.
Probs just lost in translation
Fair enough.
No, I agree that Lukaku is probably coming. But not based on Norwood.
Don't know enough about Pereira, haven't seen much of him, didn't follow his loan spell last season much at all.
Overall though, I would want 1 proven winger/outside player and I'd be ok with a developmental prospect such as Pereira, although certainly wouldn't want him as an every match automatic slot in the starting XI.
Somewhere, we need more goals in the lineup. Lukaku would be a great signing, but is just treading water from Ibra's production last year, it doesn't address the need for more team goals. I would want an outside player that can contribute goals or at least demand enough attention to give openings for our midfielders to improve their goal return; I'm not sold that Perisic is that player. But I'd be ok with him as the non-luxury starter and giving some games to Pereira, but I want a better player on the opposite side. I don't know who that is in this market or if there is a realistic available target, but that's Ed and Jose's job to figure out.
We have a lot of talented central players (Mata, Mhiki, Pogba, etc.), but really lacking any true natural quality on the outside.
This.
I saw the headline for Lukaku to Utd last night and was really surprised. I thought we were on the brink of Morata but this came out of nowhere. He's an excellent goalscorer, one of the best in the league, but not so sure he is a great player. But that is not necessarily a bad thing because we have a very creative midfield with Pogba, Miki and Mata, so maybe a 'great goalscorer' is a good fit. Hope the deal goes through and look forward to seeing him on tour.
Let's get a 30 year old Cavani, despite his bad misses instead of a 24 year old Lukaku with his 20 useless goals and poor first touch
You asked me to name two strikers better than Lukaku, I did. I also provided the reasoning. If you want to avoid addressing those points and resort to mockery, power to you. Berbatov managed 20 league goals in 10-11 and was pushed aside, and he was ten times the footballer Lukaku can ever be.
This place were utterly divided by a striker with a crap first touch and link up play who is statistically under Fergie better than Lukaku, who we got for, guess it, 7m. If you are paying 10 times the money to get essentially the same output, don't expect people to sing Hallelujah over it.
No. He runs the channels quite well when his team are in possession, but he's pretty passive without the ball.
it is not like we play a pressing game constantly. We are not Liverpool or City
Why are we talking about his pubes?I'm sorry, I don't follow the analogy. Does Lukaku have a higher standard of fixtures and fittings, or a large south facing garden?
Wtf is this...
Think he's a worse player than Morata in terms of skill and the amount of different aspects he has to his game and what he can bring to the team. But probably a better signing.
He's PL proven and a really consistent finisher (so is Morata last season but Lukaku has less adjustment to do).
People that were wanting this transfer and were talking about his hold up play were completely missing the point, same with Morata. Both of these strikers arent about their hold up play, though Morata can, thats not his strongest asset. I'm hoping Mourinho adjusts tactics/develops his 'philosophy' with the times, because I highly doubt Lukaku would learn hold up play quick enough if we do sign him. Dynamic strikers are much better in the modern game I think and would give excitement to our game for fans even if we play defensive.
Morata has a bunch of things better than him for me, but he's more of a risk. I cant think of the last time a spanish striker was successful in England, if ever.
He's PL proven and a really consistent finisher (so is Morata last season but Lukaku has less adjustment to do).
People that were wanting this transfer and were talking about his hold up play were completely missing the point, same with Morata. Both of these strikers arent about their hold up play, though Morata can, thats not his strongest asset. I'm hoping Mourinho adjusts tactics/develops his 'philosophy' with the times, because I highly doubt Lukaku would learn hold up play quick enough if we do sign him. Dynamic strikers are much better in the modern game I think and would give excitement to our game for fans even if we play defensive.
Morata has a bunch of things better than him for me, but he's more of a risk. I cant think of the last time a spanish striker was successful in England, if ever.
Taken from an Everton forum,
"The difference is lukaku has made a name for himself by having a shite first touch... fire a ball at Messi from 30 yards and 19/20 balls would be killed stone dead. Do the same at lukaku and he would probably kill about 19 spectators."
Really had a good laugh !
However, we are not signing him because he has a good first touch, it is because he can score goals!
United needs goals and I'm sure he will score them, wasn't my ideal choice but I'm warming to the idea, of having him play for us next season.
"The difference is lukaku has made a name for himself by having a shite first touch... fire a ball at Messi from 30 yards and 19/20 balls would be killed stone dead. Do the same at lukaku and he would probably kill about 19 spectators."
Really had a good laugh !
However, we are not signing him because he has a good first touch, it is because he can score goals!
United needs goals and I'm sure he will score them, wasn't my ideal choice but I'm warming to the idea, of having him play for us next season.
That's right, we don't.
Goals is the answer which we have been missing and need to be replaced with ibra and rooney gone. Is Lukaku any lesser than Andy Cole Or yorke we wont the league and Ucl with? We have a better build up then everton to support any striker we sign.
Certainly not one of his strong points.
You are, he's a proven goal scorer at only 23 and we currently don't have one.
Take 30 goals out of our team and we are no longer a top half side.
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