Presuming they are performance related then we would certainly hope they do!
Romelu Lukaku | United confirm deal subject to medical and personal terms
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Fair points. I don't think Morata or Belotti would have been better options. I just think it's just a sign of the quality of the market and what constitutes a "huge signing" these days.
Against Bournemouth. Exactly.
Stop digging.
Reports of him being arrested in LA for disturbing the peace
. Not sure if true yet.
. Not sure if true yet.right, so mystic meg stuff then?
i'd hazard a guess that "3+3=8 if you're smart enough" reasoning is how most tabloids write their columns anyway this isn't even amusing anymore. maybe you're right and we'll sell him to psg.
I feel the same. I really can't understand why coming into this thread people are seemingly as excited as if we signed Ronaldinho in his prime. I remember being excited by him when he was like 18 and bought by Chelsea because he was a beast but since then? Meh. Admittedly I don't watch enough of him but I can't help but feel that we overpaid by about 30m. I guess he'll do his talking out on the pitch. You can't say 'one for the future' about a 24 year old unless you're saying he's gong to turn out like Zlatan. One for the future is a 16/17 year old.
It's confusing seeing people talking to themselves, until I realise they're actually replying to that WUM GlastonSpur. The ignore feature is wonderful, I highly recommend it.
So if you had a new job where you had the possibility of earning bonuses you would include those bonuses when you quoted your salary?
I don't know why there is so much desperation on your part to inflate the price. Perhaps it's disappointment that we haven't blown nearly as much money as you would have hoped.
Hard work starts for him now. Granted he scored x numbers of goals for Everton and is league's second highest scorer in last five years, he is about to change to a team with an entirely different setup, entirely different mentality and entirely different reputation/responsibilities.
I, personally like strikers who are more clever and contribute more to the overall gameplay but have to admit that strikers of the mold of Lukaku are the ones who actually do really well at Old Trafford, especially when it comes to keeping the goal tally moving upwards. I never rated Hernandez due to him being unable to be involved our overall gameplay but over the years, post his departure, I have learned to admire his knack for scoring goals, some very crucial ones at that. I wouldn't mind having him back here now. So, I am fairly open to the idea of Lukaku leading the line for us and am optimistic about his future here, excited even. Our transfer dealings have reached a point where buying traditional wingers and out and out goal scorers feels like a welcome change and maybe not doing that more often is what modern day United had been doing wrong in the transfer market for the past four years.
I, personally like strikers who are more clever and contribute more to the overall gameplay but have to admit that strikers of the mold of Lukaku are the ones who actually do really well at Old Trafford, especially when it comes to keeping the goal tally moving upwards. I never rated Hernandez due to him being unable to be involved our overall gameplay but over the years, post his departure, I have learned to admire his knack for scoring goals, some very crucial ones at that. I wouldn't mind having him back here now. So, I am fairly open to the idea of Lukaku leading the line for us and am optimistic about his future here, excited even. Our transfer dealings have reached a point where buying traditional wingers and out and out goal scorers feels like a welcome change and maybe not doing that more often is what modern day United had been doing wrong in the transfer market for the past four years.
Aye the same Bournemouth we drew with last season, that Bournemouth. All the pieces matter.
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Someone seems awfully bothered about Manchester United buying Lukaku.
The fact that he only missed one game last season is a great thing by United standards. That's worth about 30m£ for us.
He's better than a lot of what is available right now, so can't really complain. That video of his first touches was pretty worrisome, but hopefully his other qualities will overshadow his shortcomings. And that video of him and Pogba shows that he's genuinely excited to be here, and I've always got time for players that actually *want* to be here.
On July 2nd after neighbours called the cops regarding a noisy house party. He wasn't charged, or even taken to the police station. Wonder why it's taken until now to emerge.Reports of him being arrested in LA for disturbing the peace
Oh, and why is a Spurs fan in here arguing about the fee?
Lol ... check the goals-scored-per-minutes-played stats.
Looks like he might have a different transfer first.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/romelu-lukaku-arrested-los-angeles-10758840
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/romelu-lukaku-arrested-los-angeles-10758840
It's not even a particularly big fee any more. Two or three players will go for more this summer, and the first £100m player is imminent.
Not my ideal signing but the market for strikers isn't great at the moment. Everyone wanted Griezmann but he turned us down, so who else were we going to sign? Mbappe would have cost £120m, Aubemayang is 27, Morata has never been a regular starter and would, by all accounts, have cost just as much if not more.
Hopefully it'll come off, but United are so strong financially that we can offload and replace him in a couple of years if it doesn't.
Not my ideal signing but the market for strikers isn't great at the moment. Everyone wanted Griezmann but he turned us down, so who else were we going to sign? Mbappe would have cost £120m, Aubemayang is 27, Morata has never been a regular starter and would, by all accounts, have cost just as much if not more.
Hopefully it'll come off, but United are so strong financially that we can offload and replace him in a couple of years if it doesn't.
Glaston just worries a lot about us mismanaging our finances.
Good to hear, Also, I have just read that all that happened was they gave him a citation.On July 2nd after neighbours called the cops regarding a noisy house party. He wasn't charged, or even taken to the police station. Wonder why it's taken until now to emerge.
Oh, and why is a Spurs fan in here arguing about the fee?
He cares about business more than he cares about football. I don't know why he doesn't just support McDonalds or Coca-Cola.
For what it's worth, he can dissect a single deal all he likes. United are still better at business than Spurs. And we're more successful on the pitch, too. I reckon the first of those two points hurts him more.
It amazes me how he always gets caught up in such interesting discussions
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I'm not inflating then price. I'm citing the total potential fee, which I always do for all players for all clubs whenever I cite fees.
who cares really though?
The fee could be 100m and I wouldn't care, the only fans that tend to give a shit and cite fees all the time are the jealous ones that know their club can't compete in this market.
His Instagram has gone from 479k to 518k overnight. The United effect I imagine .
So by arrested they mean, not arrested.
The guy doesn't wind me up nearly as much as the United fans who entertain him all the time despite the ridiculous topics he wants to talk about. All of us know the actual price, all of us know about add ons, most of us aren't remotely concerned but still people have to come out to defend United's dealing and carry out borderline nonsensical discussions.
What winds me up is the garbage posts I have to read before I stumble onto a quality post actually talking about the things that matter in this transfer.
Aye. Looks like a yellow card.
Lukaku and Pogba, ushering in the Manchester United resurrection.
Bring on the season!
Bring on the season!
Potential. So the fee is not 90mil is it? It's not difficult to comprehend. This is what you said.:
Take out the pens.
Last two seasons goals from open play:
Lukaku 23+ 17=40
Kane 25 + 20 =45
Assists
Lukaku 12
Kane 8
Goals and Assists combined.
52v 53.
Not much in it.
Never mind. You don't like the £90m figure. I get it.
So the table would look different if you measured it by a different statistic. That is a shocker.
This is what you said:
Is costing, 'is'. Now tell me how that, in any way, nods to a potential price?
Can you enlighten us with that these addons are. Why they will definitely be paid? How you know most add ons are paid? What stats you used to come to this conclusion?
Excited about this one now. First time in ages we've spent big on a striker, I think he's going to be great for us.
I see, take out the pens. Then switch from starting in 2012-13 (as compared to the original post) to just looking at the last 2 seasons. Then add in assists rather than just goals. And hey presto ....
That's a knock out punch. He will ignore it though.
WumtasticExtremely similar ages and strike rates - Kane very marginally edges it on both fronts. Lukaku is more commercially attractive. They're probably worth a similar amount.
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