I think most are more annoyed at a botched transfer rather than actually missing out on Lukaku.
For me it really depends on who is starting as a striker for us when the season starts. If we end up with Remy then most will be furious.
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I think most are more annoyed at a botched transfer rather than actually missing out on Lukaku.
For me it really depends on who is starting as a striker for us when the season starts. If we end up with Remy then most will be furious.
What is he right about? No one is talking about Kane's supposed fees when he moves. All people are saying is that Lukaku is being transferred for 75 million pounds with "allegedly" another 15 mil in add-ons. No one knows for certain if that's true and no one knows, especially @GlastonSpur , knows how the add-ons are structured. Yet he waltzes in assuming it will be paid and the fee is 90 million pounds. That is what the discussion was about. But I assume you already knew about it and still think Glaston is correct.
The whole net spend argument is mind boggling.
I struggle to think of anything more irrelvant.
Spot on.
Anyone who has watched Lukaku carefully will know that he has a tremendous capacity to improve. The kid has a knack for goals and he doesn't miss too many chances. Feed him the ball and he will deliver.
I also think his all round play is under rated here. Minus his first touch, he is technically solid for a number nine - a pure target man. He moves well with the ball at his feet, he is good with his head, his movement is good, his awareness is impressive, he strikes the ball well especially with his left foot and interestingly, he is not bad at dribbling.
For me, what I like most about him is his hunger and ambition. Although that also means he will probably start moaning about heading to Madrid in the next few seasons but while he is at United, he will be desperate to improve his play and deliver the goods.
Rooney had a great first touch, sometimes. Other times it was terrible. I don't think I've seen such an obviously high quality player with such an erratic technical skillset before. When he was off his game even his basics went haywire.
with add ons. usually half are guaranteed to be paid with the other half almost impossible to reach .
Nothing to do with it but oh well. Firmino isn't a frustrating player, quite the opposite in fact.
I didn't say he won't score goals for you. You can check my previous posts about him, don't rate him at all as a top quality striker. Of course it's pure speculation at this point but I think he'll struggle and won't score 20+ goals next season.
Chronic insecurity on his part, i think.
If his level of consistency stays the same, he's a guaranteed 20+ goal a season striker the same way Berbatov was for us, bags 4 in one game but goes on a 3 or 4 game drought every other month.. He's a lot younger than what Berbatov was when he joined us though, so there's a good chance that won't be the case.
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We're happy with a frustrating player who scores 25 goals in the league.
Good luck with your Firminho.
I actually had a look at The Shed End, several months back and it seemed the fans there were as divided as we were here on getting Lukaku.
They are talks you're going after Morata, so assuming you pay what Madrid wants (who knows you may get him cheaper), then you might end up with the better forward anyway.
Rooney with all his 1st touch 'problems' is our leading goalscorer EVER...
If Lukaku has the same impact upon our team.. I'm sure we'd all be well pissed!
If Lukaku has the same impact upon our team.. I'm sure we'd all be well pissed!
Rooney is a separate deal which may have gone through even if we didn't get Lukaku. Would you then say we are paying Everton 10 mil for taking Rooney?
Point is no one would pay Rooney and also then pay a transfer fees of 10 mil. Have the club said anywhere that Rooney is part of the deal or that is 10 mil which is added to this deal? Seems you are assuming a lot of things here including the 15 mil add-ons which isn't definitive nor do we know the clauses to pay them.
I agree mate but where would Everton play him ?
Replacing lukaku with Rooney wouldn't gaurentee them the goals that lukaku gave them .
Seems a move more out of sentiment than football reasons .
It's not as if I'm bothered but find it strange Everton taking him back unless it's just for selling shirts .
And again on about how Ali is better.
Have you actually been banned or is it just a tag line?
I've just gone off the sky sports web site mate
How is he like Heskey, except for them both being black strikers?
Same with the Benteke comparisons.
I'm not accusing them of blatant racism, but it's lazy and offensive.
Yeah Sky have been atrocious all summer. Wouldn't call them a reliable source.
I wouldn't blame you.
I dont mind the fee, we can easily afford it as we're a club winning trophies. We also dont have to keep to a tiny budget due to new stadium being built, seeing how we're pretty good without having to build anything new to act like we're a competetive club...
You do understand Everton is pretty crap side do you?
Plenty of Salt all over twitter from rival fans. Marvellous.
Try to spell his name right first before you bring up an irrelevant point in a discussion...
Great news,very happy to get Lukaku in
I think he will score loads of goals for us during his time here.
Great signing in my opinion
I think he will score loads of goals for us during his time here.
Great signing in my opinion
Isn't Chelsea doing almost exactly what they did after winning the title three seasons ago? They handled the transfer and pre season periods terribly. That was part of what set Jose up for a failed season.
Great deviation from the post. I congratulate you.
What discussion ? you coming in saying we'll get frustrated with him ?
I can just say it's none of your business really since he's not your player.Great to see resident Liverpool and spurs fans get into a huff and puff over this.
Apparently he has been arrested in LA, well according to some reports , According to American news outlet TMZ Sports, the striker - who Manchester United have reached a£75million fee to sign from Everton - 'was not brought to the police station or formally booked'. Instead, he was 'merely given a citation'.
So told to stop being a cock and keep it down.
So told to stop being a cock and keep it down.
Well we could just not use any arbitrary time frame.
Lukaku 147 in 317 club games.
Kane 115 in 230 club games.
Pretty similar.
Ah yes, how I wish we ended up 2nd and 3rd rather than win trophies.
It was tongue in cheek mate. I work with a few Everton fans and they say he's technically not that good and are happy they have got the money they have got for him.How is he like Heskey, except for them both being black strikers?
As I've said previously his goal record is fantastic and going off our last years failings against the so called lesser teams he could be just what we need .
We will soon find out anyway !
If Chelsea maybe sign morata for example , it will be interesting who becomes the better player.
I recon id be disturbing the peace for the next month if i signed a contract with that many zero's on it.
You simply can't be critical of a player/new oppo signing anymore without being called bitter or salty. There's lots of people who don't rate Lukaku, even on here, and you just paid €85m for him. But when I simply try to say I don't see him succeed at United I'll be called out on it, rightfully or not since it's a United forum of course. Lukaku is a very, very frustrating player and yes he scores goals but I don't think his style suits a top PL club. Happy to be proven wrong on that.
Exactly, it's complete laziness.
I wouldn't call it racism either, but it's like you can only compare black players with other black players, as if they have no similarities to white players because you can't see past their skin colour or they are just 'different' in some way.
Either way, it's mindless.
A total non-story then.
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