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%
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Everton would be mad to sell for anything reasonable, cracking young striker on a long term contract, with piles of upside. If they can get him more consistent, he'll tear the league apart.

They'd have to have another real gem on the cards to even sell him for the 70m.
 
BigDunc9 said:
You are living in 2010 prices mate.
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You bought Lukaku for £28m in 2014 :lol:. And on top of that, most including many of your fans until recently said it was way too much money for him, and that Chelsea sold very well. Though, I agree that he's worth more than that now, even in this market he is worth £40/45m max if he were at pretty much any club outside of England. Clubs in England, this summer, have an entire different market. A better comparison would be with Batshuayi who cost Chelsea £33m who's not far off Lukaku's level, albeit he's less proven than Lukaku. And even with his case, most said they overpaid for him.
 
United Pro said:
You bought Lukaku for £28m in 2014 :lol:. And on top of that, most including many of your fans until recently said it was way too much money for him, and that Chelsea sold very well. Though, I agree that he's worth more than that now, even in this market he is worth £40/45m max if he were at pretty much any club outside of England. Clubs in England, this summer, have an entire different market. A better comparison would be with Batshuayi who cost Chelsea £33m who's not far off Lukaku's level, albeit he's less proven than Lukaku. And even with his case, most said they overpaid for him.
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Batshuayi is nowhere near Lukaku's top level. On his day he's 1 of the hardest strikers in the world to deal with, his pace and strength is just something you can't easily deal with. Prices are crazy, but when people are buying Sane for £37m, you can see why Everton want 50+ for a player that's hit 20 league goals every season of his career?
 
Adam-Utd said:
Batshuayi is nowhere near Lukaku's top level. On his day he's 1 of the hardest strikers in the world to deal with, his pace and strength is just something you can't easily deal with. Prices are crazy, but when people are buying Sane for £37m, you can see why Everton want 50+ for a player that's hit 20 league goals every season of his career?
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He hasn't even once hit 20 league goals in his career.
 
United Pro said:
You bought Lukaku for £28m in 2014 :lol:. And on top of that, most including many of your fans until recently said it was way too much money for him, and that Chelsea sold very well. Though, I agree that he's worth more than that now, even in this market he is worth £40/45m max if he were at pretty much any club outside of England. Clubs in England, this summer, have an entire different market. A better comparison would be with Batshuayi who cost Chelsea £33m who's not far off Lukaku's level, albeit he's less proven than Lukaku. And even with his case, most said they overpaid for him.
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Not even a massive fan of Lukaku, but Batshuayi isn't near his level. He scored around the same amount of goals in a significantly weaker league. Potentially a good striker, but unfair to compare him to Lukaku who may be far from perfect, but has proven himself as a good goalscorer at Premier League level.

Strikers these days cost a fortune, there's so few quality ones on the market, so even the potentially good ones are going for ridiculous prices. A player like Lukaku who guarantees you goals in the league is worth his weight in gold. It's why if we ever sold Kane to a premier league side, it would be for an exorbitant fee.
 
He's a good goal scorer but technically very poor. Vastly overrated (as is Barkley and Stones)
 
We'veGotDeleAlli said:
Not even a massive fan of Lukaku, but Batshuayi isn't near his level. He scored around the same amount of goals in a significantly weaker league. Potentially a good striker, but unfair to compare him to Lukaku who may be far from perfect, but has proven himself as a good goalscorer at Premier League level.

Strikers these days cost a fortune, there's so few quality ones on the market, so even the potentially good ones are going for ridiculous prices. A player like Lukaku who guarantees you goals in the league is worth his weight in gold. It's why if we ever sold Kane to a premier league side, it would be for an exorbitant fee.
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Lukaku developed at a very young age, so his stats are boosted by the fact that he was physically a beast at 18. Hence, it's difficult to compare players based solely on stats. Lukaku will always score a fair few goals, which is why I rate him at around £40/45m, but £75m is just pure daylight robbery.
 
United Pro said:
Lukaku developed at a very young age, so his stats are boosted by the fact that he was physically a beast at 18. Hence, it's difficult to compare players based solely on stats. Lukaku will always score a fair few goals, which is why I rate him at around £40/45m, but £75m is just pure daylight robbery.
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Bottom line is he had 18 goals and 6 assists for an under performing Everton side last season. That's a very good return for a 23 year old striker.

I agree that he succeeded quicker than most youngsters due to his physicality, and of course he's not worth 75 million. My point was just that he's not comparable to Batshuayi, who for all we know could come in to the Premier League and look a donkey. Lots of players fail to deliver after coming in from weaker leagues. Lukaku's proven he's more than competent in the Prem.
 
They don't need the money to begin with. Plus if it's true the owner is willing to spend big, (not seen it yet) then they might as well keep him and build around him. They won't get a better striker even if they spend it all on another one.
 
Hed Zitin said:
They don't need the money to begin with. Plus if it's true the owner is willing to spend big, (not seen it yet) then they might as well keep him and build around him. They won't get a better striker even if they spend it all on another one.
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They don't need the money but the player might throw a tantrum though.
 
We'veGotDeleAlli said:
Bottom line is he had 18 goals and 6 assists for an under performing Everton side last season. That's a very good return for a 23 year old striker.

I agree that he succeeded quicker than most youngsters due to his physicality, and of course he's not worth 75 million. My point was just that he's not comparable to Batshuayi, who for all we know could come in to the Premier League and look a donkey. Lots of players fail to deliver after coming in from weaker leagues. Lukaku's proven he's more than competent in the Prem.
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Yeah Batshuayi was just an example of strikers that are available for less. My point is the same as yours in that Lukaku is worth closer to half of 75m than 75m itself.
 
United Pro said:
Yeah Batshuayi was just an example of strikers that are available for less. My point is the same as yours in that Lukaku is worth closer to half of 75m than 75m itself.
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Feck knows what anybody is worth in this market anymore to be honest :lol:

When a 20 year old who's shown a bit of potential is worth 37 million, Pogba 100m and Higuain 75m, I've given up with transfer fees. Mental.
 
This has to be the craziest transfer ever.

In 2012/13 Chelsea loan Lukaku to WBA. He plays 2006 mins, scoring 17 goals and makes 4 assists. But they don't think he's good enough, so they sell him to Everton for £28 million. He's there for 3 years, yet never manages to match what he did at WBA. Last season was his best and he scored 18 in 3177 mins. Compared to his season at WBA, that's quite a dip. As though he scored 1 more goal it took him an extra 1171 mins, which is the equivalent of 13 games. Yet some how he's now worth more than double what Everton paid for him!

Now I know some people will claim his all round gae has improved, but if that was true, it would mean he could barely kick a ball 3 years ago as his all round game is still very basic. If you compare his stats for passing, dribbling, chances created etc now to when he was at WBA they are unbelievably similar. He's no better now than he was then and his goal scoring rate has decreased, but his value has apparently more than doubled.

What I find most interesting is that Benteke is considered a flop at Liverpool. Yet he scored 9 goals in 1520 mins. You don't have to be a genius to work out that that means, despite not being suited to Liverpools system, he scored goals at a faster rate than Lukaku. He also made assists as a faster rate than Lukaku. Some could argue that is because Liverpool are a better side and created more for him, but the season before his record was better at Aston Villa, who got relegated. Yet Benteke could be bought for less than £30 million due to flop status, having scored a goal every 168 mins last season, whilst Lukaku was seen as a success, having scored a 177 mins, so is worth £75 million.
 
Don't see the problem with the fee really.

A) Lukaku is a young player who has already proven he can score a lot of goals in the PL.
B) His all round game did improve last season and isn't as bad as some here suggest. Given he upped his game quite a bit last year it's fair to say there's prospect of him still improving further over the coming years.
C) Everton paid over the odds for him in the first place, which means any team trying to buy him to will have to pay over the odds as well. It's not like Everton want to sell him.
D) Chelsea are a PL club, so will naturally be charged more than a foreign club. Which is fair given how much they charged Everton for him in the first place.

I mean we live in a world where Sterling and Stones are worth 50m. Relatively, Chelsea buying Lukaku fo 70m ain't that weird. This is just the degree to which prices have inflated. If someone like Kane ever gets sold to a PL club then the transfer will be closer to the 100m mark. This is what it's like these days.
 
Lukaku isn't worth £65m to £70m at all. I normally don't care how much money clubs spend for a top player like £76m on Higuain or £100m on Pogba because they are top player. But Lukaku? Meh. He can score goals, strong and quick. But his first touch, passing, ball control, keeping the ball or possession are terrible. If Everton can get £65m-£70m for him, they should accept it. They can use half of the money to buy a decent replacement.
 

Changed his twitter handle to 9 from 10 as well. Chelsea have #9 available.
 
Horrible footballer, one of my least enjoyable to watch. Absolutely no shred of grace to his game at all.
 
Not for the money he would cost
 
Moby said:


Not sure if I'd want him here.
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I did say in the other thread that it would have made 0 sense for Lukaku to sign a new contract.

The lads is ambitious enough to move to a bigger team and all a contract extension would do is improve Everton's hand, drive up his price and potentially scare suitors away.

So if those reports are true, I'm glad he's seen sense.
 
I'd sign him as long as we surround him with technically gifted players.
 
Belgian media reporting he won't sign a new Everton deal as he wants to go back to Chelsea.

They are his main wish but if he can't get the move he wants a CL club
 
I reckon he's the one who makes the most sense for us to sign in the summer. He's probably going to be available for the right price and his agent is our puppet master.
 
His game might be a bit inconsistent but he scores goals. As long as it's not a crazy fee, I reckon he'd be a good signing.
 
Apparently talks stalled on Everton insisting that if he has a release clause, it be £90m+. If true, Lukaku would be smart to reject such a contract. He seems to split opinions but he appears to have ambition to move to a bigger club. £90m would ward off all potential suitors.
 
MadMike said:
I did say in the other thread that it would have made 0 sense for Lukaku to sign a new contract.

The lads is ambitious enough to move to a bigger team and all a contract extension would do is improve Everton's hand, drive up his price and potentially scare suitors away.

So if those reports are true, I'm glad he's seen sense.
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Not if his current contract doesn't have a buyout clause or it's ridiculously high. This way he'd get a nice pay increase, play in a system that's suiting him well for a manager with potential to be a top, top manager( more than likely end up at Barcelona in the future).

If he got a buyout of £50m-£60m inserted into a new deal then it doesn't price him out of the top tier of clubs.
 
salford_ said:
Belgian media reporting he won't sign a new Everton deal as he wants to go back to Chelsea.

They are his main wish but if he can't get the move he wants a CL club
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Belgian media are bullshitting.

He wants to go to Chelsea while Costa's the main man? Unless he leaves he won't be automatic first choice.
Arsenal won't spend if Wengers still around, Spurs have Kane,City?- is he a Pep player? And they still have Aguero.

On the other hand, a couple of Spanish clubs may be in for him if Utd don't make a move.

We should be all over this guy
 




One is considered World Class the other considered a donkey. Something doesn't add up.
 
I'd love him here especially since there's no way of getting Kane.
 
Costa is considered world class?
 
FujiVice said:
I reckon he's the one who makes the most sense for us to sign in the summer. He's probably going to be available for the right price and his agent is our puppet master.
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Mourinho has always liked the "Big man" that can play up front on his own. People are just plain wrong if they think we're going to replace Zlatan with Griezemann and play some intricate passing style football with interplay between Griezemann, Mkhi, Mata, Martial.

More likely that Kane or Lukaku or someone like that would be Mourinho's choice, if we could get Griezemann playing off the big man then great.
 
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