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!

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Don't know. He was a good option for me before but now I'm starting to feel he's going to massively flop in his next move especially with this price.

I don't think we are going for him with this price and putting in mind Griezmann price as well, it will be only one of them and I prefer Griezmann.
 
Bojan11 said:
Could work in a 3-5-2 if we planning to use that and maybe that's why Jose wants Perisic as the left wing back. As we do not have any attacking fullbacks like Valencia on the left side.
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I'd be surprised if that's the reason, Perisic isn't really good enough defensively for that. Shaw is closer to Valencia than Perisic is.
 
I guarantee that There's nobody on earth willing to pay £100 million for lukaku

Everton can't expect to get this price either unless they're complete idiots.
 
TehRed said:
I'd be surprised if that's the reason, Perisic isn't really good enough defensively for that. Shaw is closer to Valencia than Perisic is.
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Shaw is terrible going forward. Always has been. Decent crosser but an awful attacker. He's closer to Darmian than Valencia.
 


Jamie Jackson: "Jose loves Lukaku "and in his own words is "obsessed" with signing him

Basically says we want Griezmann and Lukaku as a pair.

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UnrelatedPsuedo said:
Shaw is terrible going forward. Always has been. Decent crosser but an awful attacker. He's closer to Darmian than Valencia.
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Disagree, powerful runner, gets into good positions, lightning fast. Though I do agree that his end product is average.
 
jungledrums said:
Disagree, powerful runner, gets into good positions, lightning fast. Though I do agree that his end product is average.
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Tbf all you've said is he can run fast. He's always been a great defender that needed to improve going forward. It's never not been the case.

I'll say he's a decent crosser of the ball but he's ngot an attacking full back.
 
UnrelatedPsuedo said:
Tbf all you've said is he can run fast. He's always been a great defender that needed to improve going forward. It's never not been the case.

I'll say he's a decent crosser of the ball but he's ngot an attacking full back.
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That is true, let me try again :lol:
He's a good dribbler and I always thought he was quite a threat on the left. Decent passer and good technique, and like you've said, decent crosser. Also ambitious and likes to get forward with the engine to get back. He does have to improve though, I'll give you that. He'd probably grab some assists this season with a guy like Lukaku in the box though (if given a proper run in the team).
 
jungledrums said:
That is true, let me try again :lol:
He's a good dribbler and I always thought he was quite a threat on the left. Decent passer and good technique, and like you've said, decent crosser. Also ambitious and likes to get forward with the engine to get back. He does have to improve though, I'll give you that. He'd probably grab some assists this season with a guy like Lukaku in the box though (if given a proper run in the team).
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We'll just have to disagree.
 
He could the player we need. Sometimes he looks like a donkey but his record is very good. When you think about the season, where would we have finished if Lukaku was an option? If we cannot get Kane then we have to make good decisions. Time will tell if we do.
 
Seems like Lukaku and Belotti are the only available striking options left this summer with transfer prices being touted at £65+

Call me crazy but I'd prefer to sign Fernando Llorente as a stop gap as better strikers come on the market next year.
 
Sandikan said:
Lukaku tends to look an absolute mediocrity in the games v teams above them, but he does smash the rest of the league.
And that's with Everton who are hardly dons of attack.

The problem is that they're centred around Lukaku, and we'd have to be to get the best result.

£100m is clearly madness. Half of that sounds huge too, but at least you're getting a guy into his prime. Presumably.
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And we will have to kick more long balls than we do now.
 
Kenwright is clearly high, no one will pay 100mn for lukaku, ground realities moshiri's revolution is clearly visible with lot of talk and hype but no actual big name. This is the only window where they can sell lukaku for more than 50mn no one will pay that next season.

Lukaku i feel is a talented player but half the time i have watched him he plays like he doesn't care what is happening around him and can't be arsed to put in an effort. He dissappears far too often against big teams. My biggest issue with this signing would be style of play, at Everton everything goes through him, he finishes most of the attacks and he is the focal point of their attack, he isn't that good yet for utd to do the same, if we signed him he will be 1 of the players in the attack rather than the go to guy, how much of an impact will that have on his output ? I personally would steer clear of him.

I feel smartest thing to do would be get someone like silva or maybe costa alongside Griezmann and spread the goals in the team rather than looking for someone to outright replace zlatan, this would give us a chance to see if rash and martial can make it, if they do no need for a new no 9, if not break the bank next season for mbappe as he will definitely not be sold this season.
 
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I doubt we'd be targeting mega moves for both him and Griezmann but the idea of the little French bastard operating behind the big Belgian battering ram could be pretty devastating.
 
UnrelatedPsuedo said:
Shaw is terrible going forward. Always has been. Decent crosser but an awful attacker. He's closer to Darmian than Valencia.
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jungledrums said:
That is true, let me try again :lol:
He's a good dribbler and I always thought he was quite a threat on the left. Decent passer and good technique, and like you've said, decent crosser. Also ambitious and likes to get forward with the engine to get back. He does have to improve though, I'll give you that. He'd probably grab some assists this season with a guy like Lukaku in the box though (if given a proper run in the team).
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I don't think he's a decent crosser. Can't remember a single time he has assisted a goal with a cross. His end product is rubbish but when he's in form he's usually very good going forward - making smart runs, good control of the ball at high speed, good dribbler and passer, obviously rapid. It's his crossing I have an issue with and I don't think he's anywhere near a player like Borthwick-Jackson for instance in that department.
 
Riz said:
I doubt we'd be targeting mega moves for both him and Griezmann but the idea of the little French bastard operating behind the big Belgian battering ram could be pretty devastating.
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Hahaha, great summary. Would be really good on paper...
 
Lukaku would score so many goals at a United or Chelsea, there's no way he costs 100 mil but he would dramatically improve our attack.
 
If United can convince Zlatan to stay then there is no need for another forward to be bought!

Rashford, Griezmann and Zlatan (half-season) is plenty! and Martial can play there too!

Spunking 100 million on Lukaku doesn't makes sense if you have any belief in Rashford.
 
Might make more sense if perisic is coming in. No point him getting to the by line and chipping those crosses in if someone powerful isn't there to attack it at the jack toast. Having a wide player on the left fits mourinho if you ask me, balanced by valencia on the right. Mhikitaryan steps in as number 10 and Griezmann is a second striker looking for the pull back.
 
Does Lukaku have the qualities go play in a strike partnership though? I thought he has played mostly as a #9 in a 4-3-3 for Everton.
 
I can understand the reservations people have about Lukaku (since i share many of those concerns). His first touch and his contribution to build up is average. He at times disappears in big games.

But he guarantees goals. He dominates the penalty box and the opposition CBs physically. He can hold the ball up and run in behind in equal measure, something physical forwards dont do often. His movement (in and outside the box) is very good and hes only 24. I think the positives outweight the negatives.

As already mentioned in this thread, Rashford and Griezmann operating behind Lukaku would be formidable. I wont be surprised if we go for both of them.
 
RuudTom83 said:
If United can convince Zlatan to stay then there is no need for another forward to be bought!
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Don't mean to nitpick, but this should be the other way 'round, surely?

Zlatan is now in the situation of convincing Utd he should stay, and be paid massive wages for months he'll be out injured, then he returns as a 36yo and has to have the team built around him...

It's an unpopular opinion on here, but I'd rather we signed Rom than kept Zlatan at this point.
 
No desicion we make should be influenced by whether a 36 year old coming off a devastating knee injury can play half a season.
 
RuudTom83 said:
If United can convince Zlatan to stay then there is no need for another forward to be bought!

Rashford, Griezmann and Zlatan (half-season) is plenty! and Martial can play there too!

Spunking 100 million on Lukaku doesn't makes sense if you have any belief in Rashford.
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Rashford is nowhere near ready to be our forward, and quite frankly Lukaku is by far the superior player right now. Let's stop this over-hyping of our young players, it does nobody any favours.
 
RuudTom83 said:
If United can convince Zlatan to stay then there is no need for another forward to be bought!

Rashford, Griezmann and Zlatan (half-season) is plenty! and Martial can play there too!

Spunking 100 million on Lukaku doesn't makes sense if you have any belief in Rashford.
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Zlatan injure means urgency to sign a new striker as we can't wait for him to recover and restore form and we can't depend on a kid to lead the line the whole season unless you're happy with another top 4 battle.
 
Rhyme Animal said:
Don't mean to nitpick, but this should be the other way 'round, surely?

Zlatan is now in the situation of convincing Utd he should stay, and be paid massive wages for months he'll be out injured, then he returns as a 36yo and has to have the team built around him...

It's an unpopular opinion on here, but I'd rather we signed Rom than kept Zlatan at this point.
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Letting Zlatan go is the smart decision. Keeping him on such a contract knowing he will be injurred for half a season is just insane.

If we should get Romelu as his replacement is a different matter. Not for £100m, that is for sure.
 
el3mel said:
What ? It's completely the opposite.
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I don't think so. He can deliver a decent ball. I believe people mistake his speed and recovery pace as him being a good forward player. He's not an attacking full back. He's not going to routinely beat a man. He doesn't have the technical ability to work 1-2's with his winger. His movement in the attacking third is awful at times. His bursts of acceleration hide a lot.

Unpressured, he can deliver a decent cross though. I stand by that.
 
An Irish Red said:
He scored five league goals last season. If we go into next season with Rashford as first choice up front then we are heading for a very mediocre season.
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Now I'm not say Rashford should be Uniteds No.1 and is better than Lukaku. I think of it more as a team, a collective effort.

I take it almost as a given Griezmann is joining, so I'd expect 20+ goals from him and if Rashford can get close to 15 goals (which isn't unrealistic) then as a team the forwards have improved on last season. Add half a season from Zlatan and for 'now' other parts of the team can be improved before improving the forwards imo.
 
I think he will stay 1 more season and move next season. He still has 2 years on his contract and has kinks in his game to work out. 1 more season at Everton will allow him to do that. It will also lower his transfer value allowing him to get a bigger salary/signing bonus when he does move.

I think that was the original plan between us and raiola and though zlatans injury means we need a centre forward now, sticking to the original plan makes sense. In the mean time we will sign belotti or someone else.
 
Just me who'd have him here? I think the lad on his day is unplayable and has a proven record in this league.. I think he will only get better as well.
 
We must absolutely buy Lukaku, even if it costs 200 million. He is a Raiola client and very good friends with Pogba and Zlatan so just imagine the harmony in the dressing room.
 
Mister_Stubbs said:
Just me who'd have him here? I think the lad on his day is unplayable and has a proven record in this league.. I think he will only get better as well.
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I suspect Most of us would love him here but for £100 mill not a chance. 50-60 then I'd still be on board....anymore and it's ridiculous.
 
Mister_Stubbs said:
Just me who'd have him here? I think the lad on his day is unplayable and has a proven record in this league.. I think he will only get better as well.
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I'd happily see him replace Zlatan, but not for £100m. We could do better for that money.
 
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