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%
  • Total voters
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WPMUFC said:
the way we are celebrating a title rival potentially getting a 20+ goal scorer and blindly hoping to buy a Madrid player that openly speaks about wanting to stay in spain is mind boggling. :lol::lol:
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Yeah morata seems like one of those types that will factor in location\what the wife/gf wants. Nothing wrong with that but you'd imagine he'd stay where he is or go to Milan/Paris\London.
The great thing about your team in the past decade was having that British core of Scholes Neville Giggs Rooney Ferdinand etc meant you had World-class players with a specific type of mentality, winning was everything and they were likely to be at the club lifelong. Nowadays English talent is scarce in terms of the topbracket and it's harder to build sides. You need to find players on the continent with the same kind of drive. Your Herrera's etc
It's a challenge for both our clubs you'd say.
 
WPMUFC said:
the way we are celebrating a title rival potentially getting a 20+ goal scorer and blindly hoping to buy a Madrid player that openly speaks about wanting to stay in spain is mind boggling. :lol::lol:
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Because i don't see Lukaku would be a upgrade for Costa. Costa is the best striker in PL if he is fully focus and commit to the club. And i seriously doubt Lukaku technique level and his attitude.

As Mourinho said, Chelsea and United had different approach on tactic, that's the reason he said why Mata involved on his team again. Morata would be much better to cooperate with Mata/Mkhi/Martial/Griez(future)

90m for Lukaku would be fantastic deal for Everton, they can financially afford Rooney now. Also, 90m could cost Chelsea cant improve on other area.

I dont see negative on United "missing out" on him. Get Morata done and we're good.
 
notcool said:
Chelsea are so funny. Sell a player for £28m and buy him back for £100m. How badly run can one club be?

What a hilarious joke!

Who was the funny man that decided to let him go? Sounds like he must have been a real, real idiot.

How very humorous this all is! It has elicited a veritable cascade of chuckles from myself!
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Youre forgetting that at Chelsea he would have stagnated and not become the player he now is. Chelsea are sublime in transfer dealings and not acraid to bring a player back once they have reached their potential they were initially bought for.

Matic, David Luiz and now Lukaku.
 
LazyRed-Ninja said:
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Ohh better get ready for the sticks and stones that will go you way.

Tiber said:
Much prefer Morata. Especially at half the price
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What makes you think Morata would be obtainable for 50 million?
 
Cassidy said:
Its quite regular for Lukaku
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Perhaps, but he is still relatively young for a striker and can only improve on his composure and finishing.

The fact that he's apparently missing so many easy chances, yet still scoring at a high rate consistently, should tell you he has the potential to be one of the best strikers in the league.
 
Don't dislike him or think he's a bad player. Wouldn't exactly be disappointed if he signed for us, but by the same token I'm not bothered that it looks like he's heading elsewhere. I just don't think he's in that bracket to be spending that kind of money on.

Biggest problem with all that is there aren't too many, if any others, who are and available.
 
D2Z said:
Youre forgetting that at Chelsea he would have stagnated and not become the player he now is. Chelsea are sublime in transfer dealings and not acraid to bring a player back once they have reached their potential they were initially bought for.

Matic, David Luiz and now Lukaku.
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This may be the case for some players but I'm fully convinced Lukaku would have become just as good had Chelsea allowed him to play a decent number of games. I don't think the same would have happened with Pogba had he not gone to Juve for example. Lukaku had already shown how much talent he had and an ability to play in the Premier League after his West Brom loan. Not to mention Chelsea let another top talent go in de Bruyne without even giving him a chance, who then went on to be a star for City, so this idea of them being 'sublime' in transfer dealings is a bit exaggerated.
 
Dazzmondo said:
This may be the case for some players but I'm fully convinced Lukaku would have become just as good had Chelsea allowed him to play a decent number of games. I don't think the same would have happened with Pogba had he not gone to Juve for example. Lukaku had already shown how much talent he had and an ability to play in the Premier League after his West Brom loan. Not to mention Chelsea let another top talent go in de Bruyne without even giving him a chance, who then went on to be a star for City, so this idea of them being 'sublime' in transfer dealings is a bit exaggerated.
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Thank Mourinho for both of those. I'm sure Chelsea fans and the board weren't too happy to sell Mata to us either, but in Mourinho they trusted and wanted him to stay happy.
 
Jacob said:
City?
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Surely he would have too much competition for it to make sense? He wants to go and slot in a No1 striker.

It has to be Chelsea, Man Utd or possibly Arsenal - although they have too many strikers atm. I guess we are all ruling out LPool given the Everton angle but can you imagine!!!
 
I like him and he is the safest choice, but I do worry about how much football he's already played. We're quick to focus on his age and goals scored, which puts him in with Fowler, Owen and Rooney: all players who peaked around his age before declining.
 
Zoo said:
If we can't get the right striker this summer then I'd rather a stopgap like Llorente or even Chicharito for a season over paying 80M+ for Lukaku to then be stuck with him for years and years.

Zlatan would also hopefully be back in the new year.
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This 100%. Let's not encumber ourselves with someone on huge wages who we can't get rid of when better players become available.

Looks like it's a fairly shallow market this year and circumstances have conspired against us somewhat. There's no point forcing the issue by making a bad purchas.e

Rashford destroyed Chelsea and played well in several other games. Plus Martial was bought as a striker and Mourinho was picking him there towards the end of the season. Why can't they be trusted to fill the No.9 slot?
 
JohnnyKills said:
This 100%. Let's not encumber ourselves with someone on huge wages who we can't get rid of when better players become available.

Looks like it's a fairly shallow market this year and circumstances have conspired against us somewhat. There's no point forcing the issue by making a bad purchas.e

Rashford destroyed Chelsea and played well in several other games. Plus Martial was bought as a striker and Mourinho was picking him there towards the end of the season. Why can't they be trusted to fill the No.9 slot?
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Because Rashford scored 5 league goals last season, and Martial 4.
Agree we should be patient instead of spending 70-100mill on a donkey just to fill a need, but we Do need to bring a forward in this summer.
 
vanderpants said:
Isn't everyone best mates with Pogba? Last week his best mate was griezmann
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To be fair, though, last summer when Pogba was hanging out in Miami, he and Lukaku were sharing a house, playing basketball together, etc.. And then Griezmann came to visit him in Miami (there was video of Pogba picking him up at the airport).

Those aren't just showing up at an event and posting a selfie saying "Hanging with my pal" type friends, he was actually spending his vacation with them.
 
Cee90 said:
Perhaps, but he is still relatively young for a striker and can only improve on his composure and finishing.

The fact that he's apparently missing so many easy chances, yet still scoring at a high rate consistently, should tell you he has the potential to be one of the best strikers in the league.
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Every striker misses chances, even the best one, one can easily put up compilation of Suarez/Lewandowski missing chances and they are still the best striker in the world

The problem for Lukaku for me is his first touch, it's really inconsistent, it's like Rooney in his latter years, even worse, his link up play also leaves a lot to be desired, other than that he's frightening really
 
I don't really care if he joins Chelsea. He's not better than Costa so he won't improve them apart from depth.

With hazard injured though maybe they can play a 352 until he returns.
 
It can't be Chelsea, they've got rid of him twice already.
It can't be United because Mourinho is the one who sold him from Chelsea.
It can't be Arsenal or Liverpool because Lukaku states he wants to win trophies :lol:
It's definitely not Tottenham as they already have Kane. (unless we buy Kane and they buy Lakaku as a replacement?)

He says that wants to stay in the EPL, so that only leaves Man City.

To be honest, he's better off packing up for Juve or Bayer imo.
 
If you look at statistics on bad control per game or dispossession per game, Lukaku actually rates fairly well compared to other Premier League strikers. He probably sees less of the ball than strikers on more possession-dominant teams, which will tend to drive down these kinds of stats, but there isn't really a strong statistical case for him having a bad touch. You can find plenty of instances of him miscontrolling the ball and looking like a pub league player but that is pretty much true for anybody given enough video.
 
Hate any player who puts message out saying made decision without telling name of club. Trying to trend in news sites
 
Did a squawka comparison on Lukaku vs Morata earlier today. Lukaku smashed Morata in every metric except for aerial ability where Morata was significantly better.

Lukaku is a better striker and proven in the premier league at a young age. Out of the two it's a no brainer but perhaps hes just not the most exciting number 9 we've ever had, but it doesn't mean he wouldn't be one of the most effective.

My bet is he signs for Chelsea.
 
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Red_Orchestra said:
It can't be Chelsea, they've got rid of him twice already.
It can't be United because Mourinho is the one who sold him from Chelsea.
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He doesn't have any bad feelings from being sold. They wanted him to stay, and it was he himself who decided to go elsewhere so that he could be first choice and play every game. He's thanked them a few times for the fact that they didn't stand in his way and allowed him to go. So if anything Chelsea and Mourinho have advantages in trying to buy him.
 
MrSingh2002 said:
Did a squawka comparison on Lukaku vs Morata earlier today. Lukaku smashed Morata in every metric except for aerial ability where Morata was significantly better.

Lukaku is a better striker and proven in the premier league at a young age. Out if the two it's a no brainer but perhaps hes just not the most exciting number 9 we've ever had, but it doesn't mean he wouldn't be one of the most effective.

My bet is he signs for Chelsea.
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There's 7 months between them.
 
He could easily score 30+ goals a season at United, why anyone wouldn't want him is beyond me
 
EyeInTheSky said:
Has he ever scored 30 goals in any one season? Can't be arsed to check
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Nope, think the most he got is 26 this season, though he did manage that while playing fewer games than he had in previous years. More games for a better side would push him over the 30 goals mark you'd imagine, as long as that side plays in a way that suits him.
 
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