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
    2,214
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Orc said:
Would be funny see people's opinion here change if you guys sign him after so many of you constantly call him a donkey.

Would also be very interesting to see what we would do if our supposed #1 striker choice was off the table. Belotti?
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Probably. He is the only striker left that got linked with us and Chelsea. Wont be cheap though, Torino can smell the desperation already.
 
SwansonsTache said:
Rooney worth a £25-30m price cut? We'll end up loaning him to them and subsidising half his wages.

If we are truly in for Lukaku then us allowing that to happen might be a sweetener, but that is about as far as it goes.
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Maybe, but giving them a striker and paying half his wages is worth a cut in price relative to what they want from Chelsea.
 
Champagne Football said:
Lukaku will be absolutely awesome. We're talking about a bloke younger than Lingard who was second highest scorer in league last season despite being surrounded by a few fairly average players. He'll only get much better. Would be delighted with his signing
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He isn't dynamic enough and it is hard to think of a less mobile/dynamic striker playing for a top team which suggests it is a criteria that is becoming more and more important.
 
I don't have any problem with us signing Lukaku, but not at the expense of missing out in Morata.
 
Theonas said:
He isn't dynamic enough and it is hard to think of a less mobile/dynamic striker playing for a top team which suggests it is a criteria that is becoming more and more important.
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Lukaku isnt mobile? Thats the first time Ive heard that.
 
Orc said:
Would be funny see people's opinion here change if you guys sign him after so many of you constantly call him a donkey.

Would also be very interesting to see what we would do if our supposed #1 striker choice was off the table. Belotti?
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i have been banging the 'i prefer lukaku' drum with him and morata for ages, and not had many agree. Think there's going to be a lot of revisionism on this forum soon mzybe. FWIW though, i think its bs
 
Theonas said:
Rooney barely played last year, even less so as a striker. The only legitimate reason to buy those two would be if we are switching to a two strikers system.
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When Rooney played he rarely looked like scoring. Put a capable striker or forward in his place and we will improve.
 
RDCR07 said:
Lukaku isnt mobile? Thats the first time Ive heard that.
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He is fast and strong but dynamism in the mould of the likes of Suarez, Lewandowski or Agüero at his peak is not one of his strengths, not by a long shot.
 
Bojan11 said:
When Rooney played he rarely looked like scoring. Put a capable striker or forward in his place and we will improve.
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That's not even close to the point of my post. I was responding to the suggestion that we were losing numbers in terms of our attacking personnel. My point was that this isn't the case since Rooney was barely ever playing as a striker.
 
Theonas said:
That's not even close to the point of my post. I was responding to the suggestion that we were losing numbers in terms of our attacking personnel. My point was that this isn't the case since Rooney was barely ever playing as a striker.
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So, attacking personnel is the same as playing as a striker? By the way, I have him playing 6 games as a striker. Mkhitaryan has never played as a striker and had more goals than him.
 
i read a story this morning thay Jose wanted morata because he'd been told Lukaku only wants Chelsea. Now suddenly the rooney rumour starts and Lukaku is headed to OT. I dont buy it

I do think Raiola would rather deal with utd, but rom would rather chelsea
 
Could this be Riola's handy work to try to force Chelsea into action?

I don't believe for a second that we will sign both Morata and Lukaku. It would be fecking insane.
 
Theonas said:
He isn't dynamic enough and it is hard to think of a less mobile/dynamic striker playing for a top team which suggests it is a criteria that is becoming more and more important.
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lol lukaku is quick. At old Trafford this year lukaku ran round the outside of Rojo with the ball, only for bailly to come across and tackle. If he can do that to Rojo who isn't exactly slow then he's more than quick enough.
 
Dobba said:
How much of that £100m will go to Eric Bailly as part of the third party ownership?
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:lol:

I think this is a carefully manufactured tactic by ourselves and Everton to:

a) Get Chelsea to pay up
b) Make Real nervous and accept a lower fee for Morata

Benefits both clubs really.
 
Theonas said:
Rooney barely played last year, even less so as a striker. The only legitimate reason to buy those two would be if we are switching to a two strikers system.
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Yeah, it would sort of explain the Matic and Perisic interest, though, I suppose:

---Morata---Lukaku--- (Rashford, Martial)
Perisic-------Mkhitaryan (Mata, Lingard)
----Pogba--Herrera----- (Matic)

And then whoever loses the Pogba partner battle between Matic and Herrera would still play in tougher games, presumably, with one of Morata or Lukaku benched.

It's definitely not what I'd do, and it seems insane from a financial perspective, but it's not a bad looking front 6. I'm assuming we're only doing it to make sure we get one of Morata or Lukaku or to keep the fees astronomical instead of preposterous for the one we're actually set on buying.
 
I confess he's my least favorite of the probable trio of Morata, Belotti and him, but the prospect of having none…
 
Irrational. said:
I think this is a carefully manufactured tactic by ourselves and Everton to:

a) Get Chelsea to pay up
b) Make Real nervous and accept a lower fee for Morata

Benefits both clubs really.
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This sounds right.
 
MaxiPaxi said:
Could this be Riola's handy work to try to force Chelsea into action?

I don't believe for a second that we will sign both Morata and Lukaku. It would be fecking insane.
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no because Raiola would rather deal with Ed if tabloids are true, i think its a case of 2+2=5 after rooney story. Morata looks so close to being done, i just dont get the lukaku story
 
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