Real Madrid eye transfer of Tottenham contract rebel Toby Alderweireld amid Manchester United, Man City and Chelsea interest
Transfer Tweets - 2017/18
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Real Madrid eye transfer of Tottenham contract rebel Toby Alderweireld amid Manchester United, Man City and Chelsea interest
Manchester United's Luke Shaw on Arsenal and Chelsea transfer radars with no talks yet over promised new deal
Icardi has become one of the best #9's in the world, I've always been a bit wary of his character but he's as clinical as they come, he'd upgrade our frontline considerably.
Of course you'd love to see the best players here but how could we even possibly consider Icardi when we have so many players for that role already, including having splashed 90 odd million on Lukaku just this summer gone
Lukaku has a lot of potential as a dove tailing number 9/ 10
Arsenal bought Lacazette and then 6 months later bought Aubameyang, with Icardi he's about the last one left of the top strikers in Europe that is obtainable, if there's a chance to get him it would really polish our attack.
And who do we sell Lukaku to, so we get our money back? Because no way either of these two strikers would be happy on the bench.
As I said would love him here, but you also have to figure we have not only Lukaku but Rashford who won't be going anywhere, Sanchez and Martial, at least 2 or 3 of those i'm sure would prefer to be playing as the 9. However, if I was honest, I would prefer to have Icardi over Lukaku but I believe this ship as sailed now.
If you think Lukaku is limited then wonder what you will think of Icardi if you watch him for 90 mins.
Chelsea have Alonso and Emerson so that is a load of crap.
I think United would consider selling Lukaku at some point when they offer right price for Lukaku. Not rushing to sell Lukaku this summer if we get a new striker in.
Are Arsenal going to sell Lacazette in the next window? They can compete and if they aren't happy then either would be fairly easy to sell if they are the one to lose.
Rashford and Martial better get used to the wings while Mourinho is manager IMO, the only genuine competition for Icardi as the #9 in a Mourinho team would be Lukaku.
I've watched plenty of him, his touch and hold-up play are stronger and he's much more clinical, he's not the all round striker I'd like but he's a big upgrade.
Icardi, Toby and a top midfielder for the summer 
Apart from finishing there is nothing Icardi is better at than Lukaku. There are Inter fans who sees beyond numbers think he might be the reason for their low goal output as he can't hold the ball and bring others into play. He adds nothing outside the box and it not even involved in the build up play. He might not be the reason for their poor attacking play but his contribution outside the box and in build up is as good as 0.
For example just check his recent games where he played 90 mins
Vs SPAL - 20 touches - 15 passes
Vs Roma - 20 touches - 6 oasses
Vs Fiorentina - 31 touches - 21 passes
Vs Lazio - 28 touches - 16 passes
Vs Sassuolo - 22 touches - 14 passes ( they had more than 70% possession in that game)
Vs Chievo - 20 touches - 13 passes (they had 65% possession and he played 74 mins)
If people think Lukaku is poor outside the box then it would be awesome to see CAF meltdown when Icardi don't help in the build up play and invisible for almost all game.
He is ruthless infront of goal though, again he won't shoot from impossible angles like Kane either.
He completes 1 dribble in 3 games, and creates less than 1 chance per game on average.
If people want to play modern football, he isn't the player we should be signing and he will cost more than 100 million.
When the ball comes to him the move doesn't break down due to a horrible first touch or clumsiness, I never claimed he was creative, he's just very efficient and effective with what he does do, which would be an upgrade in our current team.
He isn't upgrade. Signing Icardi will take us even lower in the game we play. Move won't breakdown as he won't be part of any move. He will be involved only at the end of the moves.
You are talking about a play style, not about effectiveness, there's a difference, and our play style couldn't be much worse. A player that knows what he is good at and just looks to get on the end of things is fine if the players in behind can craft chances. I don't see us becoming some great footballing side with the current situation, Icardi would at least make us a more clinical one.
He will be clinical only if you create chances. As it is Lukaku is creating chances, not the other way.
There is no doubt we will be lot worse with Icardi.
No we wont, he is a more efficient and effective striker than the one we have, both are lacking in the same things but once is completely ruthless and the other isn't, it may not make us into an attractive side, but Icardi would make us a more clinical one with his finishing.
They don't lack the same thing, Icardi lacks everything except finishing.
That's just simply not true but we'll just leave it at that, I know you love Lukaku so we can just agree to disagree.
And we know you hate Lukaku, but lets not consider that.
Btw CAF have this habit of playing bias card, in any case I haven't changed any word of my post and I have posted these when everyone thought Lukaku is set for Chelsea and wasn't even linked with us.
Icardi would be horrible here.
How do you explain ditching Lukaku for Icardi? Any striker replacing Lukaku should be a clear improvement.
If Lukaku ' s form is bad, move Sanchez or Martial centrally.
If Lukaku ' s form is bad, move Sanchez or Martial centrally.
Raiola wants to set up a deal for Icardi and then we bench his client Lukaku? Sounds legit.
So Icardi is like Mario Gomez, in that he barely touches the ball but scores a lot?
Then Lukaku asks for a move and Raiola makes even more money.
Despite his image as someone who only cares about money, I think Raiola wants his clients to be happy and I doubt Lukaku would want to make a move at this point. Don't see it happening.
We're stuck with Lukaku for the time being can't see us buying a striker. We've made our bed
We've made out bed? Jesus, if you think Lukaku is bad, Icardi would be a shock to the system.
I don't think Lukaku is bad, in fact he's been alright this year, he's not even our biggest problem, but would I happily upgrade him for someone else, yeah I would. To be fair, he's one of many players who'd probably look a damn sight better in a team that isn't ours.
What’s the point of getting Icardi when our attacks don’t create chances for our strikers.
Feck Icardi. We need to spend big on a midfielder so that at least the Pogba debate can be put to bed.
Icardi would be a stupid as feck signing in my opinion and would add fuel to the fire that there's literally no planning to our transfers.
It would also show we are being led by the nose by a certain agent. We desperately need to sign the right players not line this agents pocket again. He has enough money off us and the signings have been a bit hit and miss. Get it wrong and we could be in big trouble.
Can we please buy to help the team instead of buying players who are not needed and only bought to sell shirts in China, USA etc.
Seriously we should be going out and buying a top quality midfielder and two full-backs (Left and Right) and possibly Alderweireld If he becomes available
Seriously we should be going out and buying a top quality midfielder and two full-backs (Left and Right) and possibly Alderweireld If he becomes available
Crap sources. This transfer doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
Who have we bought to sell shirts? What a lazy argument.
It's all a big myth - we sell about the same number of shirts (1.75m) worldwide every year, regardless of who we have in the squad.
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