If your last paragraph came to pass I know of one poster who would have to be pulled off a ledge
I think it's a strong possibility.
I said a couple of months ago a gross spend of 120/130 m with a 90 m net spend is not beyond the realms of possibility.
IMO Arsenal will struggle for top 4 next season esp if Sanchez and Ozil leave.
Chelsea City and United will in my opinion fill the top 3 slots and then it's Spurs ( providing playing at Wembley doesn't de rail them ) Arsenal the RS and us fighting for the other top 7 spots
So CL is not the be...
By all accounts neither Jose or Conte want him as their first.choice
Jose wants Morata and Conte wants Belotti
Will Rom sign for one of them knowing he is not the managers first choice
I said Cavani or a player of that ilk not necessarily him
A proven top level scorer to replace Rom IF he goes.
Arsenal are not in CL this year and if they lose Sanchez and Ozil will struggle to qualify next year.
Their best hope is if Spurs implode playing at Wembley.
Laczette knows this and...
Arsenal look like they are getting Laczette for 50 m plus
Proves CL football is not the be all for some players.
I know London is a big draw but IF Rom goes then we will need to spend a good chunk of it 50/70 million on a proven top class CF
Cavani or a player of that ilk.
If it means paying...
Well then United paid a fair whack in fees too because I seen on SSN that Mino made over 43 m on the deal.
Not our call but if I was in charge I'd make the buying club pay the fee
If we got 80 m and gave away 20 m it affects our transfer dealings
Only a matter of time if you ask me.
He got 40+ million for the Pogba transfer
Clubs will have to figure that into the purchase price because Moshiri and certainly not Bill would sanction a large chunk of the fee going to Raiola
Can you imagine what Rom would be worth if he was any good
He's worth 80/90 m now and according to some people he's crap and easily replaced
I hope he becomes good next season , he will be worth 150 m then
Get a grip lads
And we wait 3 seasons for that player to be good enough to lead the scoring charts
If Lukaku is sold we will not get a player of the same quality to sign for us unless we have CL and pay crazy wages
I agree they will want to keep him another season as Koeman has stated
I think for 80 m Conte knows he can more complete players who will suit his system (Morata , Belotti )
It seems to be Emanelo (sp) who is pushing for Lukaku to return
With a possible double in the bag in his first season I...
This is exactly right
We will find it extremely difficult to replace Lukaku
There are better players out there who will come close to , be as good , or better his strike rate.
Only problem is none of them would ever consider coming to us
The reason the club have leaked the 100m fee is to put other clubs off bidding.
RK has consistently said Lukaku has 2 yrs left on his contract
IMO I think Koeman wants to keep him one more season , give it a real shot at top 4 and if we fail sell Lukaku next summer