billycopper
Player Valuation: £40m
Possibly not. He's got 6 goals in 20 appearances in all competitions this season though and he's not gone more than 5 games without scoring.
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Possibly not. He's got 6 goals in 20 appearances in all competitions this season though and he's not gone more than 5 games without scoring.
toffee-boy
Player Valuation: £15m
I think - LACINA TRAORÉ would be a good signing .. young and i think he will be fairly cheap .. i hear that the red ****e are looking at him as well
Ashtonian
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It won't be popular but what about replacing Kone/Jelavic with Danny Ings of Burnley? Haven't watched much of the clarets this season but he seems to be scoring for fun and he is only 21, which is a much bigger plus point for him going forward. Grab him for a few million and he may be some prolific striker for us, or a Beckford. Either way better than Jelavic.
Nobody else can pull off a sparkly blue boa...just sign him FFS.
arbok
Player Valuation: £15m
The problem is that nobody is passing the ball to lukaku. You've got Barkley delboy mirallas all wanting to run and shoot it themselves. Lukaku must be thinking he's been reduced to decoy runs. Delboy was a bit better on Saturday and seemed to want to pass more. Anyway hope lukaku keeps his chin up and ppl start feeding him decent final balls. Pienaar and osman usually make the right pass and with delboy out lukaku should start scoring again. Not that I don't love delboy, but he can be selfish at times, I don't mind selfish but lukaku must want to strangle him sometimes.
toffee-boy
Player Valuation: £15m
I 100% agree with u mate
GwladysStreetHero
Player Valuation: £1m
The reason our midfield an even full backs are scoring I believe is because of Lukaku, he constantly keeps the centre halfs occupied all game with his runs allowing space for the others, just take mirallas goal on saturday there defence was more interested in lukaku's run allowing mirallas just to shoot at goal!
Lukaku MUST stay!!
Lukaku MUST stay!!
I've said it before il say it again! Spend our money from felliani on lukaku £15m should tempt Jose' considering they dont see eye to eye anyway apparently
I think there'll be plenty of clubs willing to pay double that.
Big Doug
Player Valuation: £5m
Romelu Lukaku has quashed all rumours of a rift between himself and Jose Mourinho as he lavished praise on the Chelsea manager.
The striker joined Everton on loan at the start of the 2012/13 season, sparking speculation there had been a fall-out between Lukaku his parent club manager.
However, the Belgium international, who has scored eight goals in 13 appearances for Everton, insists he has no problems with Mourinho.
Lukaku explained his desire to play regular first-team football to develop his game was behind his loan move and confirmed he requested the switch after spending last season with West Brom.
"I'd first said I wanted to stay at Chelsea during the summer," he told Sport Voetbal magazine.
"And then I felt I had to leave to play more. It was my goal to do better than last season.
"I still want to become one of the best strikers in the world. I hope that you can put me in line with Cavani, Ibrahimovic, Van Persie, Suarez and Lewandowski in two years' time."
"I've had Jose Mourinho as a coach for two months," he added. "Something special.
"He's building the foundations of an unbeatable machine again. We didn't have problems."
Lukaku found further respect for the Portuguese tactician after Mourinho received his request for Premier League football with understanding.
He went on to say: "He wanted me to stay and asked me why I wanted to leave.
"In some interviews my words were twisted, but the truth is that he accepted to let me leave.
"He did understand what I wanted. That's what I really appreciate in him."
The centre-forward has stolen the headline during his time at Everton and the 20-year-old is focused on returning to Chelsea at the end of the season as one of the best in his trade.
"Am I getting ready for Chelsea next season?," he asked rhetorically. "Yes, why else would I have signed a contract for five years?
"I will return to Chelsea as one of the best strikers in the Premier League."
Topping the Premier League Golden Boot race would not suffice for Lukaku, however, who wants to join the world's elite and highlighted Liverpool's Luis Suarez as one player he aspires to emulate.
"I still want to become one of the best strikers in the world," he expressed. "I hope that you can put me in line with [Edinson] Cavani, [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic, [Robin] Van Persie, [Luis] Suarez and [Robert] Lewandowski in two years' time.
"I analyse them all. I look at their movements. The presence of Ibrahimovic, the left foot of Van Persie, the right foot of Cavani, the movement of Lewandowski and the dribbles of Suarez.
"He is that unpredictable. In three years of the Premier League I haven't seen anyone doing what he did."
ah well sounds like he wont be staying regardless unless mourinho buys in January, shame as he could be loved and lead the line at a proper club rather than be part of the soulless machine that is chelski.
The striker joined Everton on loan at the start of the 2012/13 season, sparking speculation there had been a fall-out between Lukaku his parent club manager.
However, the Belgium international, who has scored eight goals in 13 appearances for Everton, insists he has no problems with Mourinho.
Lukaku explained his desire to play regular first-team football to develop his game was behind his loan move and confirmed he requested the switch after spending last season with West Brom.
"I'd first said I wanted to stay at Chelsea during the summer," he told Sport Voetbal magazine.
"And then I felt I had to leave to play more. It was my goal to do better than last season.
"I still want to become one of the best strikers in the world. I hope that you can put me in line with Cavani, Ibrahimovic, Van Persie, Suarez and Lewandowski in two years' time."
"I've had Jose Mourinho as a coach for two months," he added. "Something special.
"He's building the foundations of an unbeatable machine again. We didn't have problems."
Lukaku found further respect for the Portuguese tactician after Mourinho received his request for Premier League football with understanding.
He went on to say: "He wanted me to stay and asked me why I wanted to leave.
"In some interviews my words were twisted, but the truth is that he accepted to let me leave.
"He did understand what I wanted. That's what I really appreciate in him."
The centre-forward has stolen the headline during his time at Everton and the 20-year-old is focused on returning to Chelsea at the end of the season as one of the best in his trade.
"Am I getting ready for Chelsea next season?," he asked rhetorically. "Yes, why else would I have signed a contract for five years?
"I will return to Chelsea as one of the best strikers in the Premier League."
Topping the Premier League Golden Boot race would not suffice for Lukaku, however, who wants to join the world's elite and highlighted Liverpool's Luis Suarez as one player he aspires to emulate.
"I still want to become one of the best strikers in the world," he expressed. "I hope that you can put me in line with [Edinson] Cavani, [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic, [Robin] Van Persie, [Luis] Suarez and [Robert] Lewandowski in two years' time.
"I analyse them all. I look at their movements. The presence of Ibrahimovic, the left foot of Van Persie, the right foot of Cavani, the movement of Lewandowski and the dribbles of Suarez.
"He is that unpredictable. In three years of the Premier League I haven't seen anyone doing what he did."
ah well sounds like he wont be staying regardless unless mourinho buys in January, shame as he could be loved and lead the line at a proper club rather than be part of the soulless machine that is chelski.
Good, tbh. Hopefully means we as a club can start looking for his replacement rather than hoping in vain that he'll stay.
deipnosophist
Player Valuation: £80m
Well that myth seems to have been dispelled
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