Romelu Lukaku

[ianefc]

In this country Ian

So lets see how many English clubs are after him, I will go for one

"Hi this is the UTD CEO, we'd like to offer £100m for Lukaku"

"No"

"Hi this is the Barca CEO, we'd like to offer £75m for Lukaku"

"No, we've just rejected a £100m from UTD, so no way will we accept that"

"But...but...that's not fair we didn't get the TV money"

"Fair enough, we accept your offfer"

 

[Ernie]

Why not just put a lower release clause in, and IF we progress as we hope then it won't matter he'll want to stay.

Are you dense

 

[KUEFC09U2]

Journos starting to backtrack a little here

 

[Ernie]

"Hi this is the UTD CEO, we'd like to offer £100m for Lukaku"

"No"

"Hi this is the Barca CEO, we'd like to offer £75m for Lukaku"

"No, we've just rejected a £100m from UTD, so no way will we accept that"

"But...but...that's not fair we didn't get the TV money"

"Fair enough, we accept your offfer"

Oh Ian

 

[Gladystweet]

Just give him the extra 100 quid a week Mosh ya tight get.

 

[Ernie]

Journos starting to backtrack a little here

No there not

 

[Connor]

'Staying' inhe, lower release clause though.

Inabit Rom, whenever you go. Best striker I've seen in Blue.

 

[ham2]

Are you dense

Really wish you said that to my face

 

[LAToffee]

Can we control whether he gets bought by another premier league team? In other words, can this be an informal part of our negotiating an exit strategy?
Looks like this is where Walsh is really going to earn his salary: replacing him.
We had become too reliant on Rom. I'm shattered he's going. Feels like it puts us back a year and is yet another signal to Koeman that we are functionally Southampton. But we had to figure out a way of breaking into the CL without him sooner or later.

 

[Ernie]

Id say yes, and he will go onto be a much better player. The price will reflect that.

Hahahahahahaha

 

[Bungle]

We won't get anyone at Lukaku's level sadly.

If we attach a couple of trampolines to Niasses legs and cover his face with a sulking emoji we'll have an identical replacement.

 

[Khalekan]

My son is 30 later this year and we have only finished in the top 4 twice in his lifetime.

I hate to say it, but why would the best striker in the Premier League waste another year of a very short career with a mediocre mid-table club like us?

Jesus wept.

If our own fans are thinking like that, no wonder players and managers treat us like stepping stones.

 

[MikeH72]

We won't get anyone at Lukaku's level sadly.

Hopefully we can compensate for the loss by improving other areas of the team sufficiently.

 

[Ernie]

Really wish you said that to my face

Why mate? Do you wanna kiss me

 

[DanB90]

It's all smoke and mirrors, or something.