Romelu Lukaku

[4737carlin]

Watch the media paste them Lukaku stories everwhere next week on the run up the fixture against his chosen team, I just hope Lukaku does all he can next weekend to stop Chelsea winning the league, because if he has an "off day" like he did at Anfield I will be rather disillusioned

 

[GwladysBlue]

Can't stand that gormless ****, Law.

Nothing we haven't already read a million times in other papers.

 

[Llyrap]

The key to all this is signing a player who can provide proper competition for Lukaku at the start of the transfer window.

If we have someone who can play instead of him then the balance of power shifts in our favour either if we hold him to his contract or we hold out for £100 million.

In any event if we are looking to progress next season then we need a second goalscorer. DCL is not ready as yet and Enner, if he stays, will not be leading the line.

 

[Bullet]

"Lukaku has told friends that he wants to rejoin Chelsea this summer." Translation: His agent has put this in the press as a rebuttal to our 100m price tag and a public affirmation of what he's presumably told Chelsea in private.
Looks like Lu is going to try to lever his way out if Chelsea are serious.

 

[Toffeemeister]

FFS I fear this will get nasty.

 

[kithnou]

"Lukaku has told friends that he wants to rejoin Chelsea this summer." Translation: His agent has put this in the press as a rebuttal to our 100m price tag and a public affirmation of what he's presumably told Chelsea in private.
Looks like Lu is going to try to lever his way out if Chelsea are serious.

Let's see how much backbone Everton have. If we sell this Summer, it has to overseas surely, even at a lower fee.

 

[Bullet]

Let's see how much backbone Everton have. If we sell this Summer, it has to overseas surely, even at a lower fee.

Doubt any of the very few overseas clubs who could afford him are motivated to come in and it sounds like he has his heart set on Chelsea.
It's shaping up to be another Stones like saga but we know if we keep him against his will, and he doesn't extend which I think likely, we could lose a lot of money.
For that reason alone, if Chelsea want him as much as they did Stones, they'll probably win this time.

 

[kithnou]

Doubt any of the very few overseas clubs who could afford him are motivated to come in and it sounds like he has his heart set on Chelsea.
It's shaping up to be another Stones like saga but we know if we keep him against his will, and he doesn't extend which I think likely, we could lose a lot of money.
For that reason alone, if Chelsea want him as much as they did Stones, they'll probably win this time.

Sorry mate I disagree. This is the kind of response I don't want to see from my club to be honest.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

The media is trying to create a storm to push this transfer along. There isn't really much we can do apart from play chicken with Rom until we get competition for his spot or sell him. I hope our club has stronger resolve than in years past.

 

[Bullet]

Sorry mate I disagree. This is the kind of response I don't want to see from my club to be honest.

My point is purely contingent upon Chelsea being as motivated as they were for Stones. Come August if there's a £75-80m offer from them, no other bidders and Rom, adamant he'll never extend, has handed in a transfer request I sincerely doubt the club will force him to stay until he has only a year left on his contract.
Of course maybe Chelsea aren't motivated to that level. I doubt Mourinho is given the history. In that case Rom could stay in royal blue at least for one more season.

 

[kithnou]

My point is purely contingent upon Chelsea being as motivated as they were for Stones. Come August if there's a £75-80m offer from them, no other bidders and Rom, adamant he'll never extend, has handed in a transfer request I sincerely doubt the club will force him to stay until he has only a year left on his contract.
Of course maybe Chelsea aren't motivated to that level. I doubt Mourinho is given the history. In that case Rom could stay in royal blue at least for one more season.

I would hope Everton become as ruthless as, say, when Rooney wanted to leave Man Utd for Chelsea. There was no way they were selling him, and definitely not to Chelsea. If we have ambitions to join the elite, we need the same attitude.
The player can go do one quite frankly. The club comes first. Our indication of a backbone to the football world is worth more than the money we may lose to sell him overseas I feel.
We can't keep propping up the teams above us with our best players.
If he kicks up a fuss to leave, then send him overseas if we decide to sell. In no way do we send him to Chelsea.

 

[royvernon39]

would hope Everton become as ruthless as, say, when Rooney wanted to leave Man Utd for Chelsea.

The Rooney transfer threat was all about the money, a device by his agent to get mega-wages. Lukaku wants to play at the top and I have no
evidence but reckon that if tomorrow EFC bought three top players then he might stay, well at least for another season. I suspect that it is the best we can hope for - one more season.

If/when he goes it will be a blow to EFC because he is irreplacable.

 

[kithnou]

The Rooney transfer threat was all about the money, a device by his agent to get mega-wages. Lukaku wants to play at the top and I have no
evidence but reckon that if tomorrow EFC bought three top players then he might stay, well at least for another season. I suspect that it is the best we can hope for - one more season.

If/when he goes it will be a blow to EFC because he is irreplacable.

I agree mate.
But I still feel if we have to sell, then he goes to another country for less. We can't keep propping up the teams above us.

 

[Bob Elstone]

He's a cheeky sod wanting to join that plastic brigade.

Maybe we don't have the big money we are constantly reminded about otherwise he'd be staying.

2 years left, he can sit tight.

 

[TheBigIguana]

It's weird how supporters view Rom. Chelsea and United fans don't particularly want him and even our fans turn on him easily. And yet he has been one of the 10 best players in the league this season. Just strange