I don't particularly rate him but i do feel he should have been given a fair chance here and i don't think he has done yet. It will be an absolute travesty if as it looks, Torres will be kept over Lukaku. I mean, Jose can't be making that decision surely, he isn't stupid. However if Lukaku is going, didn't we pay 18m for him? So surely after whacking in double figures in the PL in consecutive seasons we should be looking at 30m?!
Ignore my last post, virtually confirmed on the BBC! Good business on both parts in terms of profit for us and a player with world class potential for the Toffees. Hopefully we replace him with someone adequate, and I don't mean ****ing Torres
I thought it was 18m myself but perhaps that was based on certain milestones being met. If it was indeed 10m, we will double our money at least so not bad from a business point of view at least.
BBC says £18m, but it was 12 million Euros, to rise to 20m Euros depending on criteria being met, not sure what those criteria are, but I am pretty sure as **** he aint met them, since he has played 10 games for us and scored no goals.
Pretty sure it was £11m rising to £20m. He only made a whopping 4 apps so I don't think we'll have paid the full £18/20m
1. Pretty sure we paid something like £12m with £8m addons, but obviously none of those addons were activated as he only played 10 games for us. So the £25m that is being thrown about atm is good profit. 2. I'm happy to see him go, his attitude is terrible. No 20 year old should be demanding an undisputed first-team spot when they have hardly played for the club, especially one that lacks the technical ability that Lukaku does - he has the touch of a donkey. 3. People who throw about the theory "cause he scored goals for West Brom/Everton, he'll scored them for Chelsea" don't seem to understand that theres a difference when playing for mid/lower club to a top club like Chelsea, where opposition teams sit back against you and don't let you have many oppurtunities. 4. I don't think Jose is keeping Torres by choice, it's just no one will take him, especially due to his wages.
Aye, I can see your point. But then if I'd scored 17 PL goals the last season and my manager wouldn't at least tell me I'd get some game time ahead of Torres and Eto'o then I'd probably feel pretty unwanted too. Guess only time will tell whether Mourinho's made the right decision, or whether Lukaku will turn into Chelsea's Pogba.
Well firstly, playing for West Brom and playing for Chelsea are completely different things. In hindsight we probably should've kept him last season, but he was the one asking to go. The lad thinks he is a lot better than he is too which makes it harder to handle the situation. Secondly, this is nothing like Pogba. We're about to receive 20 odd million for someone who has played 10 games. No matter how good Lukaku becomes, we still made decent profit.
Yeah can't be compared to Pogba, letting him go for free! We are pretty much doubling our cash on a player who has never figured for us......
You finished 2 places ahead of us. You make it sound like you're playing in a different stratosphere ffs. The lad's a quality young striker, who at 21 is already proven in the PL with a 1 in 2 ratio. You're kidding yourself if you think that he was somehow not going to net at Chelsea. I think it's a decision that Mourinho may rue personally.
No disrespect, but there is a difference. Proof? Fellaini. He'd be playing with players who: are better than him, wont feed his ego, expect more form him-in terms of movement and passing (his two biggest weaknesses), plus he'd have to play in a system that isn't necessarily geared towards him. Furthermore when he plays for everton he doesnt have to deal with "smaller teams" developing "Big 4 syndrome", sunderland are a great example of a "smaller team" raising their game to shut out one of the "big boys". Against everton teams would invariably be much more open as they deem to have a better chance at winning than against chelsea. Also there's less pressure. Is it coincidence that lukaku's last kick in a Chelsea shirt was an embarrasing penalty kick miss that lost us a trophy?? Says a lot that last sentence does.
I think Lukaku wanted the move more than anything mate. He feels he deserves to be number 1 here and us signing Costa and Drogba wasn't exactly going to make him beg to stay.
Pogba had played four senior games in his life, none of which he started. Lukaku has played five full seasons at the top level and scored over 70 goals. Both of them wanted to be guaranteed some first team time, and both were let go as a result. The only difference is the fee, and their respective stats more than justify that! Making a decent profit is not going to make it any better if Lukaku is banging them in for fun at Everton next season and Torres, Costa and Drogba can't score for toffee (ba dum...)
Can 't agree with you Bodanki. He might have upset Jose, but so what? It's part of the managers job to handle egos. Jose simply gets rid of them, safe in the knowledge he has the funds to buy someone else. Lukaku is a seriously top class prospect sold for all the wrong reasons, as was De Bruyn, who is at least the equal of Hazard now. Jose has now put us right back to square one with strikers. Torres, utterly hopeless, Costa new to the PL and in no way guaranteed to be successful, though I think he will be, and Drogba yesterdays hero and surely unable to play week in and week out. That leaves us with a piss poor set of strikers again in my opinion, since I don't believe in fairies. Bad move by Jose, IF its true.
Fellaini is nothing like 'proof' of your assertion mate. Big Felli will go on to have a cracking career, but only when he joins a club that will utilise him in his most productive position and play in a style that suit him. Moyes did that at Everton, but United's faithful simply wouldn;t have had it. The Everton of last season i.e. the one that Lukaku played in, was Martinez Everton, which was a totally different proposition. We played quality football and plenty of sides 'parked the bus' when facing us, especially at Goodison. Your conclusion that the big lad missing a spot kick someone justifies your conclusion that he's not up to the 'pressure' of Chelsea, is even more remarkable a comment given what cost you the 2009 CL final fella. LOL
