Romelu Lukaku - Chelsea's loss (for this season)

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post of the fucking century (so far)

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They may only need a draw to qualify, but Belgium are evidently intent on rubberstamping their World Cup qualification tonight with a win as they take the lead against Croatia, Romelu Lukaku with the goal.

Romelu Lukaku's two goals looking set to have secured their place at next year's World Cup. The striker has just been replaced by Tottenham's Nacer Chadli with 20 minutes left.

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Romelu Lukaku has put in some powerful performances since joining Everton on loan from Chelsea - and the 20-year-old striker smashed up a video game controller after losing a game of FIFA 14 to team-mate Kevin Mirallas.
Full story: Metro

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CHELSEA MANAGER JOSE Mourinho has revealed that he will not bring in a new striker when the transfer window opens in January.
Mourinho has just three experienced front men to call upon in Fernando Torres, Demba Ba and Samuel Eto’o as Belgium international Romelu Lukaku was allowed to go out on loan to top-flight rivals Everton in August.
Lukaku, who has scored seven goals for the Toffees this season, has occasionally told the media that he is hoping Mourinho is watching his spell on Merseyside carefully with the aim of a Chelsea recall.
However, this appears to have irked the ‘Special One’, who challenged the Belgian to come clean on exactly why he left on transfer deadline day.
And Mourinho himself was remaining enigmatic on the issue on Friday.
“Romelu is a young boy who likes to speak,” the Chelsea manager said. “But the only thing he didn’t say is why he went to Everton on loan.
And my last contact with him was to tell him exactly that: ‘Why do you never say why you are not here?’
“So it’s something he should say, the reason why he’s not with Chelsea and is in Everton.”
It was suggested Mourinho had been busy lining up deals for some extra firepower, with AC Milan’s Mario Balotelli and Jackson Martinez of Porto two names linked with a move to Stamford Bridge.
Reports claimed talks were at an advanced stage on a £30 million (€36 million) deal for Martinez.
However, Mourinho insisted Friday: “It’s not true what I read a couple of days ago, that the agent was in London meeting with me or with Chelsea directors. It’s not true at all.
“In the January market we’re not going to buy any striker, so we will go through to the end of the season with Fernando, Samuel and Demba. Nobody goes in. Nobody goes out,” the Portuguese added.

On-loan Everton striker Romelu Lukaku says he would consider staying at the club should they reach the Champions League.
The 20-year-old also said he had not been contacted by parent club Chelsea for two months despite his fine form.
Lukaku has scored seven Premier League goals with Everton seventh in the table, three points behind Chelsea.
"It's not a bad idea. If we play Champions League, yeah, why not?" said Lukaku when asked if he would stay.
"I was watching the games this week and I miss European football a lot.
Lukaku's league form
Everton 2013-14: Eight goals in seven games
West Brom 2012-13: 17 goals in 35 games
Chelsea 2011-12: 0 goals in eight games (only one start)
"I would like to be successful at Chelsea but I have to work and grow and be a better player and then at the end of the season see what is the best decision for my career."
Lukaku, who speaks six languages and considers former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba as his idol, was also successful while on loan at West Brom last season, where he scored 17 goals.
And the Belgian international has taken that form to a new level since moving to Everton at the start of September, outscoring Chelsea strikers Fernando Torres, Samuel Eto'o and Demba Ba, who have three Premier League goals between them.
Despite his displays, Lukaku told BBC Football Focus: "It's a bit strange at the minute, the last time I heard from [Chelsea] was a couple of months ago.
"But I think they are watching my performances."
Replying to those comments, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho said on Friday: "Romelu likes to speak. He's a young boy. But the only thing that he didn't say is why he went to Everton on loan.
"My last contact with him was to tell him exactly that. 'Why you never say why you are not here?'
"It's something that he should say, because he likes to speak, the reason why he is not with Chelsea and he is in Everton."
But in the BBC interview, Lukaku explained that he decided to leave Chelsea in order to get more playing time.
In the 2011-12 season that he joined the Blues from Anderlecht for £18m, he started only one Premier League game, having made eight league appearances in total.
"It was not the fact that I was not wanted, I was wanted but I had to make a decision for myself," Lukaku added.
"I had to analyse what the best was for me. Imagine if I was playing Chelsea now, I would play maybe five games maybe score one or two goals.
"Look now I'm playing for Everton, I've played eight games and scored seven goals. Everybody in England is talking about me about my performances and as a player I'm improving, I'm having that certain consistency in my game."

hairy cataract wrote:He comes across as pretty arrogant in that piece - not necessarily a bad thing for a striker, but I wonder if he's quite as good as he thinks he is?