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

      

@RomeluLukaku9 becomes our Club-record signing, arriving from Chelsea on a 5-year deal for a fee of £28million.

Rom     

here we go !!!!

He's holding the shirt...must be true

shambolic conference   

they have a pen   

Armchair wrote:@RomeluLukaku9 becomes our Club-record signing, arriving from Chelsea on a 5-year deal for a fee of £28million.

£28M? It seems like the value varies depending on how the source is.   

I am soooooooooooooooo fucking happy right now

COYB

stream died  

Brilliant. Worth waiting 2 hours for

Helenqu wrote:Brilliant. Worth waiting 2 hours months for

Correction!

No Henen though ... shame...

hopefully that will follow soon

Made 4 Gwladys wrote:No Henen though ... shame...

hopefully that will follow soon

There's a press conference tomorrow at 5 6 7 8 9pm

Armchair wrote:

Made 4 Gwladys wrote:No Henen though ... shame...

hopefully that will follow soon

There's a press conference tomorrow at 5 6 7 8 9pm

  

Great News
Can't wait for season to start now
         

....but £28M ?
Not all in one go, though hey Bill.
Bill! Bill !!
Nurse, get the smelling salts quick!
Bill !!

(Bill comes round "That was £2.8M, right Robby?" )

Yankthattoffee wrote:....but £28M ?
Not all in one go, though hey Bill.
Bill!  Bill !!
Nurse, get the smelling salts quick!
Bill !!

(Bill comes round "That was £2.8M, right Robby?" )

Maybe RM has connections with the Spanish Inquisition and used the comfy chair on BK.   

SouthernSmugToffee wrote:

Yankthattoffee wrote:....but £28M ?
Not all in one go, though hey Bill.
Bill!  Bill !!
Nurse, get the smelling salts quick!
Bill !!

(Bill comes round "That was £2.8M, right Robby?" )

Maybe RM has connections with the Spanish Inquisition and used the comfy chair on BK.    

  

The morning after and it somehow feels unreal. £28m is a huge amount to spend on one player, especially for us, but he is worth it, and instead of doing a soton and selling our best players we are sitting at the top table and paying top flight prices to buy Great players.

But at the end of the day, we are only where we finished off last season, squad wise, which might be a good thing

Sack the Juggler wrote:The morning after and it somehow feels unreal.  £28m is a huge amount to spend on one player, especially for us, but he is worth it, and instead of doing a soton and selling our best players we are sitting at the top table and paying top flight prices to buy Great players.

But at the end of the day, we are only where we finished off last season, squad wise, which might be a good thing

My only worry is, can the club afford it?   

Everyone including Chelsea fans questioned Mourinho's decision to loan out Lakaku to Everton last season , many sensed a bitter taste in Jose's mouth, what was it Mourinho disliked about Lukaku when every Chelsea supporter was crying out for a proper striker??

Answer below.

Indeed, the defining moment of Lukaku’s Chelsea career appears to have been a long, slow walk from the centre-circle to the penalty spot in Prague, for the decisive penalty in the UEFA Super Cup shoot-out against Mourinho’s arch-rival Pep ­Guardiola and his Bayern Munich side.

Chelsea had seen an extra-time victory snatched away in the final seconds, but Mourinho wanted to win.

Instead, he watched, as Lukaku strolled up and rolled the ball too close to Manuel Neuer.

Within 48 hours, Lukaku was out of the Bridge, on loan at Everton. The big Belgian was an instant hero for Roberto Martinez, with 15 Premier League goals from 31 appearances.


Welcome back to Goodison Romelu Lukaku, here is where your career will thrive under Roberto Martinez , This is were you belong.

SouthernSmugToffee wrote:

Sack the Juggler wrote:The morning after and it somehow feels unreal.  £28m is a huge amount to spend on one player, especially for us, but he is worth it, and instead of doing a soton and selling our best players we are sitting at the top table and paying top flight prices to buy Great players.

But at the end of the day, we are only where we finished off last season, squad wise, which might be a good thing

My only worry is, can the club afford it?   

With the Sky money this season, yes. But I doubt there is much spare change left.

Hopefully the price tag doesn't come a millstone around Luka's neck.

£28m sounds a lot. Because it is. However, if you think of it as swapping Fellaini for Lukaku, then it doesn't seem so bad.

...but £28M ? ....