Romelu Lukaku Returns to Chelsea

[Storts]

Chelsea don’t care about that though, just like City they have unlimited resources. It’s a painful reality trying to compete with them 

[Dr. Gonzo]

37 minutes ago, Storts said:

Chelsea don’t care about that though, just like City they have unlimited resources. It’s a painful reality trying to compete with them 

Yeah, Chelsea have made some really baffling moves with transfers that have been extraordinarily wasteful... yet I don't think they give a fuck at all tbh.

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[Cicero]

It isn’t as if the club just shat out 120 million.
 

We already made 55 million in player sales this summer and Atalanta are rumored to buy Abraham for 35-40 million.  
Add the Champions League + Top 4 revenue, this signing is hardly anything unconventional with regards to funding. To compare it with City’s negative 1 billion net spend is quite comical. 

[Devil-Dick Willie]

2 hours ago, Storts said:

Chelsea don’t care about that though, just like City they have unlimited resources. It’s a painful reality trying to compete with them 

Difference is City buy astutely and sell unneeded players. There are a few players city may have let go carelessly. Savic comes to mind. But mostly city throw their unlimited cash down good avenues. 

[Dr. Gonzo]

4 minutes ago, Devil-Dick Willie said:

Difference is City buy astutely and sell unneeded players. There are a few players city may have let go carelessly. Savic comes to mind. But mostly city throw their unlimited cash down good avenues. 

Yeah but excessive wastefulness with cash is good for money laundering…

[Spike]

Money barely matters to any of these teams. Any team that is in the Premier League is money bags. Is that 50million Spurs spent on a CB chump change these days?

[Waylander]

Is the Lukaku deal done or is this just speculation?

[Waylander]

12 hours ago, Stan said:

What happened in the past can stay there really. Can't go back and dwell on it. Learn from it (hopefully) and try again this season.

With signings like this though, Chelsea all but secure top 4 and should really push for the title. Man Utd sign Varane and Sancho. Man City are guaranteed top 2. Liverpool guaranteed top 4 with their squad. 

Someone will probably slip up though that said,  Vardy can't go on for ever and is there a plan B in case he goes downhill fast or gets injured?

As you also know Villa are showing progressive signs too. 

[Waylander]

12 hours ago, Devil-Dick Willie said:

A club who sold Lukaku, De Bruyne, Salah, Ake and Thorgan Hazard. Everyone makes mistakes but Chelsea really are clueless in the transfer window at times. 

Don't think  they are really good examples Salah excepted.

Lukaku well we had Costa who for me was superior until his mind was turned.

De Bruyne lost out to Lampard who was at his peak.

Ake hasn't really shone since.

Hazard, a great goal in the Euros though not in the same league yet as his older brother.

I think our mistakes are more in buying the wrong players like Kepa, Bakayoko and also overpaying though on the last point I think Utd and City often pay over the top too.

 

 

[Stan]

59 minutes ago, Waylander said:

Someone will probably slip up though that said,  Vardy can't go on for ever and is there a plan B in case he goes downhill fast or gets injured?

As you also know Villa are showing progressive signs too. 

Patson Daka, our latest new signing, looks to be the perfect replacement. There's already signs of Vardy on the decline, especially towards the end of last season. 

Could be a case of 'less is more' with him. Don't play him every game but just make sure he is fully fit when he does play, and we get the best out of him. 

[Waylander]

5 minutes ago, Stan said:

Patson Daka, our latest new signing, looks to be the perfect replacement. There's already signs of Vardy on the decline, especially towards the end of last season. 

Could be a case of 'less is more' with him. Don't play him every game but just make sure he is fully fit when he does play, and we get the best out of him. 

A Zambian that might be a premiership first.

Is he also a speed merchant or a different kind of striker?

[Stan]

8 minutes ago, Waylander said:

A Zambian that might be a premiership first.

Is he also a speed merchant or a different kind of striker?

Clinical finisher, very pacy. Already looks to have settled in quickly having been here a few weeks. Shown some good performances in the friendlies with his movement and reading of the game. Showing signs of how Vardy would run off the last man in behind defences.

[Cicero]

1 hour ago, Waylander said:

De Bruyne lost out to Lampard who was at his peak.

Lampard was 36 at the time. 

De Bruyne lost out to Willian and Oscar. 

[Waylander]

1 hour ago, Cicero said:

Lampard was 36 at the time. 

De Bruyne lost out to Willian and Oscar. 

Bizarre, just looking at the 2013 season Lampard was 35 and still played 20 league games.

Does look very short sighted and that was under Mourinho.

Mourinho then bought Fabregas in for 2014, that must have been the signing for De Bruyne that made him think  he was surplus to requirements, still we won the league that year. 

[Cicero]

10 minutes ago, Waylander said:

Bizarre, just looking at the 2013 season Lampard was 35 and still played 20 league games.

Does look very short sighted and that was under Mourinho.

Mourinho then bought Fabregas in for 2014, that must have been the signing for De Bruyne that made him think  he was surplus to requirements, still we won the league that year. 

In hindsight it was a baffling decision, but at the time Oscar was un-droppable similar to how Mount is under Tuchel.

Unlike Salah and Lukaku however, KDB showed his class early on and letting him go was ridiculous at the time.  

[Waylander]

2 minutes ago, Cicero said:

In hindsight it was a baffling decision, but at the time Oscar was un-droppable similar to how Mount is under Tuchel.

Unlike Salah and Lukaku however, KDB showed his class early on and letting him go was ridiculous at the time.  

There was a spell where Oscar was very good and then he seemed to be used as a work horse to close the opposition down instead of being more creative.  Just saying that makes me think of Mount and Mount has yet to produce a free kick on the level of Oscar for me. Mount does have time on his side though don't think he will reach that technical level.

Currently Mount is one of best players we have just in case it seems like i am knocking him.

[DNA]

Chelsea do deserve the stick of City but less so given they are incredibly shrewd with their outgoings, they have made the most money for player transfer sales in the history of the Premier League, £652m... that’s staggering considering they’ve only been ‘poached’ one or two times and that’s just from Real Madrid. 

[Devil-Dick Willie]

11 hours ago, Waylander said:

Don't think  they are really good examples Salah excepted.

Lukaku well we had Costa who for me was superior until his mind was turned.

De Bruyne lost out to Lampard who was at his peak.

Ake hasn't really shone since.

Hazard, a great goal in the Euros though not in the same league yet as his older brother.

I think our mistakes are more in buying the wrong players like Kepa, Bakayoko and also overpaying though on the last point I think Utd and City often pay over the top too.

 

 

De Bruyne and Lukaku are better than anything you have
Ake is good enough for the man city roster but not Chelsea? 
Hazard is not significantly worse than Pulisic IMO, and miles better than the worm
 

[Spike]

4 hours ago, Devil-Dick Willie said:

De Bruyne and Lukaku are better than anything you have
Ake is good enough for the man city roster but not Chelsea? 
Hazard is not significantly worse than Pulisic IMO, and miles better than the worm
 

Ake has sucked turd at City

[Waylander]

11 hours ago, Devil-Dick Willie said:

De Bruyne and Lukaku are better than anything you have
Ake is good enough for the man city roster but not Chelsea? 
Hazard is not significantly worse than Pulisic IMO, and miles better than the worm

Pulisic was poor for us last season, hoping he turns it around in this one or think we will be looking to sell.

[Cicero]

2 hours ago, Waylander said:

Pulisic was poor for us last season, hoping he turns it around in this one or think we will be looking to sell.

Every attacker was. 

[Waylander]

1 hour ago, Cicero said:

Every attacker was. 

True yet he was so good the season before making us almost forget Eden H.

[Cicero]

Done deal. 115 million euros. 

[Waylander]

8 minutes ago, Cicero said:

Done deal. 115 million euros. 

Better source than me just BBC saying we are close at £97.5m

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58130354

[MUFC]

Mourinho sold Lukaku, KDB and Salah. Then brought the shit one back.