Romelu Lukaku

[Lui]

We need to torch this lukaku bridge once and for all. It's not even about the brutal misses anymore. He requires a playing style that spams low percentage crosses, forces lautaro to be a secondary option, his footwork is going from bad to worse, he's less explosive as he ages and is a constant drama magnet. Unfortunately he remains a target because Chelsea are stuck with him and he's comfortable here.

 

[kurt0411]

The disrespect from some of you guys towards the person who single handedly ensured we'll be playing in next season's Champions League is disgraceful. You deserve Scammaca, Zapata, Dia, Ratatouille, 38 year old Dzeko and all the rest of these bums that we're being linked with. Bring them to replace Lukaku and we'll see where we'll finish next season

 

[Kova10]

As a big supporter/fan of Lukaku I hope we do not sign him permanently as his signing would financially cripple the whole club. Salary wise you could get Firmino and Scamacca for the same money and far less compensation for the club.

He had a great time at Inter, but the financial risk is too big to take imo.
He is not irreplaceable.

 

[KevinB]

I don't think it has much to do with disrespect. I agree what he has done for us in his Inter career has been worth of praise, but come on, those misses are just too painful.

I'm 100% sure he's a mental wreck right now. He needs to let us go, and so do we need to let him go.


Onana to Chelsea? Yeah 80m + and not a cent less, they can stuff their Lukaku swap where the sun doesn't shine.

 

[BasedGodPunk]

He’s irreplaceable when you’re a dead broke club. Firmino isn’t a goal scorer and Scamacca was a decent at best player at Sass who busted in the prem.

 

[Gaindé]

The disrespect from some of you guys towards the person who single handedly ensured we'll be playing in next season's Champions League is disgraceful. You deserve Scammaca, Zapata, Dia, Ratatouille, 38 year old Dzeko and all the rest of these bums that we're being linked with. Bring them to replace Lukaku and we'll see where we'll finish next season

Wtf lol ?
Without his teammate fighting while he spent the major part of the season jerking off, none of this would have been possible.
There is a man in the team who played every single league, Coppa, Supercoppa and CL game + a whole World Cup and ended up with 39 goals + assists and nobody attributes him the good thing we achieved this year but Lukaku who had the same number of goals as Dimarco in the end of April single-handedly put us in CL, bruh.

The fact that you are trying to pin the success of this season on Lukaku is so funny. Grasping at straws much, eh ?

 

[brakbrak]

Wtf lol ?
Without his teammate fighting while he spent the major part of the season jerking off, none of this would have been possible.
There is a man in the team who played every single league, Coppa, Supercoppa and CL game + a whike World Cup and ended up with 39 goals + assists but Lukaku who had the same number of goals as Dimarco in the end of April single-handedly put us in CL, bruh.

The fact that you are trying to pin the success of this season on Lukaku is so funny. Grasping at straws much, eh ?

I don't know why you even bother lol

 

[NimAraya]

Onana to Chelsea? Yeah 80m + and not a cent less, they can stuff their Lukaku swap where the sun doesn't shine.

 

[Gaindé]

I don't know why you even bother lol

I don't know either, dude. I need to stop.

 

[Kova10]

He’s irreplaceable when you’re a dead broke club. Firmino isn’t a goal scorer and Scamacca was a decent at best player at Sass who busted in the prem.

But that’s exactly the glaring problem. We are dead broke and nowhere near capable of buying him in the first place.

Firmino would be a top three CL-scorer in Inter‘s history, and Scamacca can at least provide 15ish goals in the Serie A. It‘s clear he isn’t happy living outside Italy. There are alternatives in attack. Dia would be another example. Not that he has proven more quality than Lukaku, but given the cost he would rather be worth a try.

 

[bubba zanetti]

So we are keeping Cringe of Milano or not?

 

[Gaindé]

So we are keeping Cringe of Milano or not?

Imagine we sleep on opportunities like SMS, sell Onana and Dumfries just so we can afford getting Snorlax back...
Man that would hurt...

 

[Jnr]

Just finished watching the final , at home, 5 coffees, just took it all in again as in saturday I was at my friends birthday, there was too much distraction ( and vodka) .

We absolutely need to move on from Big Rom (and Dzeko) it is time. I don't think I will survive another huge final like EL & UCL with him.

This guy just can't score in the most important moments.

 

[brakbrak]

All my colleagues talked about today was how ridiculous that Lukaku's miss was

 

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[Il Drago]

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Splendid. Now the only thing remaining is reading about a Dzeko extension for me to stay away from everything Inter related till September

 

[nurko]

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Why would Onana cost 60m? Why not 100m? Why is Maignan 80 and untouchable? Why they get to pay Kepa 80m but Onana would be 60?
These rumours are ridiculous.

 

[CoolMan44]

I'm still not too sure how I feel about him.

On one hand, his loan is expensive as is his salary and there is also the fact that he is always bound to come short in the biggest moments.

On another hand, he has been really impressive in Serie A since the Empoli match, which is one of the main reasons we made it back to the CL. He either scored or assisted a goal in every single game he played. (7 goals 4 assists in the last 7 matches). I still believe when he's somewhat fit, the guy is a difference maker in Serie A specifically. And he was able to step up against the 'top' teams in Serie A - goals away Napoli/Roma, home Atalanta, 2 assists home vs. Lazio. His physicality and speed (although not as quick as before) can still make the difference.

I guess my opinion will depend on who his replacement is. If we can get a young player with pace and goal scoring ability who can contribute, I would much prefer that. However, if the replacement for Lukaku is 1 year loan for Scamacca, I'm not all that sure. Scamacca is coming from a pretty terrible season and was injured for months. I know that Lukaku had his injuries as well, but I still think Lukaku gives some guarantees in Serie A. I'm not sure Scamacca gives any of those.

If we could somehow get someone like Openda, that would be great, but seems like a long shot. Another option is Retegui, but again, I don't know much about him or how much he can contribute. Given that we may struggle to get rid of Correa, the worst option would be to get another player who is a question mark and might not be able to contribute.

Despite Lukaku's failings in the Champions League Final, I've been very satisfied with his performances in the last few games (including the cameos in the CL knockouts and the Serie A big matches). We know his limitations in the biggest matches, and to be fair, if he did not have those limitations, he wouldn't be coming to us for a one-year loan.

Whatever decision we make, we need to only loan him for one year at most - with a smaller loan fee and smaller salary.

 

[Lui]

One more year of a loan agreement and he will surpass the total cost of what we wouldve paid for dybala's contract. I totally forgot that we paid a loan fee on top of his wage. It's bad business.

I don't quite get the ungratefulness angle either since inter provided an out for his abysmal Chelsea performances which was made worse by his unprofessionalism in that infamous interview.

 

[Universe]

Strangely, no crazy money has been thrown at him by the Arabs...hmmm.

Benzema, Ronaldo, Messi, Kante.. you'll notice they've all won the Champions League, unlike our friend who did his utmost to avoid it.