MisterPinstripe Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 "7pm" press conference... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 what the heck does that mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbs Hog Heaven Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 what the heck does that mean? Lukaku unveiling. He's getting all giddy and ****. Hail. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPinstripe Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 what the heck does that mean? Yeah a little vague. Everton announced a 7pm press conference, 2 pm ET, which is expected to be Lukaku. Its now an hour later and it hasnt started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinC Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Reports are Everton have confirmed the Lukaku signing. £28M. Twenty. Eight. Million. Chelsea have robbed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPinstripe Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Yeah.... Im super excited right now. Without Lukaku our forward options are very poor. Excited to get someone of his talents, if he keeps improving it will be huge for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinC Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 @Everton: CONFIRMED: @RomeluLukaku9 becomes our Club-record signing, arriving from Chelsea on a 5-year deal for a fee of £28million. #WelcomeHomeRom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbs Hog Heaven Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) Yeah a little vague. Everton announced a 7pm press conference, 2 pm ET, which is expected to be Lukaku. Its now an hour later and it hasnt started. It was delayed due to a 'paper work delay.' Only Everton could mess up their own presser to announce their record signing. Once a SMALL club and all that ..... He's officially a blue now. Hail. Edited July 30, 2014 by Gibbs Hog Heaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPinstripe Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Yeah.... Im super excited right now. Without Lukaku our forward options are very poor. Excited to get someone of his talents, if he keeps improving it will be huge for us.  Reports are Everton have confirmed the Lukaku signing. £28M. Twenty. Eight. Million. Chelsea have robbed them. Thats why I never thought it would happen, and am not shocked. I figured thats about what he would cost. Without him we were going to struggle with no forward options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinC Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Yeah.... Im super excited right now. Without Lukaku our forward options are very poor. Excited to get someone of his talents, if he keeps improving it will be huge for us. He's a good player and he has room to improve - first touch and movement for example. He is not worth close to £28M though IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPinstripe Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 He's a good player and he has room to improve - first touch and movement for example. He is not worth close to £28M though IMO. What do you think he was worth? I figured he would either go somewhere else for 24-25M.  Especially since we need a top forward I would rather drop 28M on Lukaku, who we know plays well for us, then 25 on Shaw or Lllana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinC Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) What do you think he was worth? I figured he would either go somewhere else for 24-25M. Especially since we need a top forward I would rather drop 28M on Lukaku, who we know plays well for us, then 25 on Shaw or Lllana. Lallana and Shaw were way over priced as well IMO. I like Shaw more of those two, I think he has a chance to be a really good player but he is far from the finished article and for what UTD paid he should be.As for Lukaku something like £15-18M would have been top of the market for me. He's a player Chelsea did not want who is coming off a poor World Cup. I don't think there was anyone else in seriously for him either. Martinez is no fool though and he has played well for you before - but I think Chelsea made out like bandits here. Edited July 30, 2014 by MartinC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPinstripe Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Lallana and Shaw were way over priced as well IMO. I like Shaw more of those two, I think he has a chance to be a really good player but he is far from the finished article and for what UTD paid he should be. As for Lukaku something like £15-18M would have been top of the market for me. He's a player Chelsea did not want who is coming off a poor World Cup. I don't think there was anyone else in seriously for him either. Martinez is no fool though and he has played well for you before - but I think Chelsea made out like bandits here. Thats a fair point. I guess we shall see this year. If he puts together a 3rd year in a row with a bunch of goals I think it will prove worth it. Definitely needs to work on his first touch, hopefully Martinez can help him with that. I would have been blown away if he had sold for less than 20M, I just think that these days all transfers are inflated over what they used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Est.1974 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 That's one way to waste all that Fellaini money from last year. This years transfer market is out of control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC9 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I think that's just where world football is headed, Marty. Â Overpriced transfers. Â It should emphasize the importance of early identification through scouting and actually having an academy. Or you won't survive anything but middle-of-the-table competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbs Hog Heaven Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) What do you think he was worth? I figured he would either go somewhere else for 24-25M. Especially since we need a top forward I would rather drop 28M on Lukaku, who we know plays well for us, then 25 on Shaw or Lllana. Echoing Mr C. IF I was weighing up a move for Lukaku I'd be looking around the 15 mark and wouldn't go past £ 18 million tops. He'll score goals but he's got little more to his game than pace and power to me. Decent in the air like. Don't see him getting 20 or more a season any time soon. Also like Martin (and it's like comparing apples to oranges with three different positional players); Shaw would be my pick of the three as he has the potential to be a quality full back. But that's all he is. Raw, inexperienced potential. Not enamoured at all with the Lallana signing who's just an average midfielder to me. Both Chelsea and Southampton raped Everton, Liverpool and Utd blind on all three for me. Hail, Edited July 30, 2014 by Gibbs Hog Heaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 He's a good player and he has room to improve - first touch and movement for example. He is not worth close to £28M though IMO. No offense to Everton, but the price is different, IMO, if he goes to say Madrid as opposed to Everton, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPinstripe Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) One way to look at it is basically we swapped Felliani for Lukaku! I like thinking of it that way. Edited July 30, 2014 by MisterPinstripe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC9 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Caption: No Agger? Send me to ANFIELD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWB Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Good signing for Everton, for a player who did not get on well with mgmt at Chelsea and both wanted out. Will definitely help Everton stay in the 6th spot over Tottenham. Â Lukaku did not want to play for Chelsea because he wouldn't be top dog. And the only starts he would get for Chelsea would be against mid table to lower table teams who pack the box, technicality is not his strength. Â Â Only way it really hurts Chelsea is if Costa gets hurts and they have to rely on Torres once again.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Blew their transfer record out the water, the most I think they paid before was for James McCarthy for £13M. They haven't even spent more than £24M TOTAL before this purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbs Hog Heaven Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 LFC booked to come home Sunday. Calling it now. We're throwing this game. City win. Working so looking forward to reading you're reactions later. Hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC9 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 LFC booked to come home Sunday. Calling it now. We're throwing this game. City win. Working so looking forward to reading you're reactions later. Hail. Â Nah, that's "just in case" big bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC9 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 The split screen is humming! Â 1-0 DC United with Eddie Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC9 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 First decent move from Rickey Lambert as a Red. Needed a little more pace from Hendo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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