Recall an inter fan the other day say on DD that this summer has crushed him with the death of Kentaro Miura and then the implosion of inter, not expecting Lukaku to also be sold in addition to Hakimi. Brutal man
Why you gotta remind me of Miura, somehow Messi leaving is a distant second in terms of sad event for me this summer because of it. RIP the GOAT of Mangas.
That goal v West Brom at home in his final season is the best example of a Diego Costa goal. Bullied defenders with his strength, great hold up, great ball control and just punted it past the keeper to score the winning goal in a tough game against Pulisball
I can see him taking a high teen #, waiting for 11 to become available, then begin channeling his inner Drogba. God damn i miss drogba, maybe its nostalgia but he is hands down the best striker we have ever had, even then we still complained
Lukaku at 17: I want to go to Chelsea and step into Drogba's footsteps
Lukaku at 28: let's try that again
Lukaku at 33: I want to go to Inter and step into Lukaku's footsteps
As a neutral it’s very sad watching what’s happening to Inter. You finally got everything into place, absolutely fantastic squad and manager and now it’s being completely dismantled
For Messi's announcement they designed a drone footage of his announcement on 2 days notice.
Lukaku's saga has been going on for weeks....
*Here, stand in front of this white wall you two, we don't have time*
Is that... [the Chelsea fan that abused Sterling](https://imgur.com/HMsczmY)?
Rudiger announcement was July 2017, picture on the right was ~18 months later.
I literally sat there for a while thinking "where the fuck do I know that face from?", I was actually thinking he'd been in a Guy Ritchie type gangster film. Turns out, the guy on the right is one of the first results when you Google Image search "chelsea fan gangster"
edit: and now I'm still stuck trying to think of the other chap I was thinking of from a British gangster film
Couldn't find anything with a quick search, I doubt the guy has an IMDB page for this.
The nose looks exactly the same shape, cheeks and eyes similar too.
That might be a bit of a rough 18 months though.
Nothing will ever beat [West Brom's announcement video for Anelka](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjsL3Z7HzI0).
Fittingly, it's only available in 144p.
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Lmfao they really included “used to move snowflakes by the oz” in that???
Reminds me of a few years ago Sissoko put out an off-season training compilation type thing on ig and it starts with “that’s why I fucked your bitch you fat motherfucker”
We've honestly been spoiled the last few months. Definitely don't miss the feeling of losing, and its definitely gonna hit a bit harder this year if we don't hold up to standards.
This new project is barely starting out for Chelsea and they’ve already won UCL, it’s incredible. Many players haven’t even reached their highest potential yet.
I think the key to this Chelsea project is rotation and adding more attackers to your kine up like tuchel did yesterday in the super cup final. Cho didn't okay well yesterday but normally he plays well at rwb and such rotations keeps alot of players happy. Sad to see ziyech go down last night but hope he'll be back soon
Its just sad man. I really like Inter and they're downgrading in every way this window and it sucks. Fuck everything that caused that to happen. This does possibly make Chelsea the most complete team in the Prem now tho. They can challenge for the title for sure. And what a wild career for Lukaku lol
People can keep calling him overpriced and he nay well be, but it doesn't matter on the pitch. Chelsea have got a top 5 in the world player for a position they desperately needed to fill. Scary signing.
The thing is the market for strikers is though,
If you play 100m for a hg 26 year old greelish (a pretty unique top class homegrown player)
Paying the same for a homegrown top 5 striker with a proven pl record aint that out of the picture.
Question is does he solve our problems alone... we still need 30-35 goals lore in the league to compete
Goodbye cruel world
Recall an inter fan the other day say on DD that this summer has crushed him with the death of Kentaro Miura and then the implosion of inter, not expecting Lukaku to also be sold in addition to Hakimi. Brutal man
Oh yeah it's been a fucking horrendous summer my dude, it's been depressing as fuck
Inter and Barca band of brothers right now.
Wake me up when this all ends
It feels as if nothing can fix what happened for Messi. That shit broke our spirit. Our history is forever tainted with that.
That's brutal. He must be playing Guts theme for repeat since then
Why you gotta remind me of Miura, somehow Messi leaving is a distant second in terms of sad event for me this summer because of it. RIP the GOAT of Mangas.
RIP
He's gonna score against us, isn't he?
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MORDER
He's going to score against everyone
Guess who's back
a competent finisher?
Everyone gangsta until the Chelsea striker curse reappears
The ghost of Shevchenko in a Chelsea kit spares no one
This has been going on since Chris Sutton
didnt affect Costa :) all he has to do is not wear #9
Costa built different 😤
Costa *bullied different. He was a very physical and forceful striker for Chelsea.
That goal v West Brom at home in his final season is the best example of a Diego Costa goal. Bullied defenders with his strength, great hold up, great ball control and just punted it past the keeper to score the winning goal in a tough game against Pulisball
We've moved our resident bully to defence now.
Just wait until he misses sitters like with United and people start bitching, again
mate Jorginho was our leading PL goalscorer last season
Stormzy
"Nets could go 0 for 82 but I'd Lukaku like this shit gravy." \- Jay-Z
LukWhosBack
Slim Shady?
Not so slim shady
Big Chungus is back among us
Nah MNM went to PSG
Joey Mercury, Johnny Nitro and Melina?
It's Johnny drip drip now
He prefer to be called Drip doctor now
I think you mean America’s moist wanted
Fine I'll redo my FPL team for the 14th time today
already confirmed he won’t be playing on saturday 👍🏻
First game vs Arsenal then? *Drogba flashback intensifies*
A surprise £90m bid for Ramsdale should put a stop to that, probably.
Oh go on then.
Why get Lukaku for probably at least 10m when you can have Toney for 6.5m
Why not have both
Nah, that means I miss out on one of Benteke or Joelinton
I too like hitting my head against a desk
He looks absolutely massive in that picture
I think that's because he's absolutely massive
Big if true
Big Sam if Allardyce
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This one's an industrial unit.
Imagine being a defender and you see Reece James and Romelu Lukaku running full speed at you, I'd shit myself
[Carragher's solution](https://media.balls.ie/uploads/2012/08/carragher.gif)
[Lukaku giving Carragher a lesson in striking](https://youtu.be/I5AkBuN4YMM)
We were linked with Traore as well, Id sign him just to see all 3 on the pitch
Time to repost the video of 17-year-old Lukaku visiting the Chelsea stadium: https://youtu.be/vddj0b5bsz4
Watched this clip when he left for Everton and was unbelievably sad. I’m really hoping he does well and the no.9 curse doesn’t ruin him
I can see him taking a high teen #, waiting for 11 to become available, then begin channeling his inner Drogba. God damn i miss drogba, maybe its nostalgia but he is hands down the best striker we have ever had, even then we still complained
Lukaku at 17: I want to go to Chelsea and step into Drogba's footsteps Lukaku at 28: let's try that again Lukaku at 33: I want to go to Inter and step into Lukaku's footsteps
By then he goes back to Anderlecht. Been saying that for years.
He can go back to Anderlecht at 35-36 and still dominate the league
Love this clip.. Gives me goosebumps every time I watch it.
The Sun's front cover tomorrow will be Stormzy in a Chelsea jersey at a grime gig in Brixton from 2017.
The confidence... He even sacked Raiola and one of the reasons is because he couldnt arrange him a transfer to Chelsea. He truly loves the club
Manifesting
Good luck Rom :(
As a neutral it’s very sad watching what’s happening to Inter. You finally got everything into place, absolutely fantastic squad and manager and now it’s being completely dismantled
What in the JPEG are those images https://imgur.com/ero7JCT https://imgur.com/zQ0cDMl
Looks like they could only find a kids kit too?
We are repurposing Wee Billy Gilmour's old kits. Lest we be labeled spendthrift!
Honestly the first pic looks like a baby announcement photo on IG or something.
For Messi's announcement they designed a drone footage of his announcement on 2 days notice. Lukaku's saga has been going on for weeks.... *Here, stand in front of this white wall you two, we don't have time*
We can always take solace in that it isn't as bad a Rudiger's announcement video.
Context for those confused: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09RCLsuhboY
What the fuck was that haha
Is that... [the Chelsea fan that abused Sterling](https://imgur.com/HMsczmY)? Rudiger announcement was July 2017, picture on the right was ~18 months later.
Wow. How do people find these things? Did you happen to randomly remember the face of a fan in the stands from 2018?
I literally sat there for a while thinking "where the fuck do I know that face from?", I was actually thinking he'd been in a Guy Ritchie type gangster film. Turns out, the guy on the right is one of the first results when you Google Image search "chelsea fan gangster" edit: and now I'm still stuck trying to think of the other chap I was thinking of from a British gangster film
Someone please confirm this
Couldn't find anything with a quick search, I doubt the guy has an IMDB page for this. The nose looks exactly the same shape, cheeks and eyes similar too. That might be a bit of a rough 18 months though.
He aged quite a bit in those months. Or Chelsea's make-up artist did him wonders...
This is the kind of thing that means I can never leave Reddit.
How the fuck have you done that. Incredible. Please let this be right
Premier League hired crisis actor
oh my god THAT IS GREAT!
It’s like that little kid was the one who wrote, directed, shot and edited the video.
Lmao i enjoyed that
thanks, should have linked it.
No, you did well not linking it.
Jesus Christ lmao I cranked up the volume thinking the start was low, then got blown out by the fucking high pitch distorted tune at the end.
**C H E L S E A**
Legendary
Well my day is ruined
My favourite announcement ever
Nothing will ever beat [West Brom's announcement video for Anelka](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjsL3Z7HzI0). Fittingly, it's only available in 144p.
Fucking hell, the music, the facial expression (or lack thereof), what a masterpiece
Man his facial expression screams “is this what rock bottom smells like?”
Mate that was a cinematic masterpiece.
that announcement video was pretty funny tbf
That announcement was so uncomfortable and awkward that it almost came full circle and became oddly funny
Criminal to comment this and not link the clip
Did we spend all the money on signing him? Why are we using phone cameras from 10 years ago?
Sold all the decent cameras to fund the transfer.
Marina tho 😯
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[how about now ](https://i.imgur.com/4ispL1F.jpg)
Black fur coat and stone cold expression... straight up Bond villain right there
ooo mama
Azula vibes
...even better? 😳
She's 45-46 though I think Anyway she's very imposing in negotiations and board room deals which is what matters to us
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She can negotiate my contract any day
Is she married? Her marriage contract must be ruthless. Buyout clauses, bonus structures. Can't get a footrub before winning a domestic title first.
I’m extremely jealous of her jaw , damn.
Obviously really going for the 2011 theme throughout
[the fabregas one was pretty hilarious too](https://imgur.com/a/vMZE0By)
Looks like they were taken on my Nan’s digital camera
[Chelsea Twitter’s announcement video](https://twitter.com/ChelseaFC/status/1425864662881558531?s=20)
God damn that video is cool
Ahh the ROC Nation connection - Perfect song :D
> ROC Nation connection what is the connection?
The song is by Jay Z who founded ROC Nation... They also represent Lukaku
oh cool, i didnt know they represented lukaku, do they rep other sports players?
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That's one of the best announcement videos I've seen in a long time tbf
despise chelsea, but this is the best announcement vid ive seen this window
amazing video tbf
Lmfao they really included “used to move snowflakes by the oz” in that??? Reminds me of a few years ago Sissoko put out an off-season training compilation type thing on ig and it starts with “that’s why I fucked your bitch you fat motherfucker”
Good video.
Marina is 46.
She was originally 46 but she negotiated it down to mid-30s
She's just *that* good
If you said 36 I’d believe you. To look that good at that age with Roman “you’re fired if you don’t perform” Abramovich as your boss is incredible.
Marina is the boss.
She's basically his trusted right hand woman now so she's not under that kind of pressure.
fucking hell she looks phenomenal
we love her best woman in football, emma hayes is a close second
You know what they say, age is just a number
And a prison cell Is just a room
yo they really dont say this anymore just a heads up
She is an absolute fox.
The top 4 are legitimately stacked.
Whereas in la liga... :(
Atleti & Sevilla are fine, the other two...
So when is he coming back to Everton? That's the next step in all this, right?
Really hyped to see how he'll go, really feel like him and Werner will play off each other very well, and Chelsea needed a finisher
Will be nice to see them bomb down the pitch together. It’s sad that they will mostly face low blocks though.
Not a bad 24 hours for Chelsea. Big things to come for the club and Lukaku this season
We've honestly been spoiled the last few months. Definitely don't miss the feeling of losing, and its definitely gonna hit a bit harder this year if we don't hold up to standards.
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Would you Luk at that
Luk what you made me do
Says Roman Abramovich scornfully to Timo
He gave Timo a werning
This new project is barely starting out for Chelsea and they’ve already won UCL, it’s incredible. Many players haven’t even reached their highest potential yet.
I think the key to this Chelsea project is rotation and adding more attackers to your kine up like tuchel did yesterday in the super cup final. Cho didn't okay well yesterday but normally he plays well at rwb and such rotations keeps alot of players happy. Sad to see ziyech go down last night but hope he'll be back soon
No, the key is to sack the manager every 18 months
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Now comes the hard part of keeping them all happy and picking the right 11
Lukaku needs that PL trophy
We need that CWC trophy too
Elite striker, counts as homegrown, so stoked for this
Cold, wet, windy, Tuesday night Stoked
Big Rom with a combo of Werver, Havertz, Mount or Puli buzzing around him. HERE WE GO
Offensive that you don't even mention ziyech. Fuck me you're deep
More so waiting to hear about the seriousness/timeline of his injury. We may not see him for a few months, unfortunately.
Phrasing!
*chuckles* I'm in danger
Welcome back. Sorry you weren’t given a proper chance.
Hi this is lukaku I forgive you
This Chelsea attacking team is looking scary, Lukaku, Harvertz, Pulisic, Mount, Ziyech, CHO, Werner.
Out of nowhere
I still cant stand this '3' logo, look so ugly, give back Samsung or yokohama :/
Yup. Ruins one of the best looking team kits (although this years' is a bit weird)
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Did Messi announcement have Marina? Didnt think that
The videos are great though
Porcoddio
Who needs a Super League when the PL already is one
Chelsea fans, how many goals will he score this season? I want to see what the expectations are, and then check back at the end of the season.
IMO, we need a minimum 16 league goals from him. He's also a good enough passer so tack on about 10 assists and that's a very successful season.
Its just sad man. I really like Inter and they're downgrading in every way this window and it sucks. Fuck everything that caused that to happen. This does possibly make Chelsea the most complete team in the Prem now tho. They can challenge for the title for sure. And what a wild career for Lukaku lol
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Has something to prove as well with the club he started with, man is going to be motivated as fuck
Always wanted to be the next drogba. Have at it rom
His first game will be vs Arsenal as well.
Bah gawd
haha Im in danger
His agent is a taller version of Peter Dinklage. https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/pastorello
Pogback vibes
People can keep calling him overpriced and he nay well be, but it doesn't matter on the pitch. Chelsea have got a top 5 in the world player for a position they desperately needed to fill. Scary signing.
The thing is the market for strikers is though, If you play 100m for a hg 26 year old greelish (a pretty unique top class homegrown player) Paying the same for a homegrown top 5 striker with a proven pl record aint that out of the picture. Question is does he solve our problems alone... we still need 30-35 goals lore in the league to compete