“That would be a bad transfer”

Former West Ham striker Frank McAvennie has urged Premier League aspect Tottenham Hotspur to not signal Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku. The Belgian has been linked because the substitute for Harry Kane this summer season.

Reports in Italy recommend Tottenham wish to reap the benefits of Juventus’ delay in coping with Chelsea to signal Lukaku. Spurs supervisor Ange Postecoglou needs a striker this summer season and the Belgian is among the names talked about.

Chelsea supervisor Mauricio Pochettino has no plans so as to add Lukaku to his squad this season and made him keep away from the first-team coaching. The ahead was additionally left behind in Cobham for the pre-season tour of the United States.

McAvennie believes Tottenham are making a mistake by concentrating on Lukaku, as he advised Football Insider:

“That would be a bad move for Tottenham. I can’t see the Spurs supporters warming up to the transfer if he was to arrive. He’s been all around Europe and hasn’t achieved anything and I think it would be the same story if he was to go Tottenham.”

He added:

“I love people to prove me wrong, but maybe his best days are behind him and, and I’m not being funny but the amount of money these guys make, does Spurs want to risk such an important transfer? I don’t know if he’s got that fire in his belly, you know, when he came back to Chelsea a couple of seasons ago he has never been the same player that he was at Inter Milan.”

Inter Milan had been main the race to signal Lukaku however opted out after they came upon the striker was additionally in talks with Juventus.

Former Manchester United striker backs Tottenham to signal Chelsea star

While Frank McAvennie believes Romelu Lukaku would be a bad signing for Tottenham, former Manchester United participant Dwight Yorke has disagreed. He believes that the striker is nice sufficient to be taking part in for a prime 6 aspect and even backed his former membership to signal him.

Speaking to OLBG, Yorke claimed that Lukaku can nonetheless get any membership 15-20 objectives a season and may be a good choose:

“Romelu Lukaku is absolutely still good enough to play for a top-six club. I think Man United or Tottenham should take Lukaku on a short-term loan deal and agree to pay a certain amount of his wages. As much as people say about Lukaku, he has a very impressive goalscoring record and he doesn’t get as much credit as he deserves.”

Chelsea striker Lukaku performed 96 matches for Manchester United throughout his spell at Old Trafford. He completed with 42 objectives and 13 assists earlier than heading to Inter Milan.