Lukaku leaves agent Mino Raiola

[Bastian]

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Good lad.

Many posters thought he had already gone when he signed up with Jay Z's outfit, but that's more about commercial/business stuff while he's now signed with Federico Pastorello, for footballing matters.

Swapping out one Italian for another, maybe he does really fancy a Serie A move eventually.

 

[2 man midfield]

Who's going to negotiate his move away now?

 

[BlueHaze]

Great, now hopefully he can leave the club as well.

 

[Brophs]

Looks to me like he’s had more than enough pasto for one lifetime.

 

[Tommy]

Many posters thought he had already gone when he signed up with Jay Z's outfit, but that's more about commercial/business stuff while he's now signed with Federico Pastorello, for footballing matters.

He's got 99 problems, but Raiola ain't one.

 

[Bastian]

He's got 99 problems, but Raiola ain't one.

I think you can only be doing a good thing by dropping him as your agent. Probably already feels much lighter.

Also thought at the time that his "you're a grown ass man, deal with it" was kind of aimed at Pogba.

 

[Bastian]

Looks to me like he’s had more than enough pasto for one lifetime.

We need a slow-clap emoji.

 

[predator]

Don't want to jump on the hate train but I genuinely believe Lukaku isn't good enough for us and it's a shame because I like the man. I'll admit i was ecstatic when we signed him but he has proven that he is not good enough for us and tbf a hell of a lot of fans (united fans and oppo's) saw this coming. I'll happily admit I didn't, especially under Mourinho and alongside Pogba and co.

Couldn't care less if he leaves but I would like to see us at least recoup half of the fee we paid.

 

[Negan]

I still believe in Lukaku. He’s going through a rough patch, that’s all.

We’ve played some great football with him at the forefront of it all but people are quick to forget that. Remember our start to the season in 17/18? He was banging them in. We were beating teams by three and four goals.

If you don’t fancy him as a player, that’s fair enough. But let’s not get sucked into all the memes and myths about him. It’s all rubbish.

 

[Samid]

I still believe in Lukaku. He’s going through a rough patch, that’s all.

We’ve played some great football with him at the forefront of it all but people are quick to forget that. Remember our start to the season in 17/18? He was banging them in. We were beating teams by three and four goals.

If you don’t fancy him as a player, that’s fair enough. But let’s not get sucked into all the memes and myths about him. It’s all rubbish.

Banging them in

His minutes per goal in the league are about the same right now as they were at this point last year. You're the one who seem to be quick to forget. The fact that we were winning games was the thing covering up his lackluster performances. He has absolutely no business playing for an English team with ambitions of winning trophies.

 

[Don Alfredo]

Maybe Mino told him that the only club willing to take him was some mid table PL club and he wasn‘t happy with that?

 

[SteveJ]

Wonder if this change is about facilitating a move away?

He has now joined P&P Sports management - Pastorello's agency.

The Italian also boasts a star-studded list of clientele.

He represents Antonio Conte, Patrice Evra and Kevin Prince Boateng, as well as a long-list of Italian players.

 

[Needham]

Maybe Mino told him that the only club willing to take him was some mid table PL club and he wasn‘t happy with that?

No one really likes a move sideways.

 

[marukomu]

No one really likes a move sideways.

except our fecking midfield.

 

[Ali Dia]

I think he in an absolute horrible moment in his careear but surely, surely he’s far better than he’s shown here, for what we paid? Seriously he’s failing at the absolute basics and it’s been like playing with 10 men so far this season. Let’s hope he can get back to controlling the ball, passing to team mates and scoring at least a few goals. Nobody was expecting him to be Maradona but this is surely by far the worst form he’s ever been in since becoming a PL regular? He’s looked way off the pace compared to strikers even in the bottom teams.

 

[elmo]

Maybe Riaola was making him eat the same diet hence his weight gain .

I can't believe how much he's grown since signing for us. He can afford to lose at least 10 kg and he'll still be considered massive.

 

[tenpoless]

Good riddance.

 

[Henrik Larsson]

If a player wants to make a move then Raiola is one of the best agents in the world to have on your side so I'm not sure it's about that.

Based on the interviews Lukaku has given where he's desperate to show how committed he is, and the problems surrounding Pogba where Raiola in typical fashion has let thing escalate (with Guardiola rubbing it in how Pogba was offered to them for example) it seems fitting that Lukaku is making the switch to a slightly more low profile agent.

 

[Patrick08]

Don't want to jump on the hate train but I genuinely believe Lukaku isn't good enough for us and it's a shame because I like the man. I'll admit i was ecstatic when we signed him but he has proven that he is not good enough for us and tbf a hell of a lot of fans (united fans and oppo's) saw this coming. I'll happily admit I didn't, especially under Mourinho and alongside Pogba and co.

Couldn't care less if he leaves but I would like to see us at least recoup half of the fee we paid.

I'd like to wait and see him under a different manager before arriving to the conclusion.

 

[Guoan]

It's funny that, given the whole hooha over their signings back in 2017, and whether Chelsea had done better than us or whether we had done better than Chelsea, that both Morata and Lukaku have turned out to seemingly be as pants as each other.

 

[Santoryo]

No one really likes a move sideways.

except our fecking midfield.

These are gold.

 

[Kapardin]

Wish it was Pogba, I could care less even if Raiola had agitated a move for Lukaku.

Maybe Lukaku is mad that Raiola advised him to choose us over Chelsea for money? Even for a limited player like him, it seems a bad decision in retrospect.

 

[kouroux]

Maybe Raiola is the one who convinced him to "bulk up" ?

 

[B20]

Wonder if this change is about facilitating a move away?

Why does evra need an agent?

 

[marukomu]

Wish it was Pogba, I couldn't care less even if Raiola had agitated a move for Lukaku.

Maybe Lukaku is mad that Raiola advised him to choose us over Chelsea for money? Even for a limited player like him, it seems a bad decision in retrospect.

Fixed. 'Could care less' means you care.

 

[Needham]

Fixed. 'Could care less' means you care.

Go on, pm him the David Mitchell vid.

 

[RedStarUnited]

Silly move from his perspective, if Im a player id want Raiola on my side. clubs might hate him, but he gets players good moves.

 

[Kostur]

Silly move from his perspective, if Im a player id want Raiola on my side. clubs might hate him, but he gets players good moves.

Which is partially true but I suppose that Raiola is one of those guys nagging the shit out of you to change the club so that he can take a provision from it. It's all presuming and stuff from my side, but some guys like Zlatan will tell him to shut his mouth and he will do it, whereas others don't have this type of strong personality and might be tired of his shit, hence Lukaku got rid of him.

 

[minoo-utd]

He should hire a first touch agent.

 

[Nickosaur]

It's funny that, given the whole hooha over their signings back in 2017, and whether Chelsea had done better than us or whether we had done better than Chelsea, that both Morata and Lukaku have turned out to seemingly be as pants as each other.

While Lukaku's been terrible this season, his season was far better than Morata's last season. Lukaku is the better striker, no doubt in my mind.

 

[Seven Seas Sardines]

Take Darmian and Jones with you in exchange for Icardi, please!

 

[devilish]

Lukaku learnt long ago that if he can't get it right on his first touch he tries something else

 

[Eric's Seagull]

Glad Lukaku got rid of him.

Dont know the man personally and gladly too. Can see why Sir Alex Ferguson quotes "He and I were like oil and water" seems to be so aptly fitting. He poisoned Zlatan's mind at Ajax and Pogba's mind.

Glad if the slimeball stays away from our club and I think we should be looking for someone to replace Lukaku, my preference being Icardi or give Piatek until the end of the season to see how he goes.

 

[arthurka]

I don´t really care Mino is a cock. We need to stop doing business with Riola.
Lukaku isn´t near good enough to play for us, hell he isn´t even good enough to play in this Utd team.

 

[Murder on Zidane's Floor]

except our fecking midfield.

Jesus

 

[Eric's Seagull]

I don´t really care Mino is a cock. We need to stop doing business with Riola.

Agree with this totally. Cut ties with the grease ball as soon as possible please

 

[OldPop]

except our fecking midfield.

Haha, that was really bad!

 

[devilish]

I kind of feel sorry for mino. Persuading united to spend 75m on lukaku is extraordinary. Beattie must feel so jealous

 

[the chameleon]

We also need to keep him the feck away from our talented youth players. Pogba wasn’t his client when we first bought him over from Le Havre. He’s cost our club a lot from Pogba. We don’t want a repeat of that.

 

[Janson]

I'd like to wait and see him under a different manager before arriving to the conclusion.

I agree.