Romelu Lukaku | Chelsea
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Why did he leave Inter?
He thinks he’s a top striker
He asked for improved contract and they didn't offer one.
"I love Italy, I love Conte, I love Inter, I would do anything for them - now pay me more money or I'm leaving".
Bitchboy hysteria was when people were saying they’d take Lukaku long-term over Ronaldo short-term. Truly laughable that was…
I'm sure this sounded cool in your head, like a 90's action film line and all, but yeah, speaking that many languages does mean you are intelligent.
Intelligence isn't measured in a straight line, however.
speaking 5 or 6 languages isn't fairly normal. Even for African standards/diaspora kids
Sure. There's plenty of hysterical bitchboys all over the place.
With 3 years left on his contract, it might be said.
All these quotes are unbelievable stuff, what the hell is he doing?
People need to understand that intelligent people can be morons too. Some of the biggest morons I know are quite smart.
This whole thing is so funny.
Conte is the one who could handle him, maybe Roberto Martinez too.
A quick throwback to when Lukaku wrote an article, and was generally considered by the Caf to be 'Immensely likable', 'a brilliant character', an 'admirable person' and have 'great mentality'.
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/ive-got-some-things-to-say-by-romelu-lukaku.439459/
Quite a PR turnaround from Big Rom.
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/ive-got-some-things-to-say-by-romelu-lukaku.439459/
Quite a PR turnaround from Big Rom.
Basically they mollycoddled him.
Wtf
My whole life I have traveled and have met people who spoke several languages like Lukaku. I can guarantee you that a few of them weren't intelligent at all, gifted to learn languages sure but still all the same thick
Spot on, people where I live speak on average 3 languages and needless that all of them aren't Einsteins
That's the thing though. He knows how to create an imagine but can't maintain it, when things aren't in his favor he starts showing his true colors.
I just don't understand it though. Chelsea was, from his own words, his boyhood club. He seemed legitimately determined to make a name for himself back at Stamford Bridge. This was his moment.
And he seems to have given that up already.
And he seems to have given that up already.
I would rather have had neither
We have gone backwards from last season and Ronaldo is a part of that
I can see why chelsea wanted a target man as an alternative to playing a false 8 but they may have been better off getting a younger, lower profile one who would have been happy with rotation
Well exactly. Being linguistically talented doesn't mean you can't be a complete eejit.
Wow that’s night and day. Wonder what those posters think now.
For me it is, the majority of people I know speak or understand 4 to 6 languages. I'm a lot more surprised by people that only speak one or two.
I don’t think speaking multiple languages has any bearing on whether you’re an idiot or not. Especially because you’re essentially saying anyone Belgian (or born in a country with multiple languages) is automatically more intelligent than someone born in a country with a single dominant language.
Question. Was Lukaku a Tuchel signing ? I know you guys usually don't give managers much control in terms of transfers as I remember it being a problem with Conte.
Ironically Conte wanted Lukaku at that time but you ended up with Morata.
Pretty much. People seem to not realize how common it is for people to grow up with several languages without learning any in school.
I speak 4. It's really not a marker of intelligence given all 4 were learned due to social and cultural factors of where my parents are from. It's common to speak 2 or 3 languages in a lot of countries. Doesn't make me or them more intelligent than people who speak one.
Is it the English thing or what because it’s keep getting mentioned that if you are a polyglot you must be smart ? A large amount of population in the world know multiple languages, clearly everybody must be smart then, well No. Just because the brits are one dimensional and poor when it comes to languages, it isn’t the be all or end all on the scale of smartness. Smartness is judged on many things, being a polyglot is just a part of it. It’s hilarious how scintillating learning other languages people like you find it.
Didn't quite work out as I expected , wondering what was said between Lukaku and Tuchel...
Certainly not good to not even have him on the bench. Ultimately our attack was working better without him in the team, in the system we've been playing, which the problem he's complaining about in the first place. Ego won't take being benched seemingly.
, wondering what was said between Lukaku and Tuchel...Certainly not good to not even have him on the bench. Ultimately our attack was working better without him in the team, in the system we've been playing, which the problem he's complaining about in the first place. Ego won't take being benched seemingly.
I think he is intelligent but also has an outsized ego, which shapes a lot of what he does
If you’re trolling, I suggest that you stop.
What is the origin of this? Suddenly, I see it everywhere on the Caf, but I feel out of the loop
Also, not really poking fun at anyone. I also posted a positive comment in that thread, although with a minimum of superlatives. Just think it is interesting how he has managed to derail the perception of him, with his incessant pointing, moaning and general odd behavior.
Imagine being a multi millionaire and not liking living in London.
Exactly this!
Prick has realised the PL is too difficult for him and instead of working his arse off, because you know the club paid 100m for him and he is on stupid money a week, he decides to say feck it I want to leave. What a twat.
Raiola was probably the voice of reason
Wtf
Spot on, people where I live speak on average 3 languages and needless that all of them aren't Einsteins
Having the ability to learn, comprehend and speak multiple languages fluently, is a marker of intelligence. I mean, a basic definition of intelligence is often the ability to learn/acquire knowledge and apply it efficiently. Speaking multiple languages fluently is a reflection of said concept. I don't even know why this is debatable. At no point did I say he is Einstein, just that he is intelligent. Again, intelligence isn't a straight line.
Not for me and I'm an Afro Latino British diaspora kid from South London myself, who has lived in 3 continent and speaks 3 languages. I do not have a limited circumference of friends or anecdotes, and there's no way in hell speaking 5 or 6 languages is "fairly normal" anywhere I have been.
Being intelligent and being an idiot aren't mutually exclusive. And no, that's not what I am essentially saying. What I'm essentially saying is that Lukaku is intelligent and that his proficiency with languages is a marker of intelligence.
And where did I say it makes one more intelligent than others? And you're wrong. It is indeed a marker of intelligence. However, intelligence isn't a straight line and being proficient in multiple languages doesn't mean it will translate into being proficient in other things such as: visuospatial skills (though I do believe he's quite good at those too being a top level striker), attention, broader reasoning etc. It does mean you're intelligent though.
people often conflate intelligence with calculus - someone even made an Einstein reference here - I don't.
Lukaku speaks 8/9 languages. It's far more than the norm in Belgium or anywhere.
What social or cultural factors do you reckon have made Lukaku speak Portuguese, German and Spanish? And he mastered Italian pretty quickly upon moving there. Ramsey, for instance, has been there longer and still can't put a sentence together.
The first part of my message was relevant to your assumption that Inter at the moment they bought him made a great investment. They didn't, it was a huge gamble, and without Chelsea bailing them out he would have become a huge financial burden.
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