Summer Mercato 2016

[Mathias]

But batshuayi is way more talented than Lukaku for example. His potential is sky high. Sometimes players get sold for their potential and not for what they have already achieved.
And to say he hasnt done anything is also wrong, at 22 he is scoring almost 1 goal over 2 games. He did this with Standard Liege and with a struggling Marseille side, wich is a very hard team to play for. He also done this for the Belgian youth teams and now with the Belgian national team (scoring 1 goal/56mins - 3goals in 6 caps).

I disagree. I think Lukaku and Batshuayi, while being different strikers, can achieve the same heights. Lukaku can score from any angle, and that is his absolute strength. Lukaku is ahead of Batman for now too. Especially mentally, and his finishing.

His good seasons with standard liege were not that great. He had one really good season, the rest was average. At Marseille he was disliked by his team mates for not playing the ball and trying to hard when he doesn't score (ironically). His scoring tally seems to be 1/3 more than 1/2 if you compare games per goal. Notwithstanding: He has a lot of potential. But he's nowhere near what Lukaku can do now. His movement off the ball is also not good enough for other players to cut in. This is where Lukaku has to work on too now. Lukaku finally did this in his good game vs Hungary, but I think that is going to be a one off this european championship. I expect him to score against Wales, where Belgium will need to attack with speed.

Lukaku has now scored 6 times in 8 games. And he has proven himself in a very tough league. He does need to change the way he plays when moving to a bigger team. If I were him I'd stay at everton another year and really work on his touches and work off the ball. If he works on these two things, he will become less of a counter attacking striker and move towards being the new Drogba. A potential he can fulfil if he keeps working at the age of 23.

Both players can achieve great heigths but both are completely out of reach for Meelan. I don't think Lukaku would be good for us anyway without a mobile striker around him. And I don't feel spending 120m on two strikers is good policy.