Even though it is hard to understand why a club would pay more than Real Madrid paid for Bale in order to secure Lukaku, it looks like someone at Stamford Bridge has his mind made up regarding the Belgium international. According to Metro, the Blues are ready to do whatever it takes to re-sign the young striker who at just 23 years of age, is already one of the highest rated strikers in the Premier League. He has a lot of quality to him and can represent a great solution for any attack but can he reach the same level as Harry Kane or Aguero in terms of goals? And can he do as well as Robert Lewandowski, Suarez or Higuain? All these guys below would cost any team pretty much the same amount speculated around Lukaku.

Romelu Lukaku

2014-2015: 48 games- 20 goals – 7 assists

2015-2016: 46 games – 25 goals – 7 assists

Sergio Aguero – Transferred from Atletico to City for £34.00m – now valued at £51.00m

2014-2015: 42 games – 32 goals – 9 assists

2015-2016: 44 games – 29 goals – 5 assists

Harry Kane – Raised by Spurs – valued at £34.00m

2014-2015: 51 games – 31 goals – 6 assists

2015-2016: 50 games – 28 goals – 2 assists

Robert Lewandowski – Transferred from Dortmund to Bayern for £42.50m – now valued at £60m

2014-2015: 49 games – 25 goals – 13 assists

2015-2016: 51 games – 42 goals – 7 assists

Gonzalo Higuain – Transferred from Real Madrid to Napoli for £33.15m – now sold to Juventus for £55.25m

2014-2015: 58 games – 29 goals – 11 assists

2015-2016: 42 games – 38 goals – 3 assists

Luis Suarez – Transferred from Liverpool for £65m – now valued at £70

2014-2015: 43 games – 25 goals – 24 assists

2015-2015: 53 games – 59 goals – 26 assists

Thanks to https://en.wikipedia.org and
http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ for the statistics.

After seeing these numbers one should ask: Is Lukaku really good enough to have Chelsea pay for him as much as Barcelona paid for Suarez? Is he going to ever reach similar numbers to those mentioned above? If Abramovich really wanted to spend £70million perhaps he should have done so on Higuain before buying Batshuayi. Currently, if Costa stays put, the Blues have the attack covered. Even though a transfer is always welcomed, in this case Conte should think twice and maybe pass one some of his down-to-earth views on to the club’s owner who might be tempted to overbid after seeing United secure Pogba. If it turns out Chelsea will want to spend, why not do it on players like David Alaba, Aubameyang, Reus, Lacazette, Bonucci, Varane or many others? With the money Everton are asking for Lukaku, Conte could buy at least one from the above list while knowing that each of them will have a positive influence on the team. Lukaku has yet to play for a big team where the pressure is immense and the expectations are as high as they can be.