Best Tweets: ‘Was expecting Lukaku to sky dive on to United training ground for announcement’
Sure, he’s been mooching around in America with good friend Paul Pogba. occasionally pretending to do some training.
[RELATED: Manchester United confirm Romelu Lukaku signing]
And, yes, he’s kind of a big deal, costing a cool £75million (reportedly, at least).
But, in the summer of the viral announcements from Premier League clubs, that does not mean that Manchester United can announce Romelu Lukaku like this (according to many on Twitter anyway)…
Our latest box office signing is Made for Manchester: @RomeluLukaku9! https://t.co/q2QG4SEGvn pic.twitter.com/cr7N5zOmZK
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) July 10, 2017
There were some choice words for the way the Old Trafford club let the news break, with many hoping it would be like the Pogba revelation last summer, featuring Stormzy…
Wow them Lukaku announcement pictures are atrocious
— josh (@joshhewiitt) July 10, 2017
Well that Lukaku announcement sucked. The Pogba link up video was far better.
— SPEKS (@CechThis) July 10, 2017
Ngl I’m a bit disappointed by the announcement. I was half expecting Lukaku to sky dive/parachute onto the United training ground in LA.
— J (@PrimeLukaku) July 10, 2017
I know I said I wanted a sensible Lukaku announcement but I’m now actually a little disappointed there wasn’t a cringey movie or something.
— Doc MUFC (@Doc_Joshi) July 10, 2017
But of course, there were some big fans (there always will be for a message that is retweeted 10,000 times in 10 minutes!)
Hollywood announcement for a star player #RedRom #Lukaku #MUFC https://t.co/lhZdvSN5YR
— SeanO (@seanooo98) July 10, 2017
OFFICIAL : Romelu Lukaku Signs For Manchester United .. Club Confirms with a Gr8 Tweet
— Romelu Lukaku (@Lukaku_at_MUN) July 10, 2017
Manchester United’s announcement for Lukaku was class
— ㅤㅤㅤ (@Cr7galaxy7) July 10, 2017
Man United fans when they see that there’s no announcement video for Lukaku: pic.twitter.com/WWBiOgZcaf
— bet365 (@bet365) July 10, 2017
Lukaku gets the red carpet in L.A
Rudiger gets the men’s toilet in the Chelsea store #RedRom
— Lee mckay (@LeeLeemckay) July 10, 2017
