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Christian Benteke

Teddy508 said:
Only time will tell, he definitely divides opinion but that's 100% genuinely my view. I'm my mind he didn't set the epl alight, just scored a lot of goals. So did Bent. Anyway appreciate that's not everyone's (including a lot of the media's) view. I just struggle to hide more concern on this one and thought the Belgian Journo's view on him was telling. I have followed this board for about 15 years and never been compelled to post before this. Sincerely hope I'm wrong should we sign him...
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I think it is impressive if at 22 you are contributing to 49% of your club's league goals (scoring or assisting). I think the £25m price tag is not because he is necessarily worth that right now but rather the potential that he possesses.

If 25m is too much for Spurs fine, but they need to bring someone in and soon. And by the way buying Benteke in August when he has had no pre season would be a brain dead idea when you consider what happened with Ade last season
 
NaijaSpurs said:
I think it is impressive if at 22 you are contributing to 49% of your club's league goals (scoring or assisting). I think the £25m price tag is not because he is necessarily worth that right now but rather the potential that he possesses.

If 25m is too much for Spurs fine, but they need to bring someone in and soon. And by the way buying Benteke in August when he has had no pre season would be a brain dead idea when you consider what happened with Ade last season
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Levy doesnt give a fcuk about important details such as this
 
David Villa = £5m + (£100k x 52 wages) = £5m + £5.2m/yr

Say he stays for 2 years and is sold for £3m; that equates to £5m + £10.4m - £3m = £12.4m spent


Benteke = £25m + (£50k x 52 wages) = £25m + £2.6m/yr

Say he stays for 2 years and is sold for £20m; that equates to £25m + £5.2m - £20m = £10.2m spent
 
They don't want any of those players. The likes of Caulker, Townsend and Sigurdsson would interest Lambert I imagine but I doubt we'd want to lose any of them.
 
Rossi22 said:
What if he scores 500 goals and Emirates Marketing Project offer us £12bn for him?
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Dayo said:
But what about if he stays for 1 year, flops, then sold for £5m?
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Which is why the 'what if' game is silly.


Trying to work out how much he will be worth in two years is also a bit strange. As there are few factors you can accurately predict, and the factors you can predict are based on what you think of him as a player to begin with.
 
Rossi22 said:
They don't want any of those players. The likes of Caulker, Townsend and Sigurdsson would interest Lambert I imagine but I doubt we'd want to lose any of them.
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Releasing important squad players would not do us too many favours, we would just strengthen in one are and weaken in another
 
Rossi22 said:
They don't want any of those players. The likes of Caulker, Townsend and Sigurdsson would interest Lambert I imagine but I doubt we'd want to lose any of them.
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Aston Villa have stated categorically that they do want a combination of cash and players

This is the same Villa that refused to sell Gareth Barry to Liverpool because Liverpool did not offer enough cash, and the same Villa that benched Darren Bent for most of the season due to differences between manager and player. I do not see Villa backing down from their £25m price tag. As a club we need to do the deal or move on
 
Bullet said:
David Villa = £5m + (£100k x 52 wages) = £5m + £5.2m/yr

Say he stays for 2 years and is sold for £3m; that equates to £5m + £10.4m - £3m = £12.4m spent

Benteke = £25m + (£50k x 52 wages) = £25m + £2.6m/yr

Say he stays for 2 years and is sold for £20m; that equates to £25m + £5.2m - £20m = £10.2m spent
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David Villa was believed to be on £130K a week at Barca
 
Rossi22 said:
They don't want any of those players. The likes of Caulker, Townsend and Sigurdsson would interest Lambert I imagine but I doubt we'd want to lose any of them.
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I rate all of those players, but I would let them have Sigurdsson in heartbeat if it meant securing Benteke.
 
Gutter Boy said:
Because they nearly got relegated and would benefit from solid mid-table players like those four. All England internationals.
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Lambert seems to favour youth and it looks like he wants to bring through a group of players together, I doubt that he would be interested in Hudd, Parker or Defoe.
 
Gutter Boy said:
Because they nearly got relegated and would benefit from solid mid-table players like those four. All England internationals.
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TO the first bit they are nothing more than average players, besides being an England international means fudge all. Have you not seen how average England is?

Bottom line Villa have made it clear they do not want our cast offs
 
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