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Christian Benteke

DublinSpur said:
How about £20m + we chuck in Adebayor for free and pay half his wages for the first year? We know Sherwood likes him - might even think he can get him back to his best...
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Benteke would just become another Ade. Mentally weak and only plays for a new contract

Anthony Martial for half the price sounds a much better plan
 
Gutter Boy said:
Benteke would just become another Ade. Mentally weak and only plays for a new contract

Anthony Martial for half the price sounds a much better plan
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Agree and disagree.

Disagree with your assessment of Benteke. We clearly see different players when we watch him and nothing either of us say here is going to change that - so may as well just let that slide for now... we'll only know for sure if we actually buy him and that's never going to happen. He'll be playing at Chelsea next season in my view.

Agree completely that Martial would be a better option. Only seen him play once, but a mate who watches a lot of French football swears he's "the real deal". He's definitely a player I'd love to see at Spurs. Unlikely it'll happen though. There will be bigger clubs in for him I suspect.
 
Gutter Boy said:
Benteke would just become another Ade. Mentally weak and only plays for a new contract

Anthony Martial for half the price sounds a much better plan
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I love the way you make up something and from then on report it as fact.

I probably agree with your second comment however - although wouldn't Martial play from the left?.... thus effectively taking Chadli's role in the team? If so then we could go with Kane or Benteke as our centre forward (with Kane also being able to drop into the number 10 role) and Martial on the left, but able to fill in as the number 9 if Kane and Benteke aren't fit or are rested or suspended. That would be the perfect front 3 in terms of options.

However if I were going for this option I would rather we went for Kane, Charlie Austin and Martial. Austin's transfer fee will be half of Benteke's, his wages will be lower, he is homegrown and he is very similar to Kane in his style of play.
 
Finney Is Back said:
I love the way you make up something and from then on report it as fact.

I probably agree with your second comment however - although wouldn't Martial play from the left?.... thus effectively taking Chadli's role in the team? If so then we could go with Kane or Benteke as our centre forward (with Kane also being able to drop into the number 10 role) and Martial on the left, but able to fill in as the number 9 if Kane and Benteke aren't fit or are rested or suspended. That would be the perfect front 3 in terms of options.

However if I were going for this option I would rather we went for Kane, Charlie Austin and Martial. Austin's transfer fee will be half of Benteke's, his wages will be lower, he is homegrown and he is very similar to Kane in his style of play.
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could even be a quarter........Benteke at 32 mill, Austin at a potential 8-10 mill due to being in the last year of his contract with heavily in debt and relegated QPR. Bargain!
 
indianspur said:
could even be a quarter........Benteke at 32 mill, Austin at a potential 8-10 mill due to being in the last year of his contract with heavily in debt and relegated QPR. Bargain!
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I think Austin will still go for between £12 and £15 million due to the interest in him generated by his excellent season in the PL last year.
 
Pirate55 said:
Would absolutely love it ( with a nod to Kevin Keegan) if we got him for anything like that!
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I don't think we'd be over paying (or under paying for that matter) if we got him for that much. Still rather we bought a backup for Kane and spent the money elsewhere.
 
If ( and I appreciate that it is a big if) we are persuing him hard, then surely he must be one that Poch really wants.

On that basis, should DL back Poch to the hilt? - even if it means paying somewhat over the odds to land him.

Same argument as for MS.

If we want Poch to succeed, as I am sure we all do, then we must give him the tools HE wants.
 
Pirate55 said:
If ( and I appreciate that it is a big if) we are persuing him hard, then surely he must be one that Poch really wants.

On that basis, should DL back Poch to the hilt? - even if it means paying somewhat over the odds to land him.

Same argument as for MS.

If we want Poch to succeed, as I am sure we all do, then we must give him the tools HE wants.
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I don't see any evidence that we are pursuing him or even have any interest in him. Even if we have an interest in him, I doubt that he is the only striker we are looking at and he would have to offer considerably more than the other targets (and considerably improve the first team) in order to consider paying over our valuation for him. Given that we already have a striker who is better than him on our books, that seems pretty unlikely.
 
milo said:
I don't see any evidence that we are pursuing him or even have any interest in him. Even if we have an interest in him, I doubt that he is the only striker we are looking at and he would have to offer considerably more than the other targets (and considerably improve the first team) in order to consider paying over our valuation for him. Given that we already have a striker who is better than him on our books, that seems pretty unlikely.
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But would you support a bid for him if that is what Poch wants?
 
Pirate55 said:
But would you support a bid for him if that is what Poch wants?
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I don't believe that what the coach wants is the only consideration we should have when signing a player. Consideration has to be given about whether the player represents good value, how much of a priority area that position is and whether we are likely to be able to recoup our investment or make a profit. And I think that paying over our valuation should only be done in exceptional circumstances.
 
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