Even Torres left liverpul and Ronaldo left manure. Most players move on at some point as Bent probably will. He may leave in 6 months, 1, 2 or 3 years. Either way there's still plenty of football and hopefully goals to see from Bent in a Villa shirt. 8)
Whilst we all think Bent is a better goal scorer than Carroll, at £35m, Carroll's price was vastly inflated above any amount Bent would be valued at. Carroll's 'stock was high' at the time, he's young and the skunks knew liverpul were about to pick up £50m!
True to be fair but Bent is still the second best English striker after Rooney (who also has the advantage of being at United) so he would still cost a lot of money if someone wanted to buy him. I agree I hope he becomes a Villa hero and stays for another 2 seasons at least and scores lots more