Which suits both parties. Cant believe he wants all the unsettlement a move will bring, just before a World Cup and the better options that will give him. If thats what his agent is pushing, then Beneke really is the thickest footballer to wear a Villa shirt.
Luckily i dont think he is.
But didn't he come out & state in the press at seasons end that he was sure it wouldn't affect his World cup chances if he moved or wasn't playing for whatever reason?
Misquoted of course!
Then the club should tell him that we can wreck his options if he starts spitting out his dummy. Im sure the thought of losing out on the World cup and looking like a greedy, ungrateful brat to "bigger" clubs will ply on his mind. He signed his name to the present contract, and he honours it or plays for the kids. Simple has.
Look at it another way, we offer a player a contract say, Helenius, a player looking to make a name for himself and sees the Villa as a stepping stone,does he turn that offer down based on the way we treat a player who wants to leave after one year.Is it better to have had Benteke and lost him or not to have had him at all?