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I suspect Levy changed things when he thought we were desperate enough to accept any payment terms after selling Benteke, the fact we signed Gestede and have Kozak back and firing them in means we can just sit tight and let Spurs keep him for another season. Respect to the new football brains at the club, played this perfectly.

I have a feeling he will out score Benteke this season. Playing for his future weekly income will motivate him enough to use his full potential, and to me he is a very talented player. Just have to keep his family well away from him

We need a central defender , Richards is not the answer and the others are either injury prone, pick up cheap cards or aren't good enough. I can't comprehend what's going on with Guzan but if he was not good enough to keep Given out of the team then he's not good enough to play now, add that to the fact the center defenders are at best average. I'm sorry but but for all the fancy foreign players we are linked with I don't see any that in the center of defense or a keeper, an area we have struggled like **** in for months.......I'm worried

A CB would be the top of my list, two injuries and we are down to playing with players who have no experience. Gardner needs to play his part and that's asking a lot. I'm worried about next season, really worried, we are losing the spine of the team, with arguable our best players involved, in a team that struggled to stay up. Other teams will now play hard ball on prices. Oh well, the fridge it is. I'm ducking out of "The Villa" till the season kick's off UTV

It just makes him look like a right idiot, maybe Marsh was right about his character, obviously weak. Bet he bottles it when they play us at Villa Park

They can't afford him, we may have to take a provident cheque.

You're a relegation threatened club who has just sold their best player and a team that has won 2 titles in 4 years has just put in for him. If you think this is about money then you're just not paying attention. And your on the wrong forum , go and gloat on ur own one , with ya plastic fans supporting your plastic club

Why would he have two medicals , he's already past one a week ago, bullshit

Maybe were trying to make it impossible for lpool to meet our payment requirements, £32.5m hard cash or £40m in installment's, the devil is in the detail of the contract he signed

On his day he was unplayable, Drogba style. He can switch off in games and the pressure of playing for such a demanding club may well hang heavy on him. However, If we were spending £32.5m on him i would be happy. We need to buy two strikers very quickly

I think we need another striker if he stays, we will need two if he goes

Needed more football knowledge in the club ever since Lerner took over, players contracts have been one area of weakness, sales and purchases have been abit amateurish, management appointments ..... Hopefully we will start being run like a professional club from here on in.

We seem to be collecting plenty of Arsenals back room staff, maybe its connected to our new owner. Arsenal have a rich shareholder who has voiced his concerns at how they are run, could it be he's going to jump ship and buy us.....I can dream ay

One things for sure, lpool are well down his wish list after that tweet bollox

LOL, in fact MEGA LOL We hear the same story every summer and guess what , we never spend big So its a MEGA no then? I like it

If it went to tribunal then what you said about the company would be in the public domain, can you prove what you said is correct or was it fabricated? The company obviously has plenty to lose image wise from this growing into anything any bigger on the publicity front. My guess is they will let you resign and say no more about it or they will give you a final written warning and all will be well. If they ask you to resign then request a one day adjournment so you can gather your thoughts and seek advice.

Maybe its a smoke screen to keep the prices down that we are paying for players?

Milner leaving started the rot. We have never been the same since Milner (Delph) and Young (Benteke) left our club. Looking forward to good times???? Yes, we haven't got much choice have we? Man City and Chelsea changed the rules of premier league football and we not the only ones to be kicked out of the elite by them either Liverpool and Arsenal are some of the other casualties

Milner, when he left us, was a far better player than Delph is now. I don't think we will miss him that much and I don't think he will get any better playing for man city., What he will get is a once in a lifetime opportunity to make it in a team that challenges for the title, not relegation. Good luck fab. Next !

Welcome to Aston villa, by far the best team the world has ever known..... Lol. Enjoy your time here and help us enjoy ours UTV

If that happened, and there were no comments about loyalty, I'd say good luck to him. But acting like he is doing us a favour? He is quite simple a word removed. He didn't have to do it, he would have got a higher salary as a completely free agent , the 8 m has paid for his replacement.....how many other players have signed a new contract with 5 months left on their old one?

Good luck , signing got us 8m most players wouldn't have give us , thanks. As a player he's replaceable , looks pretty but no end product and tends to lose the ball much. I do worry about the message it sends out to Benteke, he may now make a rash move in order to escape a perceived sinking ship, if he does then we are in deep shit .

Suarez showed how hard it is to escape the Merseyside hell hole , could well be Bentekes last move if he goes there, or tottenhammmm. Stay a season, sign another year, score thirty , win the Europeans championship for Belgium then leave for a champions league team next season

Our transfer dealings indicate a change in direction, I feel we have been sold, just a few rubber stamps and announcement to go. Very clever to sort the transfers out before the announcement as well, keeps then prices down. As for players leaving.......apart from Benteke i wouldn't be to upset in any of them going . On the subject of Benteke I agree with others , keep him for another season and either way we ain't gonna lose much , score loads, bidding war, shit season, he will re sign. Anyway once the sale is agreed I don't think he will have to go, especially to a top eight team , Liverpool are not good enough any more....

Could his appointment shine light on the new owners......? I hope not