Villan81 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 If Benteke and Delph are still contracted to us how are we spending money from there departures? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 If Benteke and Delph are still contracted to us how are we spending money from there departures? See Spurs before they sold Bale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan81 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 If Benteke and Delph are still contracted to us how are we spending money from there departures? See Spurs before they sold Bale. Bale compared to Benteke? one of the biggest clubs in world..champions league every season.Ronaldo Benzema etc... compared to current plop? Real was guarenteed to sign Bale and are not scared to spend ridiculous money on players I doubt for one second they would tell Sherwood go and spend 30 mill on the basis that the papers keep saying liverpool want Benteke so there 100% gonna bid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 If Benteke and Delph are still contracted to us how are we spending money from there departures? See Spurs before they sold Bale. Bale compared to Benteke? one of the biggest clubs in world..champions league every season.Ronaldo Benzema etc... compared to current plop? Real was guarenteed to sign Bale and are not scared to spend ridiculous money on players I doubt for one second they would tell Sherwood go and spend 30 mill on the basis that the papers keep saying liverpool want Benteke so there 100% gonna bid? I'm not saying that is what we are doing but I think some people on here do think this is the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysAVFC Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 (edited) If Benteke and Delph are still contracted to us how are we spending money from there departures?See Spurs before they sold Bale.Bale compared to Benteke? one of the biggest clubs in world..champions league every season.Ronaldo Benzema etc... compared to current plop? Real was guarenteed to sign Bale and are not scared to spend ridiculous money on players I doubt for one second they would tell Sherwood go and spend 30 mill on the basis that the papers keep saying liverpool want Benteke so there 100% gonna bid?Seems a pretty strange argument, there is a massive possibility that Villa know Benteke might not be here come the start of the season, who ever he goes to(if he does). Whether it is the case that we a spending first knowing it is likely, remains to be seen, I'm ever the optimist and hope he's staying. And for the bollocks about believing the papers, of course that's not what they do, they go by the truth which none of us know much of. Edited July 3, 2015 by AlwaysAVFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted July 3, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted July 3, 2015 It's a positive that both players signed/signing have said they've done so after speaking with Sherwood. Good players too, a good sign for the future I hope. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan81 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 well i personaly doubt we are spending money we have not recieved/ not guarenteed to recieve i dont see plop paying 32 mill for Benteke and i can also see Sherwood telling plop ' no players thanks i have my own shopping list ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 If Benteke and Delph are still contracted to us how are we spending money from there departures? I think its known as the never-never Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Maybe we are spending to show Benteke and Delph our ambition? 3/4 big signing can only help in trying to keep them 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightysasquatch Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 I hope we are spending funds we actually have/can afford & not just assuming we will get X amount for selling a player(s) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted July 3, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted July 3, 2015 Similarly, it would interesting to know whether potential signings are being told (or at least being suggested to) that the likes of Delph & Benteke will be sticking around. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAL Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 arent we on a financially even keel and with tv money going up actually have a surplus so its no wonder we are spending more this window 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 If Benteke and Delph are still contracted to us how are we spending money from there departures? See Spurs before they sold Bale. both players have alleged buy-out clauses so clubs could snap them up if wanted them now without giving us the courtesy of getting replacements and im sure clubs interested would rather have Delph and Benteke for pre-season than say mid-august Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 We are so used to spending no money that this is a shock to the system. It's still not that much. Look at Lesta dropping 12m on Austin. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 We are so used to spending no money that this is a shock to the system. It's still not that much. Look at Lesta dropping 12m on Austin. Well said. These are not crazy acquisitions for a premier league club to be getting. Its just last summer we really went way too low in terms of spend so its a shock to see us back to decent / ok spend levels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted July 4, 2015 Moderator Share Posted July 4, 2015 We are so used to spending no money that this is a shock to the system. It's still not that much. Look at Lesta dropping 12m on Austin. Very good point that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 The media love Tim Sherwood, so in theory should be loving AVFC again. But all they seem to want to do is actively try to sell our talent. Hope TS knocks a few heads off when he does his first few pressers. Let em have it . all these suckas from the papers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itdoesntmatterwhatthissay Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 We are so used to spending no money that this is a shock to the system. It's still not that much. Look at Lesta dropping 12m on Austin. Very good point that Definitely. Plus this is Sherwood, at Spurs they go for players who are rated as potential stars, we haven't done that in many years and we sign gambles. Sherwood has set a precedent. he wants players he rates highly and not that he thinks will be rated highly, it's a great change of scenery. Fortunately unlike Spurs we can't gamble with numbers, the bigger signings mostly need to work out, I think that's a useful pressure. Remember the excitement of getting Young and Milner, compare that and the fees we received with the excitement and success of too many recent failures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Now is the time to get behind the manager and the players. Hoping with a few more additions we can finally put the shit behind us... ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Sherwood had a £100 bet today with Pete Colley, saying we still wouldn't have been sold by the time the players return back for pre-season (6/7/15) Make of that what you will. Im sure he can afford to lose 100 quid after his bonus for keeping us up! Someone remind Colley to bring his £100 along for tomorrows PC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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