AshVilla Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I'm all for supporting the club if they let him rot in the reserves and ruin his WC chances if no-one bids £25m or over Has a single club ever actually let a star player "rot in the reserves"? We sell for 25m for whatever and get him out asap. We dont want a sage to taint what has otherwise been a great summer so far. He's clearly been tapped up but so what? Some club will give him 100k more that he's on now. No-brainer. He's on £20k a week, it's not like we're wasting all our money away keeping him in there. If we don't get £25m then we should keep him Yes place him in the reserves His disloyalty will cost him his WC spot I'd rather him be playing alongside Bannan than in Liverpool's starting eleven Unless they offer 30 mill of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Gutted but knew it would probably happen eventually. I actually thought he'd stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted July 8, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 8, 2013 If we sell for £20 million and Lambert is given £10 million to replace him then my opinion of Lerner will drop even lower. We have to be careful how we look at all of the money. Benteke has £3m of wages for the next three years and if we were to get say £24m for him, we'd find ourselves £27m to the good. Two £5.5m players at £40k a week for four years is £27m gone - but you can guarantee that this place would go mental claiming we hadn't spent it and Lerner had pocketed it because the fees only amount to £11m. Because of how low his wages are, you can pretty much take whatever fee we get for Benteke and half it for a fair idea of how much it'll give us to spend on transfers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillz Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Boo. i dislike this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstonMartin82 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Here's the problem though say we sell Benteke for £25mil you think the club we go to for a replacement is going to massively up the price !! This is a real shitter make no doubt about that Unless we buy before we sell Tekkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdabush Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Anyone remember the quotes from Benteke at the start of the summer about not forcing a move? Glad that lasted then... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enda Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Can we please ban stuff from Twitter that's not from Mat Kendrick type people? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Gutted! £30m or just keep him - other clubs have done it so we can too. If he has to go then it must be to a CL club or abroad! Not to L'pool or the 2 league title tots please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 8, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 8, 2013 That's just it, we all knew he was going to go. But for him to go this year is just not right. I did genuinely think he was going to stay, out of some form of loyalty which just doesn't exist in football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Hey Belgium guy, bentekke just shit all over that flag you made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Bear Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Benteke could play 0 minutes next season and still make the Belgian WC team. The only way he's missing it is through injury. Get that pipe dream out of your heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Anyone remember the quotes from Benteke at the start of the summer about not forcing a move? Glad that lasted then... Footballer in no integrity shocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post djdabush Posted July 8, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2013 It's ok guys, I've just unfollowed him on Twitter. Bam! How do you like that, Christian?! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Its important to understand how big a part Paul Lambert had in Benteke having such a great season. He wouldnt of had so much faith put in him at a top 5 club and it could of been a completly different season for him and it could well be the case that at a club like Chelsea he wont have such an easy ride. Im personally pissed off but in the same sense am not too worried about the future as I can see how Lambert got players like delph and gabby hitting top form and have no doubt that he will keep us progressing up the league and improving all around the club. Would be quite sickened if Benteke ended up at spuds but this transfer request has come only a few days after Chelsea are being reported to be preparing a bid and them losing out on Cavani would strengthen that point so hopefully Benteke goes to chelsea for 20m + lukaku and lukaku has a stormer for us and takes the number 1 striker position for Belgium in the world cup and Benteke gets a bit of karma and thought a lesson in the process but doubtful we have a chance of getting Lukaku but thats my little dream that Im clinging to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Benteke could play 0 minutes next season and still make the Belgian WC team. The only way he's missing it is through injury. Get that pipe dream out of your heads. Really? I very much doubt a player with zero match practice would be able to play international football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Benteke is playing a dangerous game if no club meets our valuation. Unlike previous transfers, the ball is very much with Lambert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 AVFC Transfer Tweet @AVFCTransTweet19m Been hearing rumblings all week of #cfc offering 20m plus Ba for CB. #avfc THIS MAN IS A LIAR. HE ALSO SAID ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES AGO BENTEKE WAS STAYING. ALSO, IF HE HAS BEEN HEARING RUMBLINGS THEN---CONSIDERING HE IS SUPPOSEDLY ITK---WHY DIDN'T HE SAY ANYTHING UNTIL NOW???????? Sorry I had to shout that but these Twitter people can **** off. Repeated, for emphasis. This man should NEVER be give the light of day on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Anyone remember the quotes from Benteke at the start of the summer about not forcing a move? Glad that lasted then... He hasn't forced a move at all yet, he's just handed in a transfer request Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suttonpaul Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Ok I am not ITK however what I do know is that Benteke is happy at Villa but is just seeing what happens this summer. This is second hand knowledge from someone who sees him for 10 minutes a couple of times a week but I do know it is true. On a side note my own thoughts...... why sign a deal for 40 or 60k a week early and weaken your bargaining point if a big transfer is possible? 15 weeks at 20k rise 300 or at 40 rise 600k that's peanuts to what the lad will earn in his career. I posted that this morning nothing has changed with the exception of now something has obviously happened i.e. a club has contacted his agent that is very serious that is on his list of who he is interested in moving to. On a side note my own thoughts...... I know Chelsea rumours will be strong, spurs too but I have a sneaky feeling it is Arsenal, bid turned down today maybe not willing to go higher and know we will accept that kind of money for Benteke? 2+2 = 5 probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Anyone remember the quotes from Benteke at the start of the summer about not forcing a move? Glad that lasted then... Never trust a footballer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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