VillaChris Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Still room for Benteke......... Milner Henderson Lallana Coutinho Firmino Benteke/Sturridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Firmino isn't really a striker. Would play behind a Sturridge or Balotelli. If I was Rodgers I'd be signing Benteke for whatever price as he embarrasses Liverpool's back 4 every season anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted June 23, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted June 23, 2015 Isn't Firmino a replacement for Sterling? They sell Sterling for £45-50m, bring in Firmino and Benteke. Would be good business if you ask me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Yeah he'll play in that front 3 with sturridge and a.n.other but he won't spearhead it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 It seems they may have made their choice and will save £3.5m by signing Firmino rather than our man. I hope that will put these links to Liverpool signing our player to an end once and for all. One potential buyer down - Great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 It seems they may have made their choice and will save £3.5m by signing Firmino rather than our man. I hope that will put these links to Liverpool signing our player to an end once and for all. One potential buyer down - Great news! Still can't see it ending the Benteke speculation. Sterling will be sold then Liverpool will offer £15m for Benteke then we will take it from there. Pisses me off that the media seems desperate for Sterling to be sold for as much as possible, but equally as desperate for Benteke to be sold on the cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz316 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Nope still after another striker, still want benteke but seen to want/expect him at a lower cost which is pretty arrogant of them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh621 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 12m + Dembele and Townsend would do me just fine. You rate Dembele and Townsend as being worth 20mil? Really? Are you Levy?! Both Dembele and Townsend have to be worth £10m each in this day and age I would have thought? Not saying I would accept it, but the valuation can't be far off? I think they're worth closer to 10 combined. Both haven't shown much in quite a while now. a] You're assuming Benteke is valued at £32m there b] Townsend is, for whatever reason, at least a £10m player in the current market. We've got people saying Fabian Delph is worth £20m on another thread - Townsend is younger, playing for a better team and also in the England squad. Delph is of much higher value/importance to us than Townsend is to spurs - dont forget that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh621 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) Isn't Firmino a replacement for Sterling? They sell Sterling for £45-50m, bring in Firmino and Benteke. Would be good business if you ask me. He's not a winger though. Although Sterling will often cut inside Firmino always plays through the middle and often becomes a striker. Edited June 23, 2015 by tomh621 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) Sterling didn't play that much last season as a winger though, more down the middle so Firmino is probably a replacement for him and with Sturridge a liability injury wise they will sign an out and out striker, although they have signed Ings so who knows. Edited June 23, 2015 by PaulC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Nope still after another striker, still want benteke but seen to want/expect him at a lower cost which is pretty arrogant of them Well they can't exactly go and spend 30 mil on a player then try and low ball us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan81 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Sterling didn't play that much last season as a winger though, more down the middle so Firmino is probably a replacement for him and with Sturridge a liability injury wise they will sign an out and out striker, although they have signed Ings so who knows. as it stands..Sturridge,Lambert,Balotelli Borini & Ings Just signed Formino but id assume like others said the number 10 role but what about Coutinho?as well as still having Sterling Dont see them coming in for Benteke to be honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I think the Firmino deal is good for us for 2 reasons. The first being that they've just spent £29million on a player so are in no position to be trying to negotiate us down and the second being that I don't think Liverpool at present have the money for another £30million player. The game changes if they sell Sterling but i'm not sure they will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 The whole situation has even handled brilliantly by the club IMO. Lambert, fox and sherwood have done amazingly well in the last 12 months, renewing him last year when he wanted to leave, adding the high release clause and then revealing it before the summer. As it's been said, we're in a great position as a result. Does anyone know for definite that the clause is 32.5? I know it's the reported fee, but I would laugh so hard if it ended up being so much less and the big clubs being put off by it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 To me this is the Raheem Sterling money they are spending in advance. City will sign him but until then I think they are getting players in before clubs start charging them more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Not that it was ever really likely IMO, but I've saw one or two mention A Madrid. It seems they are spending 30m + euro on Jackson Martinez from Porto, so that's another club to strike off the list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 The whole situation has even handled brilliantly by the club IMO. Lambert, fox and sherwood have done amazingly well in the last 12 months, renewing him last year when he wanted to leave, adding the high release clause and then revealing it before the summer. As it's been said, we're in a great position as a result. Does anyone know for definite that the clause is 32.5? I know it's the reported fee, but I would laugh so hard if it ended up being so much less and the big clubs being put off by it I agree, though tbf, contrary to the opinion of some I think that is one area (players sales) we have got right in recent history. Sadly it's the other side if the coin (getting value with purchases) that has sometimes let us down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 24, 2015 Moderator Share Posted June 24, 2015 Not that it was ever really likely IMO, but I've saw one or two mention A Madrid. It seems they are spending 30m + euro on Jackson Martinez from Porto, so that's another club to strike off the list And they had already signed Vietto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Not that it was ever really likely IMO, but I've saw one or two mention A Madrid. It seems they are spending 30m + euro on Jackson Martinez from Porto, so that's another club to strike off the list And they had already signed Vietto. Yep, So they now have Raul Jimenez, Vietto, Torres, Griezmann and Martinez (potentially) 5 strikers, even for a team that often play 2 up top is more than enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Not that it was ever really likely IMO, but I've saw one or two mention A Madrid. It seems they are spending 30m + euro on Jackson Martinez from Porto, so that's another club to strike off the list And they had already signed Vietto. Yep, So they now have Raul Jimenez, Vietto, Torres, Griezmann and Martinez (potentially) 5 strikers, even for a team that often play 2 up top is more than enough. I think your being kind to Torres putting him in that company ☺ Disclaimer. I don't watch European football so any upturn in form will be lost on me. Therefore my mocking is based purely on his last couple of season's with Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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