Electric Avenue Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Liverpool have valued Suarez at £65m. For me, this puts Benteke in the £40m bracket. If he has another great season he could be worth more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 So why did we sell Downing for 20million, sometimes I get the feeling that people just think Randy will be an easy salesman on this. Even local journalists such as Moxley and Kendrick have stated that Villa themselves are very calm on the situation as it'll take an offer of above 30million to even get them to talk about it. I'd be very surprised if he is sold for less than 30million. And anyone shelling out £30m+ for someone who has only had one outstanding season in the Prem is taking a big risk. Some fingers have been burned and lessons learned before, I'd imagine (Plop spring to mind). This is why AVFC are not worried, if Benteke leaves it will on the their terms not the Sunday Mirrors terms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 1, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2013 Well either way we just need to get it sorted quickly. We don't want to be coming to the last couple of days of the window without really knowing. We need time to bring in replacements if he's going to be sold. It's a shame the window always goes a bit crazy towards the end of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimcohen Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I just cant see why we would sell him. We dont need the money. He will be worth £1m more every goal he scores and has only been here for 1 year after being plucked from relitive obscurity. I think we will rebuff all offers and keep him for another season and then if we dont get a good top half fginsih and he has another good season, probably selel him for £30m. But if we have a good season, who knows, maybe he will see his future with us? Be a real statment of intent fromt he club if we keep him. After selling our best player pretty much every season in a row under MON and then AM, it would be just so nice if we could keep Benteke this year. He has resigned all our young talent, signed some good players to bulster the squad. 2 jobs done. 2 more to do. off load the over priced squad fillers and keep Benteke. That wuold mean the perfect summer for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 i suspect as its a world cup year he will stay, can see him leaving the following summer though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo82 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 To be honest if he goes he goes dust yourself off move on i'm sure Lambert will invest the money wisely obv i'd be happy if he stayed but all this will he won't stay drama that has been rumbling on from the moment the final whistle is just making me like him less and less hope this gets sorted soon so we know where we stand in relation to areas on strengthening the team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian guy Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 hes staying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Have you heard anything Belgian guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praisedmambo Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Andy Johnson is no Benteke. £40million for Benteke should be the minimum to even answer the phone. That's coming from the enraged fan though, not the CFO of Aston Villa FC. As with anything else related to the business of our club, a sale of this player would have to be discussed from what is best for our future. If he wants to stay and we get low bids, well then there is no argument. If he has said to our manager that he wants to leave if possible, then the other club will know that a long time ago and the price would meet the market. 40M is ridiculous, we have never had a player worth that much and probably never will. We got him for 7M and he has scored 19 league goals, his fee is probably near 25M and that almost 4x the amount we paid, a fee that will please our board to matter what. As for all our big players over the last few years and the inevitable sales, this time around I don't feel there is a sale looming at all. He has in no way gone out and hinted he wants to leave and we don't really "need" the money like some drenched up club from France struggling to pay their monthly wages. I have a good feeling he will stay, at least for another year. I'm anything but enraged. I said it because I watched Benkeke all season and he blew my **** mind. Benteke is a beast with 3 years left on his contract. £40 million please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian guy Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Have you heard anything Belgian guy? nope nothing. i consider that as a good thing tough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 So why did we sell Downing for 20million, sometimes I get the feeling that people just think Randy will be an easy salesman on this. Even local journalists such as Moxley and Kendrick have stated that Villa themselves are very calm on the situation as it'll take an offer of above 30million to even get them to talk about it. I'd be very surprised if he is sold for less than 30million. And anyone shelling out £30m+ for someone who has only had one outstanding season in the Prem is taking a big risk. Some fingers have been burned and lessons learned before, I'd imagine (Plop spring to mind). This is why AVFC are not worried, if Benteke leaves it will on the their terms not the Sunday Mirrors terms. pity thought that 12million plus Defoe they negotiated was a bargain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlitobrigante Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 every single time i log onto this site i hear.. ''has christian benteke played his last game for aston villa...'' thanks to that annoying advertisement i get pop up on the site, same one time after time. Really puts me on a downer :-( i hope to god we get another season out of him before he moves on. Luckily there seem to be lots of other big strikers who have been signed or are potentially on the move this summer that might end up helping us keep him (Rooney, Higuain, Lewandowski, Tevez, Torres, David Villa, Cavani etc) He has come on so much last season. He has everything, and when he does go, i am expecting 25-30 mill minimum. The guy is made for the premiership. Good finisher, quick feet, good first touch, and is built like Drogba. He is built for this league, and i can see a huge bidding war if he stays for another year, scores another 20 goals and does well at the world cup (hard not to in such a good Belgium team with the service he will get). If that pans out, then i can see us getting above 30 mill no problem, so we cannot lose either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 AVFC Transfer Tweet @AVFCTransTweet6m Arsenal #afc have APPARENTLY lodged a £22m bid + Thomas Eisfeld for #benteke #avfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrath_5 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 AVFC Transfer Tweet @AVFCTransTweet6m Arsenal #afc have APPARENTLY lodged a £22m bid + Thomas Eisfeld for #benteke #avfc I'd reject that offer - but on a side note, Eisfeld is going to be a fantastic player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Avenue Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Who on earth is Thomas Eisfield ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 1, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2013 Eeerr...who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggy_333 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 He's an attacking midfielder apparently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 German AM who Arsenal got from the Dortmund academy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Benteke would likely be sitting behind Higuan at Arsenal so that would be a silly move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Avenue Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Seems like BS to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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