Morpheus Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 (edited) We're either going to build something with Lambert backed by the chairman, or, we're going to keep on dismantling Aston Villa FC backed by the chairman? I had this very debate with a fellow poster who stated at the time that we must build with younger players who are hungry for success rather than re-investing in experience. I argued that we have been habitual re-builders over the past three or four seasons only to see our better players continually sold and Benteke looks as though he will be on his way whether we stay up or not. That is the problem for our club. We will never be able to build a team that won't be continually interrupted by change when the chairman is now infatuated with the business side of the club rather than the vibrant enthusiasm he once had. We need a balance of youth and quality experience within the squad so when we do lose one or two of our better players, we still have enough quality within the squad that the impact of losing those players is negligible and still allows us to compete in the Premiership. Edited February 16, 2013 by Morpheus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I hope we get £20m plus for him and he goes City to warm the bench. Shit being a smalltime club with zero ambition isnt it?? Hopefully he can keep us up, we put the 20m from his transfer together with next seasons tv money and give Lambert 40m to invest in giving us half a chance of survival next season (yeah, right!). Pffftttt depressing times to be a Villan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 If we survive and then sell Benteke and Bent we'll be fighting relegation again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 16, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted February 16, 2013 (edited) If we survive we'll be fighting relegation anyway I fear. I would stake a pretty penny that Benteke is not an Aston Villa playee come the end of next transfer window. Edited February 16, 2013 by Chindie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted February 16, 2013 Moderator Share Posted February 16, 2013 If he's got to leave I'd rather he went abroad so I don't have to see him every week on MotD. If he was at Atletico Madrid or PSG I'd be proud to say he'd come from VIlla. If he was at Spurs or that horrible sky blue shite I'd be gutted. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 16, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted February 16, 2013 If he's got to leave I'd rather he went abroad so I don't have to see him every week on MotD. If he was at Atletico Madrid or PSG I'd be proud to say he'd come from VIlla. If he was at Spurs or that horrible sky blue shite I'd be gutted. Agreed. Sadly I don't think he will go abroad. Has 'Spurs signing' written all over him in big neon letters IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Ugh Spurs. If he goes there I want £20m. We had better not get some donkey in part exchange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I just hope we stay up so we can get a decent fee for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandaq Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 If he went to borussia dortmund I would actually be happy. I agree with you guys, I don`t wanna see him either in premier league. Would really be devastating to see him put on a new shirt next year with spurs or whatever. And you know they are gonna be in for him, defoe, adebayor and demspey to some degree is not good enough for them. I expect some really heavy investment in the next window if we stay up. Even if the rumors are just rumors I have no doubts about it either, benteke is surely not a villain in any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Start the bidding at £25m, with 2 or 3 big clubs chasing it could hit £30m ?? Who gives a **** as Lerner will pocket the profit anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Start the bidding at £25m, with 2 or 3 big clubs chasing it could hit £30m ?? Who gives a **** as Lerner will pocket the profit anyway I'd be very surprised if we got that much for him. £15-20m, tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Villa have traditionally undersold our players so yeah probably about £14-16m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan_007 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 (edited) Villa have traditionally undersold our players so yeah probably about £14-16m Like who?? young downing milner barry all went for a good wedge even yorke was decent for that era Edited February 16, 2013 by villan_007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Villa have traditionally undersold our players so yeah probably about £14-16m Like who?? young downing milner barry all went for a good wedge even yorke was decent for that era Try as I might, I can't think of a player we've undersold, even Barry at £12.5million was good value considering the length of time left on his contract and his age at the time. £20million for downing, he wasn't worth the £12million we got him for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Its replacing the players we have sold is the problem. If we sold Benteke, have to replace him with quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I could understand selling if we got 25m and used 10m for a striker, 10m on a winger and 5m defender (or similar) but don't want us to sell him and use 1/3 of the money, it doesn't improve us.. Downing / Young = N'Zogbia NOT reinvesting or improving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 If he's got to leave I'd rather he went abroad so I don't have to see him every week on MotD. If he was at Atletico Madrid or PSG I'd be proud to say he'd come from VIlla. If he was at Spurs or that horrible sky blue shite I'd be gutted. Agreed. Sadly I don't think he will go abroad. Has 'Spurs signing' written all over him in big neon letters IMO. I wouldn't really think of him as a Spurs signing, they don't pay big money to other Premier League teams very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymond Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 So the transfer papers have gone through then? Or have we run out of things to moan about in the present so we are making up things to moan about in the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 If we are to sell him then with the increase in TV revenue i would hope the club dismiss bids of 15m. Posters were quoting 10m-12m for Bent. I'd put Benteke in the same bracket potentially as Rooney and Man U paid close to 30m. If Benteke continues with his current form then we shouldn't sell for anything less than 20m-25m on the basis that it is reinvested into the team and not the chairman's pocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMcKenna Posted February 16, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted February 16, 2013 If we are to sell him then with the increase in TV revenue i would hope the club dismiss bids of 15m. Posters were quoting 10m-12m for Bent. I'd put Benteke in the same bracket potentially as Rooney and Man U paid close to 30m. If Benteke continues with his current form then we shouldn't sell for anything less than 20m-25m on the basis that it is reinvested into the team and not the chairman's pocket. Unfortunately "we" have no say in how any subsequent fee would be invested. My guess is that If we survive, Lerner will continue to run AVFC on a shoestring till he recovers his investment then try to sell, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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