VillaChris Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Say the worst happens and he aggravates his injury playing for Belgium, are we entitled to compensation off them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Say the worst happens and he aggravates his injury playing for Belgium, are we entitled to compensation off them? unlikely. But surely he wont play if his hip isn't right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 It is pretty obvious that Benteke has only ever seen us as a stepping to the big boys of the premiership. Whereas he may well want to play for his country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 you are aware that fans and players of other nations stillconsider playing for their country a major thing. This attitude seems to be mainly in England which they dont care about international football I don't think the attitude is as prevalent in England as some think it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 you are aware that fans and players of other nations stillconsider playing for their country a major thing. This attitude seems to be mainly in England which they dont care about international football Well aware. But >I< care about Villa way ahead of any countries national side and frankly I think my views should trump everyone elses 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Say the worst happens and he aggravates his injury playing for Belgium, are we entitled to compensation off them? I think clubs usually have insurance which pays out if a player gets injured away on international duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AValon Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Didn't say he would be playing, he will be called is all I said. He will want to be part of the squad when they qualify as he's been a major part of them getting there. Did'nt mean to imply that you did. No offence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avflife Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Lets just hope Belgium get at least a draw away in Croatia (enough to qualify), so he isn't needed against Wales On the issue regarding club vs. country, if he (CB) wants to play for them, guess no one can stop him; the only thing clubs are entitled to if a player gets seriously injured is a **** lot of compensation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 It is pretty obvious that Benteke has only ever seen us as a stepping to the big boys of the premiership. Whereas he may well want to play for his country. Absolute nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 It is pretty obvious that Benteke has only ever seen us as a stepping to the big boys of the premiership. Whereas he may well want to play for his country. Absolute nonsense. Really? He said it himself when he signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 It is pretty obvious that Benteke has only ever seen us as a stepping to the big boys of the premiership. Whereas he may well want to play for his country. Absolute nonsense. Really? He said it himself when he signed. He may see a future other than Villa to progress his own ambitions, but comments like he may well want to play for Belgium indicate that he doesn't want to play for us. He gives it 110% for us and at the end of the day, we will get a hell of a lot more than we paid for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 It is pretty obvious that Benteke has only ever seen us as a stepping to the big boys of the premiership. Whereas he may well want to play for his country. Absolute nonsense. Really? He said it himself when he signed. He may see a future other than Villa to progress his own ambitions, but comments like he may well want to play for Belgium indicate that he doesn't want to play for us. He gives it 110% for us and at the end of the day, we will get a hell of a lot more than we paid for him. We are still a stepping stone though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Naturally he will want to give his all for us but ultimately he wants to play champions league football and be a big part of the golden generation of Belgium football. Cant blame him for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 It is pretty obvious that Benteke has only ever seen us as a stepping to the big boys of the premiership. Whereas he may well want to play for his country. Absolute nonsense. Really? He said it himself when he signed. He may see a future other than Villa to progress his own ambitions, but comments like he may well want to play for Belgium indicate that he doesn't want to play for us. He gives it 110% for us and at the end of the day, we will get a hell of a lot more than we paid for him. We are still a stepping stone though. So are Man Utd, so are Spurs. The problem with AVFC wasn't who we sold its who we replaced them with. To think we had Downing, Milner, and Young and we effectively replaced them with N'Zogbia, Ireland and Bent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted October 4, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2013 (edited) It is pretty obvious that Benteke has only ever seen us as a stepping to the big boys of the premiership. Whereas he may well want to play for his country. Absolute nonsense. Really? He said it himself when he signed. He may see a future other than Villa to progress his own ambitions, but comments like he may well want to play for Belgium indicate that he doesn't want to play for us. He gives it 110% for us and at the end of the day, we will get a hell of a lot more than we paid for him. We are still a stepping stone though. So are Man Utd, so are Spurs. The problem with AVFC wasn't who we sold its who we replaced them with. To think we had Downing, Milner, and Young and we effectively replaced them with N'Zogbia, Ireland and Bent. Crap management/ management changes has more to do with those replacements being crap. Interesting to note that None of those 6 have had great careers since they have left or arrived. The top 2 teams in the World for players are Barca and Real, the rest are in effect stepping stones, only question is how much each steps gonna cost. Edited October 4, 2013 by tinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa-revolution Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Let's hope the Belgian physios are as good as their National team. That way the beast will come back an absolute demon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 It is pretty obvious that Benteke has only ever seen us as a stepping to the big boys of the premiership. Whereas he may well want to play for his country.Absolute nonsense.Really? He said it himself when he signed. He may see a future other than Villa to progress his own ambitions, but comments like he may well want to play for Belgium indicate that he doesn't want to play for us. He gives it 110% for us and at the end of the day, we will get a hell of a lot more than we paid for him. We are still a stepping stone though. So are Man Utd, so are Spurs. The problem with AVFC wasn't who we sold its who we replaced them with. To think we had Downing, Milner, and Young and we effectively replaced them with N'Zogbia, Ireland and Bent. Absolutely true mate. A waste of money all over the place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 It is pretty obvious that Benteke has only ever seen us as a stepping to the big boys of the premiership. Whereas he may well want to play for his country. Absolute nonsense. Really? He said it himself when he signed. He may see a future other than Villa to progress his own ambitions, but comments like he may well want to play for Belgium indicate that he doesn't want to play for us. He gives it 110% for us and at the end of the day, we will get a hell of a lot more than we paid for him. We are still a stepping stone though. So are Man Utd, so are Spurs. The problem with AVFC wasn't who we sold its who we replaced them with. To think we had Downing, Milner, and Young and we effectively replaced them with N'Zogbia, Ireland and Bent. Absolutely true mate. A waste of money all over the place. In all fairness few of us would have disagreed with the signing of Nzog. It just hasn't worked out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lions_Roar Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 It is pretty obvious that Benteke has only ever seen us as a stepping to the big boys of the premiership. Whereas he may well want to play for his country.Absolute nonsense.Really? He said it himself when he signed. He may see a future other than Villa to progress his own ambitions, but comments like he may well want to play for Belgium indicate that he doesn't want to play for us. He gives it 110% for us and at the end of the day, we will get a hell of a lot more than we paid for him. We are still a stepping stone though. So are Man Utd, so are Spurs. The problem with AVFC wasn't who we sold its who we replaced them with. To think we had Downing, Milner, and Young and we effectively replaced them with N'Zogbia, Ireland and Bent. Easy to say now whereas when they were signed the majority of people were more than happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 4, 2013 Moderator Share Posted October 4, 2013 There were an awful lot of people saying how daft the Ireland deal was from its very inception Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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