Yeah, it's still there under the list of his favourites.
Edit: Literally just as I type that I went back to get a screenshot and he had unfavourited them.
Christian Benteke | BBC: Liverpool Agree £32.5m Fee
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Edit: Literally just as I type that I went back to get a screenshot and he had unfavourited them.
Saw it!
He's fecking hopeless hope we don't sign him.
Quotes are from the manager but that is encouraging.
Are you 10 year old? Where is the white text??
Yeah sorry, my mistake.
And he is the only one playing for a team in the bottom half of the premier league.
It was said in jest, guess the white text may have conveyed the initial sarcasm in FM line.
Oh im 33 btw, gsoh, adventurous and athletic.
I do stand by Benteke being a good signing though
They're virtually the same age (Benteke is surprisingly young) but I believe Lacazette to have the higher potential. It's steep for both, to be honest.
Hopeless, bit strong that mate?!
50 goals in 100 games for bottom half club is nothing to be sniffed at, what is it about him you don't like exactly?
What happens when both him & Rooney are fit? Benteke is benched, and he won't like that, plus he'd be a very costly substitute.
That's why I'd prefer Berahino. He'd be cheaper, wouldn't complain, & we can easily sell him next year if it doesn't work out.
That's why I'd prefer Berahino. He'd be cheaper, wouldn't complain, & we can easily sell him next year if it doesn't work out.
whoever is playing the best will be No1
I bet most people that would prefer Lacazette have never seen him play, just prefer him because he'd be a fancy foreign import.
It just feels like he has been around for too long to still be 24, doesn't it?
Yeah, i used to think he was 29, i mean he was terrorising EPL defenders at 21/22 and he is the same age as Hazard
He does look old though.
A player can really only complain if they're scoring goals. If he's scoring then you give Rooney proper competition to get the best out of both players and LVG has shown that he's a fair manager. If Rooney is not scoring, I don't think LVG will find it hard to deal with it. Berahino isn't proven over a number of seasons, hasn't really shown he can get lots of goals in the premiership and wouldn't challenge Rooney. We can't be scared of upsetting Rooney.
Berahino would be cheaper (is younger, though that don't really matter) but if we want to win competitions? Very costly substitute? So what? RVP was that last season. Falcao on his wages. When has that ever bothered anyone? All that people really care about, is having great options.
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Let's buy a striker based on how he happy he will be to sit on the bench, what sort of reasoning is that?
At his age, he has..... to be fair.
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Benteke is only 24, so even if he does have to sit on the bench a few times(which he'll expect, competing with Rooney) he's still loads of time to claim a starting role.
33M£ for him ? NEVER EVER !
I would rather buy Iccardi from Inter for a lesser fee
Let's be honest, Benteke is a good player, but do you really think that he will be the main guy upfront ? Is he better than Roo ? NO and No
We need a top class center forward because we don't have a winger like Ronaldo scoring 40 goals, or a genius like Messi.
Chelsea, for example shared well their goals tally last year especially between Costa, Fabregas and Hazard
I don't thik that it's will be clever to pay 33M£ for Benteke, benching behind Rooney, and expecting 25 goals from him.
I would rather buy Iccardi from Inter for a lesser fee
Let's be honest, Benteke is a good player, but do you really think that he will be the main guy upfront ? Is he better than Roo ? NO and No
We need a top class center forward because we don't have a winger like Ronaldo scoring 40 goals, or a genius like Messi.
Chelsea, for example shared well their goals tally last year especially between Costa, Fabregas and Hazard
I don't thik that it's will be clever to pay 33M£ for Benteke, benching behind Rooney, and expecting 25 goals from him.
Generally speaking I would agree with that. However, prices for footballers have become insane and good strikers are rare.
Maybe we can send Chicharito the other way and get the price down to something like 20 Mio?
I'm referring to scoring goals. According to ...wiki
...he's got roughtly 19 goals in 70 games. Looking at his stats, Kane would be less of a risk. Can he keep on improving? Difficult to say. United is a big jump for a 21 year old and to be honest, if Wilson get's into any kind of momentum - i'd rather him getting the minutes since he's grown up in the environment and knows the expectationRooney can easily get 20 if he plays upfront every week with the right service, mata, fellaini, bastion, depay, Di Maria, Herrera can easily chip in with the goals, let us not forget guys like mata Herrera di Maria assist wise will help also to spread the goals.
And again, Rooney is not going to be dropped by VG, so it's a pipe dream to think a 20 goal season striker to be sat on the bench
I'm referring to scoring goals. According to ...wiki
When you break it down, its 5 in 32 in a season where he wasnt the main man, and 14 in 38 in another season where he also played behind a striker and at 21.......20 goals in 45 appearances in all competitions is really good.
Well 29 in 81 games. Last season was a great improvement but he would have been playing week in week out. Would he come here to sit on the bench? Could he miss many games and keep up that rhythm? Who knows. It's difficult to analyze. That's why to me, it's better when you can see a history of scoring. Can he do it again this season? Even then we don't know how he would develop making the step up. People maybe think we can get him for cheap and if it don't work out, sell him. But WBA will want a decent price for him too.
Icardi was valued at £22m before he signed a new deal last month so his value is going to increase and he isn't leaving this summer, besides and let's be honest have you really seen Icardi play? or does he just appeal to you?
Dont get me wrong he is a really good finisher, he is definitely not lacking in that department, but he isn't that great anywhere else... his passing is meh, he doesn't do much outside the box and he cant even win the ball back, he is flourishing in a striker's league but he might just be another Soldado in the PL.
As for the Benteke bit, scroll up.
I was frustrated by Rooney last season to be honest. He was ok in a lot of game but never great. He scored 12/14 goals last season not playing upfront, but he was poor against City, poor against Liverpool etc
Few years back he drove us to the title, I just doubt he is capable to do it again.
Rooney won't be carrying us to the title, we have a very strong set of players if they gel. I don't think any one individual will stand out, as this will be a team thing, not one stand out individual
Yep and when the interest really is confirmed as true just like Darmian all these so called know it all's need confirmation he is actually any good!!
I believe someone on the podcast mentioned that Rooney only scored 2 in 14 starts up top, or something like that.
The rest of his goals came from him playing as an attacking mid or a central mid.
As opposed to the Belgian brummie?
Sorry if you were being funny.
I don't think we will buy a cf tbh. Memphis will be back up in a shuffle. Wilson will be a sub until he proves himself. Fellaini if everyone has food poisoning.
That's just my guess, on the strength of us playing one up front, not justifying two prime strikers.
I had no idea, thought he was 28 or so!
He's probably 10, yes. Don't be agist.
He does have a "Scoutnation" compilation thats easy on the eyes to be fair, they make him look like the perfect striker.
Him and Fellaini can bounce the ball off each others heads all game
Now you're just being heightist.
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