Yep. Really hope they don't get him.
Christian Benteke | BBC: Liverpool Agree £32.5m Fee
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Yep. Really hope they don't get him.
Is Sturridge dead? Haven't heard anything about him in over a year it seems.
Sturridge not back until Sept at earliest
Lets not forget Villa only scored 31 league goals last season! If he comes in and scores 20 plus goals no one will care about the price. Im not even saying we should sign him, but he wouldn't be a bad acquisition at all. I don't see United paying over 25M for him though. Liverpool are the ones who are strongly linked to him anyways
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Had hip surgery. Might miss the start of the season I think.
Still not sure on Benteke. Always thought he's had a bit more to his game than some of the other lumps that have started well here. Was hard to tell in Lamberts side though who did nothing but smash diagonals to him.
Think he's the kind of forward LVG would like but £32m is very steep when you think how many Euro's that is. Saying that, what else is out there?
This. In addition to excellent movement off the ball, which I'd say is his biggest strength. His only issue is he can be a tad lazy in his workrate, and his game isn't all together at the moment and thus he looks a little disjointed in his play, but it will eventually and when it does, he'll be damn near unplayable
There would be a host of clubs lining up to pay his release fee if that were true. You're describing a player with no weaknesses there. That isn't Benteke.
Not a fan. I see him as a good goalscorer, but his hold up play and first touch are more than a bit inconsistent from what I've seen from him. Would prefer us to sign someone like Llorente who has a few decent years left and pick up a potentially better striker in the future. The market for strikers is awful this year.
Lorente is way to static for my liking. A player like Benteke offers the same advantages as him in terms of physicality, but he has a broader set of qualities like his pace which Llorente lacks. If you want a static unit of a poacher you might as well throw Fellaini up front.
You don't want Benteke but want Llorente????? Llorente can't move anymore.
I think all of the available options are bad. Playing Chicharito or even moving Fellaini up front would be less of a risk than most of the strikers available.
All about opinions mate. For what it's worth I think Benteke is quality.
Chicharito isnt good enough with the ball and in his hold up play. Benteke isnt as good as a poacher, but in everything else he is better.
I find it odd that Liverpool keep buying attackers. They need to sort out their defense first.
I also agree with @beergod that Hernandez and even Fellaini would be preferable to some of the players being touted - I am not a big Benteke fan.
I also agree with @beergod that Hernandez and even Fellaini would be preferable to some of the players being touted - I am not a big Benteke fan.
So basically you want a physical player who is good in the air, but you're opting for the sluggish 30 year old, less physical Spanish striker with an inferior scoring record(in a striker's league) and an inferior heading ability.........plus, he hasn't proven himself in the PL.
Gotchu.
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Club don't want to sell & he's very happy where he is, apparently turned down attention from United & Chelsea a month or so ago.
Very good young striker, but unless United go in and way over pay, he's going no where.
United won't be paying another English club in Euros?
There are very few available defenders they can afford that would represent anywhere near certain buys.
Out of interest, how do people here feel that Benteke compares against Rooney as of now (i.e. not when Rooney was in his prime)?
Rooney is/was a far better player.
Benteke is good at what he does, but in way a tad limited. Will score goals wherever he plays, which is what people expect from a striker, but not really a player who can turn a big game.
not true, see:Pretty much their biggest game of the season and single handedly pulled them out the fire. I imagine some peoples retort will be "it was only QPR", but you can only beat what's in front of you and by all accounts that game would of been lost without him.
Benteke would be a really good signing. He is a proven goal scorer.
The last time we signed a Villa striker we had phenomenal success.
Not all big name strikers can actually deliver. Falcao was a decent example.
The last time we signed a Villa striker we had phenomenal success.
Not all big name strikers can actually deliver. Falcao was a decent example.
As a striker and as of right now - Rooney isn't significantly better than him,of course when you compare their overall contribution to their teams Rooney is the better player, Benteke's contribution to Villa can be valued, i dont think you can adequately put a price on what Rooney brings to United, you only ever notice what Rooney brings to a team when he is absent.
Yes I know that. What I'm saying is it's €45m with the current exchange rates this summer and that can buy you a hell of lot of ability from the continent.
Like who?
I asked the same question in my original post. Just seems like a hell of a lot of money even in today's market
Honestly think of him as another version of Balotelli, but less of a head case. Powerful & good skills, but I don't find his movement any better than Mario's, and like any striker, tends to get in a funk when not involved. Sherwood rescued his value by loosening the reins on the offense and allowing his players to play instead of being so damned scared & defensive. Amazing what a bit of belief can do for a player.
32M for Benteke makes more sense than 50M for Kane
Brilliant!
Yep.
That's just shy of €50,000,000. Surely we can get someone better for that money. How much would bayern take for lewendowski?
It really doesn't. Kane is a much better footballer
After about 7 months of good form in the PL?
Benteke has proven he can score goals in the PL over 3 seasons. Kane could quite easily be a one season wonder.
If you guys really believe that Kane will be a one season wonder then perhaps it's time for spec savers
Plenty of players have had great first seasons, been built up as the next big thing, then disappeared back into mediocrity. Kane started this season as 3rd choice behind Soldado and Adebayor, even Spurs didn't expect him to have the season he did.
He got his chance, and took it brilliantly (and then some). Its yet to be seen if he can repeat that form again this season. Don't forget, he only scored 2 in his last 12 appearances.
I don't see them selling him. He's right up there among a handful of absolutely top class centre forwards out there at a time when maybe there aren't that many at the peak of their powers. Ibrahimovic, Suarez, aguero and lewandowski and Costa are probably the elite bunch. So they'd find it impossible to replace him.
I rate this guy highly. He can be a very good signing for someone. He is also young, only 24, he can still improve a lot.
There are one season wonders like Amir Zaki and then there is scoring so formidably and consistently, even against top sides. Kane won't be a one season wonder.
Kane is 2.5 years younger and is a better creator for others. They might end up producing similarly but there's a chance Kane becomes a genuine star while there is for Benteke to do so would be far, far less likely (though some target men do develop later, but Kane is not bad in the air himself). What Kane did in his first proper Prem season and at age 21 was really amazing.
And when you're spending massive sums you're a team that needs to find those proper stars. Someone like Dzeko can do his job very well without really becoming a fixture or starter at a big club.
Also, we have Wilson as a sort of safety net to mean that we might not need to buy another #9 for a long time, so spending a bit more isn't the end of the world.
The real question is how good will Kane be. I'm not ready to stick my neck out on that one, honestly. I like that Kane shoots low almost obsessively and can play teammates in (he'd have gotten them a draw against us if Ryan Mason could have finished his 1 on 1) but I've always been less confident judging strikers than other positions. It's hard to see what kind of runs a player is making on TV and I've never really played there so don't understand even some of the more basic off the ball things to look for.
And most of all, is he a James Beattie scoring a million for Southampton that one year or is just going to get 20 a year from now until he's old, like Shearer.
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