Aston Villa Banter Archive June 16 2013

16 Jun 2013 13:27:27
fact is Aston Villa appear to be the team most likely to sign the mercurial playmaker.

They have already made contact with Montpellier about a transfer and Belhanda refused to rule out a move to The Midlands; in fact he seemed quite excited by the possibility:

"I am definitely aware that there are five clubs with serious interest in me. England will be my first choice. Aston Villa is a great club with a big history playing in the best league in the world, so let's see what will happen. ""

Rumour has it Lambert is discussing a £7.5m deal for Belhanda with £6m of add on's possible depending on his EPL success.

This will only happen if benteke leaves and then he, d played in the hole behind helenius or weinmann

Yes this is of course a nice thought, and I totally agree that we need an amf to pull the strings.

But where is this "rumor" coming from exactly? Sounds like an old rumor resurfacing as there is no new info here other than the figures being touted.

Even those figures are most probably based on the interview with Montpellier's manager recently.

16 Jun 2013 01:03:42
the rumours regarding Bent to Newcastle are odd. According to a sunday paper they want to pay Bent less than the 75k he is asking for and pay only a 'nominal fee' not 6m?!
On top of this they have told their players who object to the Wonga deal to quiet up - basically.

Sounds like a club you would not want to sign for. He is worth the 6m asking price at least and we or Bent should break off the deal. plenty of other clubs would be happy with the fee and wages. If he signs for someone like Fulham I could see him score 15 Premiership goals and go to the World Cup with England (If we make it) and look great value.

What we shouldn't do is give him away for a nominal fee to a club in this country
That could come back to bite us
If Newcastle are the big club their fans continually harp on about, 6million for a 29 year old international centre forward is reasonable
Mendax

6 million for a player that can't even get a start in a team battling relegation! you are living in dream land. if he would take 25k a week and a transfer fee of 3million then maybe you will get rid of him, i belive bent will be at villa next season draining 50/60k a week out of you wage bill for sitting on the bench.

If he's on top of his game he gets 15-20goals a season, so villa are right to sell him at 6million, and what bent wants to demand off his new club every week is simply not villas problem. He won't price himself out of a moove as he wants first team football, because he wants to be on that plane to Brazil for the worldcup.