Aston Villa Rumours Archive June 07 2013

07 Jun 2013 22:30:40
Barry Bannan is also set to leave the club.

Does he need dropping off anywhere

He's a good back up he won't be sold

I don't know where he goes really
He's nowhere near good enough for the Prem (even as back up) and I suspect his stature will be even more of a handicap in the Championship
Mendax

Should be able to sell him to a top champ or footballing prem team. He is techinqually very good, he has great ball control and passing and could be a good buy for someone but needs to learn other elements of the game to play for Villa.

We rated him as one of our best young players a year or two ago.

Swansea or Leicester why not 2.5m and we could all be red faced in three seasons if they develop him well

I will take him anywhere he wishes to go

I think he's ok to drive himself now, he's got his license back!

07 Jun 2013 22:15:58
Hewing news that a new signing is set to be announced next week. I think it will either be Younes Belhanda or Luke Murphy. Belhanda has labelled Aston Villa as his first choice according to a French Radio. And Luke Murphy has been heavily linked with Villa during the season.

According the Morrocan media Villa representatives are in Morroco talking to Belhanda so hopefully that could be him.

I cannot see how or where Belhanda will fit into the team, unless there is going to be a complete change in the style of play. As another option, his cost will be prohibitive. He is not the type of player I would have thought PL would have favoured, however, stranger things have happened.
In Lambert we trust.

Lambert was after Coutinho in January remember, obviously he has a plan in mind. Maybe make to the diamond formation?

Yes he wants to play a 4-2-3-1 last season at the end he was playing a 4-3-2-1 but I think he will use both next season Millzy B38

Coutinho is a skilled passer, fantastic through balls, Belhanda appears to be more of a shooter? not sure he will be a great team player, hopefully I'm wrong.

I'm guessing PL has the 4-2-3-1 formation in mind, with gabby belhanda an weimann as the 3 supporting benteke, belhanda will fit in no problem, he's quality, scores goals makes goals, just what we need from the AM position

>Scg87

07 Jun 2013 01:07:22
First offer of around £20 million will see benteke off down London to either Arsenal or Chelski. This will depend if Arsenal will pay the high salary he wants (approx £80 grand a week). If not it's of the Chelski as we all know they have money to burn.

Chelsea don't want Benteke & Arsenal don't either! He isn't leaving now & it'll be next summer if he does at all.

You obviously didn't pick up on yesterday's news that Villa have valued Benteke at 40m minium

With Arsenals main targets being rooney & fellaini, and the FACT that Chelsea have just submitted bid's for Hulk and Cavani. Yeah right, Benteke needs to be considered a prooven world class player before a big club buys him at the moment he would be considered a gamble.

Don't Run Before You Can Walk.

And Carroll was sold for £35m by Newcastle, Liverpool were ripped off good and proper there, Benteke is worth no more than £10mil

Media is a wonderful propaganda spreader better than the fans

No more then 10m? In todays market?
Of course he is!

Benteke is worth no more than 10 mil. Are you an absolute fool

Here are some examples of players that were sold for more than £10m in the last few years, these are just off the top of my head:
Matt Jarvis
Steven Fletcher
Stewart Downing
Jordan Henderson
Andy Carroll
Gervinho
Joe Allen
Peter Crouch

Benteke is a lot better than all of these players so based on the highest fee payed there, which is £35m for Andy Carroll after scoring 11 goals in 20 games for newcastle he is worth near enough £40m. yes it is a lot of money for a player with only one year of prem experience but blame liverpool for that. I can assure you if the fee is anything less than £20m there is no point in us selling as we will never get a player as good for that money unless we take a big chance like we did with benteke. and even if the £40m isn't a fair valuation its a very good 'hands-off' warning. spurs are constantly doing the same with bale so why shouldn't we!

In todays Market after the season he has had he is worth bout £25 mill. He doesn't look the kind of player that will just fizzle away either as he wants to be in the belgium squad so he has something to aim for and will spur him on. will be worth more this time next year especially if he has a good World Cup.

Manchester city have just payed 34m for fernandinhio, and he is 28 so Benteke who is probably a better player than fernandinhio and 5 years younger with 3 years left on his contract would fetch easily 34m, compare this also with what Liverpool payed for Carroll and then try and tell me what he is worth.

So Aston Villa have put a 40m price tag on him because that is how much he is worth to our club, and if you disagree your wrong.

Why react? This whole Benteke thing is a PR stunt by our board!

Right, whoever said Benteke is only just worth £10 million, you're a moron. The person who just said that Bentke is worth more than £40 million, you're also a moron.

Strikers at the top levels should be price-tagged by the number of goals they scored last season, so about £1 million should be added for every goal they score. Benteke scored 18 league goals or 23 if you count his cup goals as well. So, in theory, Benteke should be worth around £15 million (minimum)- £25 million (and that is pushing it).

The only clubs that are really going to be interested in Benteke are Spurs and Arsenal.

Spurs- Adebayor has been off this season and are looking to get rid of him, leaving them with just Defoe as their only striker. I've also heard that Spurs want Andi Weimann from Villa as well, to open up the striking options.

Arsenal- Giroud, good player, hit and miss all season. Walcott, can he really be classed as a striker. no, not really. Podolski is apparently going back to Germany, probably Borussia Dortmund. Arsenal will probably looking for another striker.

Benteke, won't however, go to Man City, Man Utd, Chelsea or Liverpool. Liverpool can't afford another flop like they got with Carroll, no dis-respect to Carroll he's a terrific player but he was never going to fit at Liverpool this season with Brendan Rogers coming in, hopefully he'll go somewhere good, he deserves it. And the two Manchester Clubs have great Strikers anyway, and if they were going to get someone else in, there going to get a proven striker. Chelsea are going to look elsewhere.

I think your pretty stupid if you can't agree with the majority of things I've just put. Not even a Villa fan. Up the Walsall.

Dean Smith's Barmy Army.

Rubbish 15m for Benteke reason is he can easily have a rubbish season next year and flop.

What villa value Benteke at and what they get are 2 different things. In football money talks and £20 million now is better than him leaving for free in 12 months time.

If its £1m per goal why wasn't carroll bought for £11m?

Million pound a goal?u r unbelieveable mate u think u know it all. u think strikers are judged on goals only? benteke is valued 40mil by villa for the reason that they won't sell him for less. it is the SELLING clubs valuation that matters and nothing else. and what person thinks he will leave for free next year when he has 3 years left on his current deal?u clearly know NOTHING