Aston Villa Rumours Archive August 20 2013

 

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20 Aug 2013 12:50:32
Rumour in Manchester is Utd are set to test Villa's resolve and come in for Benteke, and prove contracts mean nothing to the players, £38mil is the figure, and champions league to add to the carrot on the string, Sorry Villa fans but Squeeky bum time returns

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What a load of old rubbish! Man U didn't want to spend £30m on Fellani and Bains so why would they spend so much on Benteke?
If they were genuinly interested surely they would have gone for him when he handed a transfer request in a few weeks ago.

Man U are blessed up front with V. Persie, Rooney, Wellbeck and Hernandez so why would they need another striker?

To be honest if someone comes in with £38m for Tekkerz I would take it but its not going to happen

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Man u don't need a striker and 38m is a random figure atleast make it realistic

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FOR HEAVENS SAKE GIVE IT A REST.

What a load of rubbish, this is just another stir up.
Some people just have nothing better to do, let's talk Villa not garbage like this.

villadave

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More garbage coming out over benteke. journalists stirring it up again and fans being sucked in. Give it a rest!

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Nonsense

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If they want him they will have to break the bank. Man U ALWAYS get what they want, so as Toffees have said "The offer is disrespectful. " £38m is disrespectful. Time to play hard ball £50 this time or they can f--- off.

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What a fool. Let's us try and enjoy the ride without silly made up stories eh

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London tabloid tripe.

We can expect this any time we play Chelski/The Arse and the Spuds to be honest as they were "linked" to Benteke before. and we know how that went.

They will rehash anything in order to get someone to read the paper.

Man U are stacked. Spurs just signed a 28 YO, Chelsea have enough options and The Arse were just smashed by us, and don't look like they can do anything to get them in CL with all those injuries.

Hardly a desirable place to play currently.

Fellow Villa fans, ignore this rubbish. The haters will be present as long as we win games like we did on the weekend. just imagine what they'll say if we do Chelski tomorrow :)

UTV

Leroy

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Lets do Mourinho over then Kop at the Villa & see who'll be laughing come 2 weeks time!

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Man utd didn't even want to pay that much for fabregas who is a complete and proven MIDFIELDER (which is the position they need) why would they pay that much for benteke when he is not yet proven and has only had one good season

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20 Aug 2013 13:22:57
Notwithstanding the new contract, there is a possibility that both Arsenal and Chelsea will make bids for Benteke before the transfer window closes.
Arsenal are becoming increasingly desperate to sign players to appease fans and having failed to sign Higuain and Suarez, are now short on options. Villa will be a good place to demand silly amounts of money. Similar applies to Chelsea: if they fail to sign Rooney, Jose will look to find another forward with Drogba-style abilities. Benteke is the obvious target.

In many ways, a new contract is absolutely irrelevant. Nevertheless, the situation gives Villa an advantage, in terms of rejecting the bid or demanding an enormous fee.

Only have low to medium confidence in this. I suspect if a bid emerges, it will be close to deadline day.

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Drogba style abilities? Like Lukaku maybe?

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Chelsea have lukaku so no just no. And benteke would flop at arsenal as they do not play to his strengths

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Anyone else knew this was a load of tosh when the line "Drogba-style abilities" was mentioned?

Kingvilla would be proud of that line

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Some real people out there who react in absolute terms. I even said I had low confidence in this but still people throw their teddies around. If anyone notices reality, you will see that Jose still doesn't have full confidence in Lukaku.

So a bid for Benteke is credible from either Arsenal or Chelsea. Not sure about Man Utd.

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Lukaku? and he's younger than Benteke! that's just rubbish journalism! 2 players want first team football in a league where most clubs play 1 striker per game? rubbish!

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Considering what Mourinho said last night, no business will be done with Chelsea, and there's no clause or anything like that in his contract so this is bull

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