Benteke - Gone to Palace
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West Brom join race to sign Christian Benteke from Liverpool
West Bromwich Albion have joined the race to sign Christian Benteke from Liverpool.
The Baggies need to rebuild their strike-force with Saido Berahino expected to leave and Benteke will be allowed to move on at Anfield, although Liverpool are keen on recouping much of the £32.5m they paid Aston Villa last year meaning any deal will break Albion’s transfer record.
Crystal Palace are also interested in the 25-year-old, who scored nine goals in 14 league starts last season but has fallen down the pecking order under Jürgen Klopp.
Albion pulled the plug on a record £15m deal for West Ham’s Diafra Sakho last week after it became clear he would not be fit enough until September.
They want to line up a new signing before allowing Berahino to leave with the club having accepted it is time to cash in on the former England Under-21s international.
Palace also want Berahino, with an offer of £20m plus add-ons on the table, while Stoke have offered a £20m package for the 23-year-old.
Albion were bought by Yunyi Guokai (Shanghai) Sports Development Limited last week, headed by a Chinese entrepreneur, Guochuan Lai.
The new owners are prepared to give the green light to a third bid for Leicester’s Jeff Schlupp. Albion have had two bids rejected for the Ghana international but have never given up on the left-sided player. They will let the defender James Chester go, having accepted an offer from Aston Villa.
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...-christian-benteke-liverpool?CMP=share_btn_tw
West Bromwich Albion have joined the race to sign Christian Benteke from Liverpool.
The Baggies need to rebuild their strike-force with Saido Berahino expected to leave and Benteke will be allowed to move on at Anfield, although Liverpool are keen on recouping much of the £32.5m they paid Aston Villa last year meaning any deal will break Albion’s transfer record.
Crystal Palace are also interested in the 25-year-old, who scored nine goals in 14 league starts last season but has fallen down the pecking order under Jürgen Klopp.
Albion pulled the plug on a record £15m deal for West Ham’s Diafra Sakho last week after it became clear he would not be fit enough until September.
They want to line up a new signing before allowing Berahino to leave with the club having accepted it is time to cash in on the former England Under-21s international.
Palace also want Berahino, with an offer of £20m plus add-ons on the table, while Stoke have offered a £20m package for the 23-year-old.
Albion were bought by Yunyi Guokai (Shanghai) Sports Development Limited last week, headed by a Chinese entrepreneur, Guochuan Lai.
The new owners are prepared to give the green light to a third bid for Leicester’s Jeff Schlupp. Albion have had two bids rejected for the Ghana international but have never given up on the left-sided player. They will let the defender James Chester go, having accepted an offer from Aston Villa.
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...-christian-benteke-liverpool?CMP=share_btn_tw
In a World where Pogba is 100 million and Bolasie 30. A crazy World called the Premier league.
On that, I read an article today saying Pogba's deal is only 18% or so of Uniteds turnover, which percentage wise is the same as Rooney when he first joined.
Personally I think the new TV money will make the Premier League much more competitive and unpredictable, but it probably won't help us much. We're shit with stuff.
Personally I think the new TV money will make the Premier League much more competitive and unpredictable, but it probably won't help us much. We're shit with stuff.
Is that the same world where LFC are trending to a zero net spend in the summer transfer window?
We've had a bloated squad which we've received decent figures for and have plenty more still left to shift.
I wouldn't resent the club running at a net profit this window at all providing they get off their arse and sign a decent LB.
West Brom have already rejected about 20m for Berahino. If they sign Benteke, then presumably Palace would have to go back in for Berahino with an increased bid.
Tony Barrett @TonyBarretTimes 3m3 minutes ago
Tony Barrett Retweeted Times Sport
Palace have had a renewed offer for Benteke of £23m with £7m add ons rejected by Liverpool.
Tony Barrett Retweeted Times Sport
Palace have had a renewed offer for Benteke of £23m with £7m add ons rejected by Liverpool.
If that was their offer then they are taking the piss. I find that hard to believe TBH, even more so after Klopp's recent comments.
So, would we have a special price for Everton? God knows they'd have a special price for us. Perhaps they could throw Baines in to sweeten the deal?
Meh, I could never be bothered with the negotiations and rejections, I always paid up front over the odds for the players I wanted. Used to spend hours when free transfers became available looking at my scout reports etc.
Those were the days, no responsibilities. But this is a topic for a different thread.
Yes, but within limits. I'd sell, even to them, for a little under what we're hoping for (say £27-28 mill) in preference to not selling him at all.
James Pearce @JamesPearceEcho 37m37 minutes ago
Benteke would have had to win Wimbledon, the British Grand Prix and MasterChef for the £7million worth of add-ons to be triggered.#LFC
Benteke would have had to win Wimbledon, the British Grand Prix and MasterChef for the £7million worth of add-ons to be triggered.
With WBA, Palace and reportedly Sunderland interested I hope we sell to one of them in all honesty.
He would probably do well at the Blueshite.
A joke because we haven't sold him yet or a joke just in general? Can you be more specific please?
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But the real deal breaker was the add on clause for 1 million which is activated only when Pardew doesn't behave like a twat for 3 consecutive games.
Why does that make us a joke?
Chelsea and United get bare P when they sell players they dont want. We dont need the money so why not hold out for what we think hes worth?
I dont understand the negative. We will sell him at the price we think hes worth.
We paid 32m in last years market. In this years market Bolasie is worth 28m and Pogba 90m
So lets wait for the right offer.
Chelsea and United get bare P when they sell players they dont want. We dont need the money so why not hold out for what we think hes worth?
I dont understand the negative. We will sell him at the price we think hes worth.
We paid 32m in last years market. In this years market Bolasie is worth 28m and Pogba 90m
So lets wait for the right offer.
Am... didn't they bid 25 million and we turned it down? They returned with a bid of 23 mil + 7 million in add ons so we turned that down as well.
We haven't even rejected a 30 million bid. We've rejected a 25 million bid and then a follow up bid which was less than their original bid.
Not sure how that makes us a joke. Binomial is a bit mad at times.
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