As the Benteke sage continues into it’s second week, there is another European side that has had to deal with a very similar problem like Aston Villa. Dortmund have had issues with Robert Lewandowski throughout June and earlier. Lewandowski continuously tried to leave Dortmund and complete his dream move to Bayern Munich, he talked to the press, the board, transfer requests, he did just about everything he could to get himself away from Dortmund. Did Dortmund conform to his actions? No, they were firm and clear, they told Lewandowski that he will stay and honour his contract at the club. Then next season he could leave for free. It’s a bold move by Dortmund, they could’ve easily gotten something in the high 20 million euro range for such a talented player. But they decided that in order to keep the pressure on Bayern Munich, they couldn’t sell another star. Recently Lewandowski has spoken to the media and announced that he has accepted his fate at Dortmund and will be happy to play for this season.
Now, can Aston Villa implement a similar policy with Benteke?
I actually think Aston Villa could pull it off, as long as they follow Dortmund’s foot steps. Where Dortmund bullied by Lewandowski? Not at all, they even signed another striker in Aubameyang. Dortmund, like Villa want to progress the team, and you can’t do that if you sell your best players. In a way Aston Villa can control the Benteke situation more. Benteke still has 3-years left on his contract, the World Cup is coming up and (like the rumours suggest) Aston Villa aren’t afraid to fine him. However, you can also argue that Benteke is a different animal to Lewandowski and it may be more difficult to control him. Perhaps, but I think that World Cup starting place is the biggest motivation for Aston Villa. Lastly, Lambert is a clever guy, he even played for Dortmund; and due to his unpredictable nature, he may replicate Dortmund’s plan.
There is no question that Benteke won’t be at Villa Park for a very long time, the maximum is one more season and that too is looking very unlikely. But as the saga continues, it will be interesting to see what sort of approach Aston Villa will opt for, will they keep Benteke or will he leave?
Villa should not budge unless Spurs pay us 30m and take Hutton back as part of any deal for what we paid for him
Agreed Richard we just have to hold our nerve. Levy actually thinks he’s doing us a favour
Oohah- Levy is deluded anyway – has convinced himself Spurs is a big club. With right investment the Villa is much bigger. CB more a rabbit in the headlights rather than a bighead and as has been said is being used by his agent.
Agree mate his agents done him no favours at all IMO yet again he is a grown man so not as knieve as we all think.
I totally agree with Dortmunds stance and think this is exactly what’s going on at AVFC.Lerner has set the ball park figure for Benteke so high nobody thinks hes worth it.Which means no buyers.Spurs have shown interest but no offer.All the who har and the transfer request is a possible ploy to get Villa to do a Genk and lower his price tag but to no avail.I think Benteke has shown disloyalty to AVFC by even asking for a transfer at this early stage of his contract and should stand by the club that gave him his shot.AVFC are to big for Benteke so I hope he learns his lesson little fish big pond…UTV
AVFC have made an enquiry on Lyons Gomis today UTV..
Spurs may be in a better place than us right now but I do believe over the next couple of years we will considraby close the gap. Spurs are NOT a bigger club than us. All the stats over history point to Villa being a bigger club. Even since the premier league has been formed we have finished 2nd to their 4th and above them more often than not. Lets be clear Benteke is moving for Money and the majority of it to his agent. Rest assured Spurs fans if he is using Villa as a stepping stone it will be you next year as you are certainly not one of the top clubs in Europe. Just look at the badge on your shirts I see no star for being European Champions all i see is a big Cock.
Tick Tock brother but I think he’s shagged himself this time.Lerner n Lambert combo will foil the plot no gunpowder here…UTV
Benteke would appear to be another Anelka and his career will probably follow a similar path of unfulfilled potential. He always thinks the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Contrast his behaviour with that of Darren Bent. DB has been harshly treated in my opinion and somewhat humiliated simply because of his wages. Yet he has never disrespected the club, manager, or fans,in the media. I wish DB all the best at Newcastle. As for Benteke, RL should stick to his guns. If we get £20m + for him it will have been a good short term investment. CB doesn’t deserve to be at Villa. Jog on.
Agree lawrence I know bent isn’t everyone’s cup of tea but he did do what it says on the tin ie score lots of goals
Chelsea going for Rooney. Man City buying Negredo. Arsenal positioning for Suarez. Spurs can’t offload Adebayor and/or meet our demands. At this point, CB’s so-called transfer is looking pretty dim. All the club needs to do is continue taking a hardline on the situation and everyone may get their wish. In the best case scenario, no one meets our demands and CB is brought back into the team. The club, instead of waiting for his eventual departure in January or June of next season, takes the initiative by buying his replacement now, ie Gomis, etc… The club progresses and the team weens itself off depending on Benteke for goals. Then in January or June of next year when a club is willing to pay 30m for Benteke we will already have an establish replacement and hit the ground running. Helenius is very promising, but we’ll need another brute up front if Benteke leaves.
Couple differences. Lewandowski would reject any move other than Bayern, as he did with Madrid. Benteke wouldn’t reject any other club but Spurs, even though that’s what the media believes.
Lewandowski wanted to go last summer, so that’s 2 summers now, however he stayed and was phenomenal again, Benteke on the other hand went on strike last summer and joined Villa.
These 2 players are completely different. Lewandowski’s not going to go on strike, leave to Poland to play Golf, he’s been promised he can move to Bayern and he’s going to again play for Dortmund unhappy but to the best of his abilities for 1 more season. Was Benteke going to do that at Genk? Hell no. Will he do it at Villa? Yes, for 1 reason. World Cup. If the World Cup wasn’t next summer he’d be doing exactly the same thing he did at Genk, and actually come out instead of the media continuously making these things up.
Another difference, team. Benteke played his heart out for a team fighting relegation, and are on the verge of probably a mid-table season. Lewandowski’s going to suffer playing in the CL and for the Bundesliga title while having to wait.
Biggest difference as pointed out though is they’re two different players and two different personalities. 2 summers now Benteke’s caused trouble. Lewandowski to get a move to Dortmund, waited a whole extra season as Lech just to move, rejecting clubs like Napoli in the process. When he has his mind set on something, he’s proven twice now he’s willing to wait and not cause problems.
I agree with everything you said, but have one question that I offer to others as well….what makes anyone believe we are headed for the midtable? Now, I am admittedly a pessimist, but we have done very little to improve our standing in this transfer window and it would seem others around us are making bigger investments than ours. I would love to believe we have nowhere to go but up, but I fear we could be battling relegation again this year, without Benteke.
Hoping I’m wrong. UTV
We’ve only shown we’re going to replace Bent though, Benteke staying or not, we could even go for 2. I’d agree with you if that wasn’t the case. We’ve shown we’re not done in the Transfer Market.
My thoughts exactly Kentucky but I get slated for it. I think the only improvement wev made is signing Okore I really think he has what it takes to go all the way. In the downside it may take him a good half season to settle in and may be a player for the season after. The only hope we have of finishing higher up the league is to hold onto benteke and buy a couple of quality players like Southampton have done. It begs another question how can they afford a 12m player and we can’t! Something is not right if we can’t compete with the Swansea and saints. No one expects us to compete with Chelsea etc but I don’t think it’s unreasonable that we can’t compete with Southampton.
Mate is simple Lambert can only handle kids and is proving he can;t always handle them when they throw a strop The Belgium Mercenary is a fine example of that.
Terry seems to me he’s handled Benteke pretty well.. what more can he do.. Benteke is even at BH as we speak..
On one hand Oohaah you say we will be in for a fight for relegation but on the other you want us to emulate the stance of a team who reached the final of the champions league and have won two of the last three titles and will be offering the player the same carrot again..
You can’t make this stuff up… UNBELIEVABLE JEFF..
Look at Liverpool they’ve dug their heels in today over Suarez and bottom line is whether we are champions or not Lerner has the means to do whatever he sees fit with benteke and that’s a fact. On another note its rumored that utd are to offer 60m for bale so that means spurs can easily afford the 25m for cb now. If I was Lerner I’d now tell spuds I want 30m simply as his record in goals scored and assists is similar to bales.
Why don’t villa come out and tell spurs that there’s a deadline and if it’s not met then he won’t be leaving. Let the public no the exact date and if it’s not met then he simply doesn’t go. Let’s not whistle to there tune and wait to see what they do before we move forward.
I think they have early aug I think.
I just think they need to show Mr D Levy who is in control. He’s our player and he’s contracted to us. Not just sit around and wait to see what happens next. You snooze you lose.
Levy should put up or shut up
Villa need to take their mark from Levy. Bale not for sale, we want to keep him, £85M if you want to get talking. Ditto Benteke. Similar goals to games ratio last season ( and CB the year before – so not the one season wonder we keep getting told he is), similar age.
Get real Tottenham if you can only afford a Ford Fiesta don’t bother shopping in the Mercedes garage.
Well said RW
Also, I have mentioned Gary Hooper to a few people but nobody seems keen – including prem managers – he could go to QPR … From what I have seen he is a natural goalscorer – great ratio of goals / games. I know its Scotland – but he has shown he has a good first touch, great awareness, positional sense and can play up front on his own, with a partner or wide. £5m seems a bargain – and worth a go – much more so than the list of foreign names I have never heard of til this window and never seen play. Go get him PL – Celtic connections.
Sort of player pl usually goes for tbf
Follow the Dortmund model thought we were already doing that with the signings Lambert is making and his vision kids can do a mans job.
Benteke s loss is going to leave a massive hole in our team and our plans.But I reckon Helenius might just step up and surprise a few people this season.
He might just be the next RVP
I’m sure that Helenius was Benteke’s replacement, but for next season. This season may come too soon.
Villa are playing a Dortmund! It’s been clear since day one our stance with this transfer. In fact a lot of what we’re doing is a slight variation on the Dortmund model. Dortmund, a huge German club with bags of history had to be unfortunately relegated before bouncing back. We were saved that fate last year but may struggle again this year but probably not as badly as last.
Benteke is a different player to Lewandowski, simply because Lewandowski has class about him and shows respect to the clubs who have invested time in his development. We don’t have that with Benteke.
Anybody know if Benteke turned up at bdh today?
Answering my own question – yes he did, just been posted in the B’ham Mail.
He has mate
Has Bale handed in a transfer request and showing the whole world he wants to leave Spurs…….
I thought not….
No but he has been better advised than cb and probably got a better agent plus he still respects spurs
Read somewhere that Bent has agreed terms with Newcastle… anyone heard anything..
I think that agreeing a fee would be more of an issue. Newcastle want him for 5 million, Villa want more
Oohah where do you get your “inside info” from?
What inside info. I only get it if Internet or ss like anyone else
I thought you got inside info when you commented that Bale had been better advised than Benteke. I personally think Bale is a million times more professional than Benteke. Was curious as to know how you justify your comment that he’d been better advised that’s all. Anybody can give advice but ultimately it’s down to the individual to act upon it, the fact Bale hasn’t spat his dummy out proves he’s more professional than Benteke. I for one never want to see Benteke in a Villa shirt again.
No that’s just my opinion I assume he has been better advised by the way he is acted. Thou if utd come calling with 60m then he will prob be off. Benteke and his agent have acted appallingly but I would like to see him at villa next season simply because he has to play well because if the World Cup and we will benefit. If he has a good wc we will still get at least 25m for him especially if he signs one yr extension which he prob would do or he won’t get wage rise.
Mate I’d fucking love it if Man Ure signed Bale and Spurs didn’t get Benteke, I personally hope he goes to another country but it wouldn’t surprise me if he’s still a Villa player next season and he scores the goal on the last day of the season against Spurs to deny them champions league.
Hope so to. Iv a sneaky feeling Benteke may stay for one more season hes made himself look a right twat putting in a request on not getting any offers
So far, I think he’ll stay. I don’t think that Spurs have that much money and if Levy believes Aston Villa will sell on August 31st he is totally wrong.
The only way I can really see Benteke moving is due to the result of a transfer domino affect.
If United sign Bale, Benteke would definitely move. Spurs would then have tons of cash to spend on 3 quality players.
Yep and Lerner should put the price upto 30-35m ESP as bale would of gone for 20m more than he’s worth
Fwiw I think bale would be stupid to play for utd until they’ve est themselves without fergie I’d go Real Madrid if I was him the greatest club in the world (after us of course) IMO with Barca a very close second
Unlike Benteke, it should be said Bale, or his advisers, see him less of a footballer and more of a brand.
Well nice to see the turncoat back in training naughty boy Christian dont fuck wi Lambooooooooh Lambooooooooh UTV