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Fucking hilarious.
Benteke's agent has played us and Villa like the cheap violins all football clubs are. It's a win/win/win for him. I'm sure if we'd have been prepared to pay over the odds he'd be ours, with triple salary, we didn't so he gets the triple salary to stay, and now even if he has a shit next season he's guaranteed his salary for 4 years.
I don't think Benteke is the all round good thing some others did, certainly not at the price Villa wanted, so I'm not heartbroken. If we could sign a creative type I wouldn't even give a shit if we start next season with no additional striker. In Bent and Adebayor we have two great forwards who have scored/assisted 75 in the last two seasons between them. One of those seasons Bale was still being played on the left wing because our manager was told to by the fucking Shelf.
If we can sign a creative player and also improve one/both our full backs (left is the priority) for full backs that can contribute more offensively we will go a long way to solving a more important problem than one that isn't as desperate as most seem to think. Bale is a forward. Like Ronaldo is a forward.
When do we ever really pay over the odds?
It was win win for Benteke though, it was always going to be. If we didn't meet their valuation he new he would get offered more money, of course he did.
Still think its a gamble to not do anything about a striker though. Great if Adebayor is performing like he did in his first season, not so great if its like last. And what happens if Bale picks up a serious injury in this scenario. Where we getting our goals from if Adebayor is inconsistent? Doesn't bear thinking about Defoe running the show and going through a baron spell to boot.