west didsblue
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Sterling would also have had a loyalty bonus out of that £44M as he didn't hand in a transfer request. On the dipper forums, they're guessing it may be as much as 10% of the fee.
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Matty
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Sterling would also have had a loyalty bonus out of that £44M as he didn't hand in a transfer request. On the dipper forums, they're guessing it may be as much as 10% of the fee.
Ouch!
If true then that's somewhere between £4.4m and £4.9m he'll have received. That would actually mean Liverpool have sold Sterling, bought Benteke, and spent £4m or so of their own money, an even worse deal!
Villa then take that money and spend it on various fringe Spurs players. Spurs use that money to add to their own stash and buy some decent players. Spurs then finish above Liverpool. Hahaha!Said it before so won't labour the point, but Benteke is a good player, he's just a player that isn't suited to Liverpool's playing style.
I do find it fairly amusing that, as with the profits for the Torres sale, and the Suarez one too, the profits from selling Sterling look likely to have been squandered on the wrong player. In fact what Liverpool have actually done is swap Sterling for Benteke, which is a pretty poor piece of transfer business if you ask me.
Sterling was sold for £49m, however £5m of that is "add ons", which will relate to appearances, performances, and success. So, with any look, they'll get the full £5m (as that means Sterling, and by association City, have succeeded), however they've not got a penny of those add ons yet. So that's £44m in cash they received. 20% of that needs to go to QPR as they had a sell on clause (interestingly that makes Raheem Sterling QPR's most expensive sale, despite it happening 5 years after he actually left the club!). That means £8.8m has been handed to QPR. £44m - £8.8m = £35.2m. Benteke's release clause is £32.5m, so £35.2m = £32.5m = £2.7m. So Liverpool have £2.7m left. However, if you then factor in Benteke's signing on bonus, and his agent's fees, then you can likely discount another couple of million as well. So, aside from maybe a few hundred thousand pounds, Liverpool's Sterling money is now in the hands of QPR, Aston Villa, Christian Benteke, and Christian Benteke's agent!
I like him, big strong and knows where goal is, said it before just glad he ain't gone to SwamplandsStrange for both sides, sideways move for Benteke & Liverpool have overpaid for an average player.
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Yep just been reading his stats totally unsuited to Liverpool but would be brilliant in a team that just likes to cross it in .I like him, big strong and knows where goal is, said it before just glad he ain't gone to Swamplands
Yep, HOOF the ball up to bog brush, nod it down to Benteke and bang, then it's vice versa, sooner or later one of them will find the netYep just been reading his stats totally unsuited to Liverpool but would be brilliant in a team that just likes to cross it in .
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Potentially excellent player but also potentially very frustrating.
When we played Villa at home Benteke was one of the better players on the pitch and a massive handful yet how many times did we get him off side. After a couple of times I thought he will crack on to this and get a really good break going at some point but no, he just kept getting caught off side all match without ever changing his approach.
When we played Villa at home Benteke was one of the better players on the pitch and a massive handful yet how many times did we get him off side. After a couple of times I thought he will crack on to this and get a really good break going at some point but no, he just kept getting caught off side all match without ever changing his approach.
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Benteke is like Edin for me. Lump balls in to the box all day and he will score a bucket load but its not how Liverpool have played and I don't see him as being technically gifted enough to be playing in tight little triangles with one touch passing and rapid movement off the ball.
If they use him right it will be a good signing but it will mean a complete change of play for them.
If they use him right it will be a good signing but it will mean a complete change of play for them.
Salford_Blue
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Firmino on left and Ibe on right pumping as many balls as possible into the middle.
Sounds a lot like Fergie tactics to me.
Sounds a lot like Fergie tactics to me.
Bilboblue
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Firmino on left and Ibe on right pumping as many balls as possible into the middle.
Sounds a lot like Fergie tactics to me.
If that's the case, we might as well take Coutinho off them too ;o)
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