04 Aug 2016 00:12:48
Any update on Benteke eds . Reports tonight say Sunderland any truth in that.

{Ed001's Note - there is a fair bit of interest but his wages remain a sticking point.}

1.) 04 Aug 2016
04 Aug 2016 11:52:11
Do you think we will have him offloaded this summer?

{Ed001's Note - hopefully. I think so, yes.}

2.) 04 Aug 2016
04 Aug 2016 11:56:18
Okay thanks. I would personally have took 25mil and run for benteke haha.

3.) 04 Aug 2016
04 Aug 2016 15:55:49
We need to get both Benteke and Balotelli sold off. That's a large amount of capital investment coming back and a lot of wages saved. Makes a difference over a season. Really hope the club gets it done.

4.) 04 Aug 2016
04 Aug 2016 18:22:37
seems to be the case that wages is the sticking point, the palace deal was apparently scuppered due to Benteke wanting something like 140K - which when you consider what he'd getting for sitting on his rear end here he seems to have little push to take what Palace offered.

5.) 04 Aug 2016
04 Aug 2016 20:46:29
To this day I don´t understand why we offered Benteke such a high wage. Presumably he would have taken the same wage he was getting a Villa?! I would take a wage cut to leave Villa for Liverpool.

6.) 04 Aug 2016
04 Aug 2016 23:18:05
I guess the wages reflect the moment in time. He was don't forget pretty decent for Vila and often destroyed our defence. He was one of Belgiums first choice strikers, Belguim were no.1 in the world (somehow? Stupid Fifa rankings) . He was a regular decent scorer in the Prem and under 25yrs old. It was a big move, for a big player and therefore bigger wages.

Don't get me wrong, we are awful with money and often pay more then we should, but this was just to give an answer to why.

7.) 05 Aug 2016
04 Aug 2016 23:49:44
Ed001 may well correct me here, but I expect wages demands to be the remit of the player's agent who's job it is to get the best deal for their client.