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[Palace] Cut Price Benteke



Guinness Boy

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"Crystal Palace have placed an £8m price tag on Belgium striker Christian Benteke, 29, as the Eagles look to raise funds to buy Watford's 22-year-old Senegal forward Ismaila Sarr, rated at £40m."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/53716825

8 million :lolol:

You could buy 8 houses for Ben White with that and still buy a better striker with the change.
 






portlock seagull

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Mellotron

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I hope they don't get Sarr. He looks quality from what I've seen.
 


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All joking aside, I still think if the right manager got hold of him and played to his strengths he could still be a very good premier league striker.

He still has it in him to bully defenders and scare the crap out of the opposition.
 






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It's a shame they've ringfenced all that money for the new stand. They could just use that to buy Sarr :whistle:
 


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Very cheap for a player of his quality , he's just the type of striker Connolly and Maupay could thrive on , if him being there ups their GS rate then happy days .

Obviously a gamble but i wouldn't mind betting wherever he goes he bangs a few in ( more than 2 a season ) :lolol:
 




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I think if Roy Hodgson could't get the best out of him, not many will. I don't think he looks interested half the time. I appreciate this is through my blue and white spectacles but whatever fire he had in his belly when he scored all those goals for Villa, has well and truly gone out. He hasn't looked Prem quality for a while now. He could do with getting loaned out to a championship side, where I'm sure he could bang a few goals in, and get his confidence/love for the game back.
 


Icy Gull

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Biscuit Barrel said:
All joking aside, I still think if the right manager got hold of him and played to his strengths he could still be a very good premier league striker.

He still has it in him to bully defenders and scare the crap out of the opposition.
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I agree, he was a very good striker before he arrived at Palace. He always worries me when he plays against us as he dominates pretty well all our centre backs, including Duffy and Dunk. I would not be unhappy if we bought him, he just needs to get his confidence back. If we are looking for a cut price Murray replacement, he COULD be the answer
He will have to take a hefty pay cut I imagine or pay linked to goals


Now where’s my tin hat
 






Rugrat

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Mellotron said:
I hope they don't get Sarr. He looks quality from what I've seen.
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From what I saw, if Watford didn't have Sarr they would have been competing with Norwich for the wooden spoon.

Outstanding player who will end up somewhere better than Croydon I suspect
 


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Issue is wages. Reported as c£100k pw. A club may pay £8m for a transfer but not if they have to match that wage.
So, he stays at Palace on those wages, along with Zaha as no one seems to want him even at the cut price £30m. They then can't afford to bring anyone in.
With an ageing and demotivated squad I can see them struggle.
 


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The problem with Benteke isn't the £8m it's the incredible wages he manages to command. That's why they'll struggle to get rid of him for any price.
 




Johnny RoastBeef

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Icy Gull said:
I agree, he was a very good striker before he arrived at Palace. He always worries me when he plays against us as he dominates pretty well all our centre backs, including Duffy and Dunk. I would not be unhappy if we bought him, he just needs to get his confidence back. If we are looking for a cut price Murray replacement, he COULD be the answer
He will have to take a hefty pay cut I imagine or pay linked to goals


Now where’s my tin hat
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His record, the past 3 seasons, is not so different to Glenn's at Bournemouth before we brought him back.

£8m might be a bargain, but his wages make him a big risk.
 


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Biscuit Barrel said:
All joking aside, I still think if the right manager got hold of him and played to his strengths he could still be a very good premier league striker.

He still has it in him to bully defenders and scare the crap out of the opposition.
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You are right, there's still a player in there. A change of scene would do him good. If I'm honest, I'm hoping it isn't here.
 


Icy Gull

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Mancgull said:
Issue is wages. Reported as c£100k pw. A club may pay £8m for a transfer but not if they have to match that wage.
So, he stays at Palace on those wages, along with Zaha as no one seems to want him even at the cut price £30m. They then can't afford to bring anyone in.
With an ageing and demotivated squad I can see them struggle.��
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8 million is cheap, give him an Albion level wage and a signing on fee?
 


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His best ever season was his first at Villa, 2012-13, where he got 23 goals, 19 of them in the PL. Since then it has been a slow decline and fall, with only 6 goals in his last 75 appearances. In comparison, over the same period, Glenn Murray scored 31 goals in 104 appearances.

Is it just me or has Benteke become increasingly skinny? It wouldn't surprise me to learn that he has a medical issue such as IBD.
 




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He'll sit there taking his £120k a week until the contract runs down and ends at the end of next season (https://www.spotrac.com/epl/crystal-palace/christian-benteke-15494/). £8m isn't cut price, it just reflects a player with one year left on his contract (free to speak to other teams in Jan) and who is costing them a fortune. That would be a horrible use of funds for anyone. Delighted Palace are stuck with him.
 




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