Con Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 And Bosingwa moving the free kick, from which he hit the post. to a better shooting position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2374213/Aston-Villa-Benteke-contract-coup.html?ito=feeds-newsxml According to Daily Mail - NO RELEASE CLAUSE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Though I wouldn't believe the Daily Mail if they told me the sky was blue I don't think there would be a release clause either. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Great work by the club if true. If we make good progress it makes it more likely we can keep him, but if he again accelerates faster than we can it'll be a hefty sum of money we can expect next summer. Bloody marvellous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) Though I wouldn't believe the Daily Mail if they told me the sky was blue I don't think there would be a release clause either. Exactly this ^. I don't think it's RL, PF or PL's style to promise a future release guarantee when they have no clue what his future value will be. If CB bags 30+ league and cup goals and has a great WC, he'll be worth £40m+ so why restrict ourselves to say £25m? It must have been a very persuasive meeting to get CB and his agent onside for a potential 4 years without a release clause. I expect £55k/week helped but when other suitors would offer similar or more, it's great work by the club. EDIT: I can't help but think I've just jinxed us where CB bags barely a dozen. :-( Edited July 22, 2013 by brommy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 22, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) I'd have loved to sit there and listen in on the hour conversation Lambert and Benteke had. Can/Has HairyHands shed any light on what was said? Edited July 22, 2013 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Lambert said months ago that he doesn't believe in release clauses and there wouldn't be and wasn't a release clause in his new or old contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa-revolution Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Spotted Benteke tonight while driving home from London. He was in his car (unmissable) near the airport / NEC , heading back along the A45 towards the Wheatsheaf . & well, well away from White Hart Lane - Yippee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Samba was the only one to keep Benteke quiet last season, and that was mostly due to a bent ref desperate to keep the QPR media train rolling. Aside from that, no-one had an answer to him. Even the 'great' SAF with putting Smalling on him with advice to take him out at any opportunity just ended up with Smalling on his arse. No possibility of 2nd season syndrome. He hasn't become any less of a beast overnight. Nothing to worry about with Samba, I don't think anyone beats him in the air. Bassong kind of shut him down as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Like Drogba he has enough of everything to be classed unplayable, one dimensional players can be stopped more often than not but Tekkers has everything, pace, height, strength and power, a deft touch, good ball control and an eye for the unpredictable, accurate shooting with power and a (so far) decent enough work ethic. I said it when it looked like we were losing him and I'll say it now he's staying but for me, pound for pound (so far) the best football player I've seen in a Villa shirt and I'm 30 years old (for the record and to give the statement some sort of gravitas). McGrath? Legend and like many others I can't be arsed to mention will be remembered far more fondly at this moment in time than Tekkers, but a better footballer no, not for me. Tekkers would run rings around now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2374213/Aston-Villa-Benteke-contract-coup.html?ito=feeds-newsxml According to Daily Mail - NO RELEASE CLAUSE No surprise if true. His agent is an amateur and it shows. I wonder if he even had a lawyer read the contract? Just skimmed to the numbers and nodded. Faulkner must have pissed himself laughing as he drove home that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 23, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 23, 2013 Spotted Benteke tonight while driving home from London. He was in his car (unmissable) near the airport / NEC , heading back along the A45 towards the Wheatsheaf . He was popping round mine for tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 23, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 23, 2013 I didn't see the game in person and only saw brief highlights, what happened exactly? The ref pulled on a QPR shirt and started going up for corners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 23, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 23, 2013 Samba was the only one to keep Benteke quiet last season, and that was mostly due to a bent ref desperate to keep the QPR media train rolling. Do you really believe things like that or is that just a fan exaggeration? I believe that was a factor, yes. I don't think he was on the take, so I'm embellishing it slightly, but the decisions that day were certainly more in favour of QPR, and the game was dubbed as the last chance for Harry's boys by the media. The match thread will back me up on the standard of officiating that day. Just been and looked through the match thread. It's pure abuse for Kevin Friend!! The other funny thing is how shit Bannan must have been that game. Every other post is either abusing Friend or abusing Bannan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeVillan Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Like Drogba he has enough of everything to be classed unplayable, one dimensional players can be stopped more often than not but Tekkers has everything, pace, height, strength and power, a deft touch, good ball control and an eye for the unpredictable, accurate shooting with power and a (so far) decent enough work ethic. I said it when it looked like we were losing him and I'll say it now he's staying but for me, pound for pound (so far) the best football player I've seen in a Villa shirt and I'm 30 years old (for the record and to give the statement some sort of gravitas). McGrath? He did win Player of the year with dodgy knees and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 No release clause in his contract according to Mat Kendrick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 If that's true then that really is a great bit of business by Lambert/ Faulkner/ Lerner. If Benteke has another good season, then a storming World Cup, we could be looking at a huge fee. Especially if there turns out to be a bidding war between a few of the big clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 If that's true then that really is a great bit of business by Lambert/ Faulkner/ Lerner. If Benteke has another good season, then a storming World Cup, we could be looking at a huge fee. Especially if there turns out to be a bidding war between a few of the big clubs. If Benteke has another good season and excels in the World Cup i would hope we would be in a better position to keep him. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Brilliant, i really thought a release clause was inevitably in the contract somewhere. Masterstroke again AVFC :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian guy Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 If thats true than good job to the villa board and paul lambert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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