DJ_Villain Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 If Lambert has cut a vast majority of the major earners off the wage bill, we stay in the league and get all of that extra revenue next season, I think it would be a bit silly if Lerner didn't provide some form of warchest for his efforts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 What worries me is liverpool coming in with a "cheeky" bid of £15m and start to cry out in the press when we say no, trying to turn Benteke against us. Like they did with Barry. And Downing. If Lambert has cut a vast majority of the major earners off the wage bill, we stay in the league and get all of that extra revenue next season, I think it would be a bit silly if Lerner didn't provide some form of warchest for his efforts Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juteface Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 His agent reckons he'll stay. http://m.442.com.au/News/Article.aspx?CIID=341853 If players start to show faith and don't bail for more cash then things could turn around and finally some cohesion will set in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 We need a major overhaul in the summer. I cant see Lerner giving Lambert money to spend unless it comes from player sales.Not a major overhaul, but we definitely need to address specific areas of the team.Unfortunately, you're probably right about any monies being available. Bringing in 4 or 5 players of a proven top half Premier League standard is unlikely because of transfers and wages. Bringing in half a dozen lower league players is too risky on top of what we have. Doing very little, especially to the defence and midfield strength, relies too heavily just on our younger players gaining experience from this season. Hopefully we'll attempt a minor overhaul, if that's not a contradiction in terms. I still think RL is more concerned about the wage structure than not spending on transfers. IF a few £40k+/week players can be jettisoned in the summer, I think RL will sanction some decent transfer values, provided the new contracts are less than around £40k/week. I expect what value is perceived as 'decent' will vary amongst most! If we re-contract Benteke (possibly the only exception to offering less than £40k/week), it will be a great start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 His agent reckons he'll stay.http://m.442.com.au/News/Article.aspx?CIID=341853 If players start to show faith and don't bail for more cash then things could turn around and finally some cohesion will set in. ^Along with a degree of strengthening, ^this^ is what is needed.^ From the article linked above: "It is always impossible to predict the future in football, but, at the moment I am 99 percent certain Christian will start next season with Aston Villa in the Premier League." I note the season starts a few weeks before the transfer deadline; Dwight Yorke anyone? Come on Christian, you can borrow my pen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-christian-benteke-not-3311429 "It is believed chairman Randy Lerner and manager Paul Lambert would even be prepared to resist offers of up to £30 million – more than four times what the club paid for him eight months ago" There is no way Lerner would refuse £30m On what basis? I think that's a ridiculous statement On the basis we owe him a fortune, our net debt is in excess of £120m and the club loses money year in year out. On the bases that we will get 60 million tv money this year and next 3 years that could be paid off(if we stay up of course) Also were getting rid of allot of high earners and replacing them with low wages, the club will start to turn a profit, so i think its a ridiculous statement as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan_007 Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-christian-benteke-not-3311429 "It is believed chairman Randy Lerner and manager Paul Lambert would even be prepared to resist offers of up to £30 million – more than four times what the club paid for him eight months ago" There is no way Lerner would refuse £30m On what basis? I think that's a ridiculous statement On the basis we owe him a fortune, our net debt is in excess of £120m and the club loses money year in year out. On the bases that we will get 60 million tv money this year and next 3 years that could be paid off(if we stay up of course) Also were getting rid of allot of high earners and replacing them with low wages, the club will start to turn a profit, so i think its a ridiculous statement as well I might come up a bit short if we have to pay him back. I don't think it works like that at all and agree that it's ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon_Jones Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=DE&hl=en&client=mv-google&v=xOpHq5qyYRs&nomobile=1 What a player 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-christian-benteke-not-3311429 "It is believed chairman Randy Lerner and manager Paul Lambert would even be prepared to resist offers of up to £30 million – more than four times what the club paid for him eight months ago" There is no way Lerner would refuse £30m On what basis? I think that's a ridiculous statement On the basis we owe him a fortune, our net debt is in excess of £120m and the club loses money year in year out. On the bases that we will get 60 million tv money this year and next 3 years that could be paid off(if we stay up of course) Also were getting rid of allot of high earners and replacing them with low wages, the club will start to turn a profit, so i think its a ridiculous statement as well If the young players keep improving then so will their wages if we want to keep them. Its foolhardy to suggest that wages will always be low at our club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 It would take a brave man to walk away from the success on the field he has had. He has a phenomenal first season in the Premier League. Largely down to him partly down to our style of play. He would do well to consolidate and see where it takes him and us. Aston Villa has been a good breeding ground for centre forwards.... a good adviser would be wise to point this out to him. plenty of time my son, plenty of time ( to earn the big money) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-christian-benteke-not-3311429 "It is believed chairman Randy Lerner and manager Paul Lambert would even be prepared to resist offers of up to £30 million – more than four times what the club paid for him eight months ago" There is no way Lerner would refuse £30m On what basis? I think that's a ridiculous statement On the basis we owe him a fortune, our net debt is in excess of £120m and the club loses money year in year out. On the bases that we will get 60 million tv money this year and next 3 years that could be paid off(if we stay up of course) Also were getting rid of allot of high earners and replacing them with low wages, the club will start to turn a profit, so i think its a ridiculous statement as well If the young players keep improving then so will their wages if we want to keep them. Its foolhardy to suggest that wages will always be low at our club. My reading of the situation is that the low wages are for low performance...... we have been paying high wages for low performance. when we start hitting the big time on the field so will the wages mirror that, i'm sure. .....not much wrong with that in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.I.C.O. Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 He'd do better to stay here and play week in week out than rot on Man City's bench, but his agent looks like he's after a big payday. Lets see where things go in the summer. I'd be disappointed if he left but not overly surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 He's on 20k a week at present, so guess he will be given a substancial rise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 (edited) So far he has 18 league goals and 22 in all comps. With 3 games to go he has a great chance at cracking the mythical 20 league goals mark. Players like this are rare, so a substantial rise is absolutely necessary to keep him here next season. He must look at players like Bent, on a good 3 times more than him, despite being a non-entity this season and half the player he is, and expect a lot more than what he's on right now. This just the reality of football, good players at this level command high wages, I don't like it but that's the way it is. What I would prefer is a more substantial bonus culture, so a relatively low basic wage with high performance related bonuses, but that doesn't really happen does it? Edited May 4, 2013 by Dr_Pangloss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 That video is brilliant, what a player. He deserves triple what he's on at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Tony cascarino - absolute whankher has done a big piece in today's Racing Post demanding Wenger to buy Benteke, saying there will be little change out of £25m and how lambert has no chane of holding on to Benteke this summer. Absolute whankher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Tony cascarino - absolute whankher has done a big piece in today's Racing Post demanding Wenger to buy Benteke, saying there will be little change out of £25m and how lambert has no chane of holding on to Benteke this summer. Absolute whankher Yep, Twatarino is one of our worst ever players, and a complete word removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1974Centenary Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Benteke had a poor game today along with many others,i think theirs some bad blood between him and Bassong he got right under Bentekes skin today,on another day he could have been sent off for grabbing Bassong around the throat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Benteke had a poor game today along with many others,i think theirs some bad blood between him and Bassong he got right under Bentekes skin today,on another day he could have been sent off for grabbing Bassong around the throat. Was hoping for the choke slam to be honest. It was silly to react, but at least people will see that he isn't taking any shit. Bassong getting up in his face was the reason why he wasn't sent off in my opinion, if the ref had only seen Benteke's part then he would've been walking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas_Mike Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Shit today.... sell him!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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