Breaking News: Bent Signs

[philsheard]

12 goals at the halfway mark whilst looking out of touch...just wait till he hits form in claret n blue it will be like a monsoon........

[Maradona10]

Stan doesn't like Bent, they had a twitter row a few months ago.

[myf]

This bid just shows how little the media know about the ownership of our club.  There hasn't been a hint that any significant funds would be made available and the press have been banging on about loan deals and penny pinching, assuming that MON walked because there wasn't any cash available.  They still can't seem to grasp that Randy didn't want to give him anymore money to waste.

All the talk last week about Joe Lewis / Barry Fry and Adam / Holloway must have been a great smokescreen to keeping the hacks off the scent.

[Risso]

24 Million straight cash according to The Telegraph.

That's a teensy bit OTT if true, but bollocks to it, it's not my money!  People must have been maxing out their MBNA credit cards after Christmas!

[myf]

Yes this is big for the club, not just a more than decent player added and a new hero, but a real statement of intent.

I'm very happy, hopefully if it's done tomorrow the attendance against Citeh will swell with two debutants in the team.

Possibly 3 if the rumours are true.  A few ITK's suggesting that Charlie Adam will be in  a Villa shirt by the end of the week.  Exciting times.....

Doesn't Jean II need a work permit?

[wozwebs]

Telegraph saying fee is actually £24m straight up, no add ons.

[CorkVilla]

I was delighted when I heard that we had put in a bid for Bent...until I heard that we offered 18 million for him?!! Is it really that much?

I don't understand. We had no money for Martin. Now Martin is gone and we have money again, but we are going to blow most of it on a player who is really not much better than what we already have. Maby my brain just isn't quick enough to comprehend all this...

[Holtenderinthesky]

It seems it's done!!  Yipeee.....     

[Phil from the upper holte]

24 Million straight cash according to The Telegraph.

That's a teensy bit OTT if true, but bollocks to it, it's not my money!  People must have been maxing out their MBNA credit cards after Christmas!

If villa get players like this I'll get a card to help out

[Rigadon]

24 Million straight cash according to The Telegraph.

That's a teensy bit OTT if true, but bollocks to it, it's not my money!  People must have been maxing out their MBNA credit cards after Christmas!

About £12m OTT but as you say, it's not our money.  Exciting times ahead?

[Ads]

Sunderland accepted 19million plus add-ons.

Darren Bent given 4 and a half year deal.

Seems to be all but done.

[villa1]

I was delighted when I heard that we had put in a bid for Bent...until I heard that we offered 18 million for him?!! Is it really that much?

I don't understand. We had no money for Martin. Now Martin is gone and we have money again, but we are going to blow most of it on a player who is really not much better than what we already have. Maby my brain just isn't quick enough to comprehend all this...

We did have money for him. He just had to trim the wage bill first. It was just a common misconception that we had no money!

[kipeye]

No-one ever said there was no money for MON, this was just assumption.

[lovejoy]

It seems it's done!!  Yipeee.....     

Source?

[spangley1812]

Yes this is big for the club, not just a more than decent player added and a new hero, but a real statement of intent.

I'm very happy, hopefully if it's done tomorrow the attendance against Citeh will swell with two debutants in the team.

Possibly 3 if the rumours are true.  A few ITK's suggesting that Charlie Adam will be in  a Villa shirt by the end of the week.  Exciting times.....

Doesn't Jean II need a work permit?

Yes