Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[Toronto Villa]

A loan fee is good.
I think this could suit us in some ways. If he goes and scores 20 goals. Come next summer we'll be in a position to ask for more money than we can now, regardless of him being in his last 12 months. If we get a decent loan fee, get his wages off the books for a season, then can demand 7-8 mill next summer, that'll work out well.

I reckon there will be a loan fee, full or very close to full wages paid for the year which is what Villa really want and a knock down transfer fee at the end of it all.

[sirlordbaltimore]

How will we be able to get 7-8m for a 30 year old with one season left on his contract ?

We'll be lucky to get 4m next summer. Makes no sense at all to me

[Dave]

How will we be able to get 7-8m for a 30 year old with one season left on his contract ?

We won't. But it also seems like we're not going to get that this summer, so we may as well get what we can if we're not planning on using him.

[Toronto Villa]

How will we be able to get 7-8m for a 30 year old with one season left on his contract ?

We'll be lucky to get 4m next summer. Makes no sense at all to me

We are seemingly asking for 6m now and there are no takers which I find amazing. If we ship him out this season, save 3-4m or so on wages and then get 4m as a fee next season then that seems a decent compromise.

[TheSandman]

I think it's a good move. As others have said if he has a good season with Fulham might see us getting more than we'd have got this year. Plus, he's a guaranteed goal scorer, so the fact he can play against our rivals but not us is a positive. That said, on the other side of that coin he does strengthen Fulham who you see as a team around midtable like us.

[rob_bridge]

I think it's a good move. As others have said if he has a good season with Fulham might see us getting more than we'd have got this year. Plus, he's a guaranteed goal scorer, so the fact he can play against our rivals but not us is a positive. That said, on the other side of that coin he does strengthen Fulham who you see as a team around midtable like us.

Yep - if they pay all his wages then likely a good deal all round, assuming both of us are not in a relegation battle.

[stubbsyandy]

Presumably on a loan deal he would not play against us?

[Salsa Party Animal]

have we made enough savings in wages to add one more signing yet. Let hope so.

[eamonn]

Surely there would be a loan fee to go with the wages they are paying him? Half a million to one million maybe?

I wonder has he obstructed any move by not handing in a transfer request. It's the club who want rid rather than him demanding to leave so I understand why he wouldn't but if he handed in a request it might be easier for him to get a move  as we wouldn't have to pay him more money.

[olaftab]

Telegraph saying it's a loan for Bent

FFS, these loans get on my tits.

Tits go on loans!

[garyshawsknee]

Ireland hasnt as of yet.

[supertom]

How will we be able to get 7-8m for a 30 year old with one season left on his contract ?

We'll be lucky to get 4m next summer. Makes no sense at all to me

If he scored 20 goals, which is entirely possible, I think we'll get as much, if not more than what we could get for him now. That said, I think Benty will only play 20-30 games between injuries in all honesty. We're not talking much more but 6-8 instead of 4-5 mill is something. Just guess work mind, and all dependant on him netting plenty of goals for them and having plenty of takers.

Didn't Berbatov cost Fulham about 5 million with only a year to run?

[dicedlam]

There has got to be something drastically wrong when we cannot flog a player for 4 million that we paid between 18 - 24 million not more than a couple of seasons ago.
A proven goalscorer, who could yet find himself on a plane to Brazil next year..it just doesn't make sense?

Maybe he is crocked?

[Isa]

How will we be able to get 7-8m for a 30 year old with one season left on his contract ?

We'll be lucky to get 4m next summer. Makes no sense at all to me

Even if we get £4m for him. Add the £2m we'll get for the loan fee and that's the £6m we were asking for him anyway.

[eamonn]

It's the huge wages he's on plus the fact we've pretty blatantly advertised the fact that he has no future with us. Any chairman with half a brain is going to get leverage with that.