Darren Bent joins Fulham on loan (Reply #486)

[Bottom Right 89]

Bent will leave regardless. No way he wants to risk another season of benchwarming.

Way I see it we have 5 players for the current 3 attacking positions excluding Benteke and Bent: Gabby, Weimann, Helenius, Tonev and Bowery. It's hardly threadbare and N'zogbia will also be back in the middle part of the season. Obviously needs another out and out striker in there.

I wish Bent the best of luck and hope that Newcastle is the place he can play to his undoubted strengths and move on with aplomb.

Well said, no one should forget this guys contribution to the Villa cause during the wilderness years. All the best DB.

[SoccerHQ]

I wish Bent well also. Certainly a player of his goalscoring pedigree in the premier league shouldn't be training with the reserves imo.

The 6 months from when he signed were a hint at what could've been achieved had he been signed a year or two early so classic case in my mind of right player, wrong time.

Inevitable he'll score against us next season.

[john e]

just read on my FB page that the mail have said Newcastle and Fulham are both upping there interest in Bent
now that's the sort of news we would have had before the paper was even printed if eastie was still on site

[Rudy Can't Fail]

It does make you wonder what the hell is going on as both clubs have shown an interest for a couple of months now. Fulham, I can understand, what with their takeover but Newcastle, they really are a joke. I can only imagine Joe Kinnear has brought in David Levy to help out on his transfer dealings.

[Rotterdam]

I reckon Fulham for DB.

[Jon Crofts]

He'll do well at Fulham, nice club now Al Fayed has gone, nice ground, rather than that odious bunch of dreamers in Scotland.

[Fin Feds Dad]

I think him and Berbatov would do very well together

[Tuscans]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2381229/Fulham-increase-offer-Aston-Villa-striker-Darren-Bent.html

[darren woolley]

He is a goal poacher and will score goals wherever he goes I also wish him well.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

He is 29 now and needs a move which could give him a chance of stability where he could be top scorer for maybe the next three seasons. That may just be possible at Fulham, being part of the pantomime that is Newcastle you never know what's happening from one week to the next.

[PaulWinch again]

£6 million and a clause included for number of goals scored would be ok.

[SoccerHQ]

A 4m bid for a proven premier league goalscorer still under 30 is taking the piss just a little bit.

Didn't Fulham sign Andy Johnson for 12m a few years back? How much did they sign Berbatov for last summer?

[silhillvilla]

I think him and Berbatov would do very well together

Not so sure, both a bit too languid. Berbatov is class don't get me wrong but I'm not sure.

[timeoutbigbar]

I'm still awaiting the 'stampede' promised in the first post.

[OCD]

I'm pretty sure Berbatov's contract expired so they didn't pay a penny for him.