Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread

[Risso]

Risso doesn’t want him so that’s another good reason to sign him up  😀

We could just play Hourihane up front instead I suppose!

[hilts_coolerking]

Risso doesn’t want him so that’s another good reason to sign him up  😀

We could just play Hourihane up front instead I suppose!

Or Angela Rayner.

[ROBBO]

I watched his last game before the injury and he played a decent game, held the ball up well and was unlucky not to score, that said I think we saw the best of him even before he went to Pool his form even then had dropped off. I would take him back but only as one of two he seems to be injured a lot these days.

[London Villan]

Didnt he have a really bad injury at one point?

[Drummond]

A Palace supporting colleague is of the opinion that he's been really unlucky not to bag a few this season. It's all ifs buts and maybes, maybe he's been unlucky to not score or maybe he's been lucky to get as close as he has without doing it.

I reckon desperation is talking a bit.

It could be like Carroll back at Newcastle....

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

My stance on Benteke is we bought him for £7m, sold him for £32m and if we buy him back for between £9-11m and he's a bust, we are theoretically still up £16-14m. If we loan him with a view even better.

That's my flawed logic and I'm sticking with it.

In this inflated market, we'd be doing extremely well to get him for 9-11m.

Wesley 22m, Joelinton 40m. Benteke 9m? Unlikely I'd say

I'd have thought 9m was too expensive for a striker in such bad shape/form.  Palace would surely want to get him off their books now they have a replacement.

3-4m is more like it.  Anymore than that, and we should be looking elsewhere.

[MalcolmP]

I don't think Benteke has done that badly, injuries aside. He looks to have played alright, but he's in an unlucky rut in front of goal.

I still think his face fits here. A place where he is hero worshipped. I sent a friend 3 gifs of him last night; rag dolling Smalling, back heel to Andi and the 25 yard biffer at the Albion. He was lightening in a bottle for us. Unplayable st times and adored. I think he needs that adulation.

He's gone from playing at the biggest club in the world and also playing for Liverpool, to an absolute dive in Palace, where Blakey routinely publically criticises him.

I think he's worth the gamble.

I'd rather have Weimann  back than Benteke

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Ok.

[Des Little]

All about opinions, and that’s what makes this site such a great place. That said, Malcolm I think you’re off your nut.

[Russ aka Big Nose]

Like everyone else, I loved Benteke when he played for us, but it would be a really big gamble and an expensive one.

He is on big wages at Palace and has been given a contract extension.

So as much as he might love us and as much as he might want plenty of football to give himself the best chance of featuring for Belgium in the summer he is not going to sign on worse terms than he is now - so that means more money for the same or a shorter contract or the same money and a longer contract.

Whilst a short-term deal might appeal and seem low risk it isn't an option we are going to be given. Palace are not awash with cash so will not be keen to tip much into any deal to move him on.

A 'no' from me unless we exhaust every other sensible option.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd take Benteke on loan, as long as we're bringing in another striker as well. Only time Benteke has played badly was last season when he came back from injury and his confidence went. Besides that spell he's been doing a lot of the stuff we know he does well, link up play, holding the ball up, winning headers etc, he just doesn't seem able to buy a goal, the gamble is whether that continues or a move would turn things around. And I think he could work well with the like of Jack, AEG etc as he'd hold the ball up and bring them into play.

[john2710]

Before Wesley's injury we needed at least one forward. I'd happily take Benteke if he was signed on loan in addition to the forward we already needed. I think he'd be as effective as Wesley has been to date. But I wouldn't expect him to be the player he was.

[SoccerHQ]

Jordan Ayew is miles better forward these days, Bring him home.....(wink).

Actually I always thought Benteke and Ayew would've been a cracking strike combination here but don't think Palace have paired them up much.

[PaulWinch again]

I'd take Benteke on loan, as long as we're bringing in another striker as well. Only time Benteke has played badly was last season when he came back from injury and his confidence went. Besides that spell he's been doing a lot of the stuff we know he does well, link up play, holding the ball up, winning headers etc, he just doesn't seem able to buy a goal, the gamble is whether that continues or a move would turn things around. And I think he could work well with the like of Jack, AEG etc as he'd hold the ball up and bring them into play.

That’s where I am too.

[Holy Trinity]

Reina signed on loan apparently