rijit Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 If Spurs had signed Benteke, he would have been 23 for sure, to all Spurs fans. At 25 mil he would have had 2 b 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfieconn Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 If Spurs had signed Benteke, he would have been 23 for sure, to all Spurs fans. Ups, we wouldn't have been worried if he was 43 as long as he could put the ball in the back of the net 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijit Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Personal information Full name Christian Benteke Liolo[1] Date of birth 3 December 1990 (age 22) Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire[2] Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Aston Villa Number 20 Youth career 19962004 JS Pierreuse 20042006 Standard Liège 20062007 Genk Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 20072009 Genk 10 (1) 20092011 Standard Liège 18 (3) 20092010 → Kortrijk (loan) 34 (15) 20102011 → Mechelen (loan) 18 (6) 20112012 Genk 37 (19) 2012 Aston Villa 34 (19) National team 2007 Belgium U-17 11 (6) 20072008 Belgium U-18 7 (4) 20082009 Belgium U-19 10 (10) 20092012 Belgium U-21 9 (4) 2010 Belgium 14 (6) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:44, 6 May 2013 (UTC). Anybody checking birth certificate? looks like he started playing internationals at age 17. I'm not doubting his age but i seem to remember in my younger days of foreign kids playing youth football with no birth certificate available from there home country which could well be the case for Benteke Footnote : He started playing youth football (not sure if that was a professional club or not ) at the tender age of 6 years old And ure right alf its all speculative but tbh was really expecting these african/ west indian guys to be defensive AT THE LEAST when i said bout his age!!! f me u could have blown me over with a feather when they BOTH agreed with me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinglePot Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Standard Liege would have had a pretty good idea if the boy was 14 or 20 when he joined them. Could be wrong your honour... but I think ups is close to the mark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfieconn Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Well thats another midfielder signed, obviously going to be playing with no forward next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijit Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 If Spurs had signed Benteke, he would have been 23 for sure, to all Spurs fans. Ups, we wouldn't have been worried if he was 43 as long as he could put the ball in the back of the net From what i've read on here the hope and the main justification of spending 25 was that he could step up and b ready 4 the world stage? at 22 there's a reasonable chance that it could happen but if he was now 27? at 30 the chances haven't gone completely, but lets say physically things , like returning quickly from injury ect ect. become more recognizable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Well thats another midfielder signed, obviously going to be playing with no forward next season Chadli is a good signing...far better than last season's nonsense. We still need a striker. COYS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfieconn Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Personal information Full name Christian Benteke Liolo[1] Date of birth 3 December 1990 (age 22) Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire[2] Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Aston Villa Number 20 Youth career 19962004 JS Pierreuse 20042006 Standard Liège 20062007 Genk Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 20072009 Genk 10 (1) 20092011 Standard Liège 18 (3) 20092010 → Kortrijk (loan) 34 (15) 20102011 → Mechelen (loan) 18 (6) 20112012 Genk 37 (19) 2012 Aston Villa 34 (19) National team 2007 Belgium U-17 11 (6) 20072008 Belgium U-18 7 (4) 20082009 Belgium U-19 10 (10) 20092012 Belgium U-21 9 (4) 2010 Belgium 14 (6) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:44, 6 May 2013 (UTC). Anybody checking birth certificate? looks like he started playing internationals at age 17. We know what he says his date of birth is single!!! , the point being is in africa its very strongly rumored that regulations and records can be 'adjusted' to suit. Thats if he had one of course or if he manged to bring it with him ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijit Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Standard Liege would have had a pretty good idea if the boy was 14 or 20 when he joined them. Could be wrong your honour... but I think ups is close to the mark. And if they were told he was 3 - 4 years younger than he was and all the paper work backed it up, what advantage would they gain by saying other wise single? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijit Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Well thats another midfielder signed, obviously going to be playing with no forward next season where's that afie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijit Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Gotcha http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23397482 wonder where that leaves townsend ? of to qpr? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfieconn Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Actually I heard similar rumours about Kolo Toure which is why we seemed so keen to shovel him out of the front door so quickly. Wouldn't surprise me chic, could it go away to explaining his weight issues? So your saying that Liverpool have signed a 58 year old well, at least they got him on a freeby alf, s-itty city gave what 14? mil for him They tend to pay 10m too much for anyone they sign 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacknDanny Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Wouldn't surprise me chic, could it go away to explaining his weight issues? So your saying that Liverpool have signed a 58 year old well, at least they got him on a freeby alf, s-itty city gave what 14? mil for him They tend to pay 10m too much for anyone they sign Rather 10 million too much, than 10 minutes too late 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfieconn Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Well thats another midfielder signed, obviously going to be playing with no forward next season Chadli is a good signing...far better than last season's nonsense. We still need a striker. COYS. Yep, a great bit of business,he looks like a worldbeater and should help with the project ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijit Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 (edited) TBH never seen or heard of the kid b4, and pisspoor defending ,but do love the little chip at the end. and jst found this one Edited July 21, 2013 by rijit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Well thats another midfielder signed, obviously going to be playing with no forward next season Chadli is a good signing...far better than last season's nonsense. We still need a striker. COYS. Yep, a great bit of business,he looks like a worldbeater and should help with the project ! I hope so....at least it gives us flexibility on the flanks....which is key for an AVB team. This team is starting to look like his....and to me that is a good thing seeing what he did with our attacking options last season. Come on Levy....sign a goalscoring machine <deleted>! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijit Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 7 mil sky sports reckon http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11675/8834165/transfer-news-tottenham-agree-deal-to-sign-nacer-chadli-from-fc-twente Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancnx Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Just woke up to the news..... Chadli is a fantastic signing. See my earlier posts. Now if we can get Bernard that will be perfect.....playing Gareth as CF. Paulinho is back in Brazil on hols getting ready for the move. AVB says he will join the squad at WHL on 30/31st. Praying he brings Bernard with him. They have the same agent. Can I really be so optimistic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmine Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) Just woke up to the news..... Chadli is a fantastic signing. See my earlier posts. Now if we can get Bernard that will be perfect.....playing Gareth as CF. Paulinho is back in Brazil on hols getting ready for the move. AVB says he will join the squad at WHL on 30/31st. Praying he brings Bernard with him. They have the same agent. Can I really be so optimistic? We need a striker mate. Thats 24m spent now and still no striker. He's bought a player we don't need and lost out on the player we were absolutely desperate for. We haven't recouped bugger all from unecessary squad players because he wants too much and we are still having to waste resources on their wages. Its piss poor business. Now he'll have to spend the same as he would on Benteke for a player thats six years older. of course i hope i'm wrong but sadly i don't think i will be in this case. All Levy is doing is demonstrating a profound lack of understanding about the transfer market and our squad needs. Please sell us Joe and let us progress. You have been holding us back for long enough you tight arse. Edited July 22, 2013 by carmine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellydog Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Just woke up to the news..... Chadli is a fantastic signing. See my earlier posts. Now if we can get Bernard that will be perfect.....playing Gareth as CF. Paulinho is back in Brazil on hols getting ready for the move. AVB says he will join the squad at WHL on 30/31st. Praying he brings Bernard with him. They have the same agent. Can I really be so optimistic? We need a striker mate. Thats 24m spent now and still no striker. He's bought a player we don't need and lost out on the player we were absolutely desperate for. We haven't recouped bugger all from unecessary squad players because he wants too much and we are still having to waste resources on their wages. Its piss poor business. Now he'll have to spend the same as he would on Benteke for a player thats six years older. of course i hope i'm wrong but sadly i don't think i will be in this case. All Levy is doing is demonstrating a profound lack of understanding about the transfer market and our squad needs. Please sell us Joe and let us progress. You have been holding us back for long enough you tight arse. My first thought when I heard about the new purchase was that it was fool's gold. More of an indication that a quality striker ain't gonna be arriving at White Hart Lane anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfieconn Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Just woke up to the news..... Chadli is a fantastic signing. See my earlier posts. Now if we can get Bernard that will be perfect.....playing Gareth as CF. Paulinho is back in Brazil on hols getting ready for the move. AVB says he will join the squad at WHL on 30/31st. Praying he brings Bernard with him. They have the same agent. Can I really be so optimistic? We need a striker mate. Thats 24m spent now and still no striker. He's bought a player we don't need and lost out on the player we were absolutely desperate for. We haven't recouped bugger all from unecessary squad players because he wants too much and we are still having to waste resources on their wages. Its piss poor business. Now he'll have to spend the same as he would on Benteke for a player thats six years older. of course i hope i'm wrong but sadly i don't think i will be in this case. All Levy is doing is demonstrating a profound lack of understanding about the transfer market and our squad needs. Please sell us Joe and let us progress. You have been holding us back for long enough you tight arse. To be fair, i would have rather spent the 24m on Benteke ! thats unless we buy a world class striker of course which i doubt very much will happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmine Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) Personally i didn't think there was anything wrong with Andros Townsend. Just had his breakthrough season in the league, plays either side with pace and funnily enough is 6'2" the same height as Chadli. Unless the Belgium is a world beater its a simple case of 7m wasted striker funds. Edited July 22, 2013 by carmine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmine Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Just woke up to the news..... Chadli is a fantastic signing. See my earlier posts. Now if we can get Bernard that will be perfect.....playing Gareth as CF. Paulinho is back in Brazil on hols getting ready for the move. AVB says he will join the squad at WHL on 30/31st. Praying he brings Bernard with him. They have the same agent. Can I really be so optimistic? We need a striker mate. Thats 24m spent now and still no striker. He's bought a player we don't need and lost out on the player we were absolutely desperate for. We haven't recouped bugger all from unecessary squad players because he wants too much and we are still having to waste resources on their wages. Its piss poor business. Now he'll have to spend the same as he would on Benteke for a player thats six years older. of course i hope i'm wrong but sadly i don't think i will be in this case. All Levy is doing is demonstrating a profound lack of understanding about the transfer market and our squad needs. Please sell us Joe and let us progress. You have been holding us back for long enough you tight arse. To be fair, i would have rather spent the 24m on Benteke ! thats unless we buy a world class striker of course which i doubt very much will happen I've got more chance of my CTH satellite dish being set up in time for the start of the season. Life seems to be a persistent kick in the <deleted> these days. i'm starting to understand why Man Yoo has had such a large fanbase for the past 26 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) This one has AVB written all over it.....Chadli is pacy and will fit well into the team....Townsend has done just OK but this lad is way ahead of him. If we get a decent striker in then its great business....if we don't then its going to look very foolish indeed. Edit: How many bloody midfielders do we have now? Insane! Edited July 22, 2013 by smokie36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinglePot Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Don't despair yet Carmine. The Fat Lady is still only size 8. good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjj Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 This one has AVB written all over it.....Chadli is pacy and will fit well into the team....Townsend has done just OK but this lad is way ahead of him. If we get a decent striker in then its great business....if we don't then its going to look very foolish indeed. Edit: How many bloody midfielders do we have now? Insane! Does seem rather odd. Is Levy really going to spend £40-£50m this season? It doesn't fit his M.O. The more he spends the less safe Bale looks to me, which would be quite disappointing for you guys. Who else could you sell to recoup some cash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 This one has AVB written all over it.....Chadli is pacy and will fit well into the team....Townsend has done just OK but this lad is way ahead of him. If we get a decent striker in then its great business....if we don't then its going to look very foolish indeed. Edit: How many bloody midfielders do we have now? Insane! Does seem rather odd. Is Levy really going to spend £40-£50m this season? It doesn't fit his M.O. The more he spends the less safe Bale looks to me, which would be quite disappointing for you guys. Who else could you sell to recoup some cash? Hudd and Livermore probably. Watch this space on that one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfieconn Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 This one has AVB written all over it.....Chadli is pacy and will fit well into the team....Townsend has done just OK but this lad is way ahead of him. If we get a decent striker in then its great business....if we don't then its going to look very foolish indeed. Edit: How many bloody midfielders do we have now? Insane! Does seem rather odd. Is Levy really going to spend £40-£50m this season? It doesn't fit his M.O. The more he spends the less safe Bale looks to me, which would be quite disappointing for you guys. Who else could you sell to recoup some cash? Why do we need to recoup some cash ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjj Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 I'm not saying you do, I'm saying it hasn't been Levy's style to pump money into the club. Do you think he has a change of heart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 I'm not saying you do, I'm saying it hasn't been Levy's style to pump money into the club. Do you think he has a change of heart? I would say if we sign a striker...and that is a big IF now....then yes....obviously he and Joe have sat down in the Bahamas and decided to back the new manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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