bentley to safc, anyone?


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Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is weighing up a move for Tottenham midfielder David Bentley but faces competition from Everton.

Full story: Daily Mail

sure i heard him say he was a fan of everton as a kid :neutral:
 
I'd rather see Elmo given more chances, especially at £15m. f***ing Spurs and there valuations :roll:
 
sure i heard him say he was a fan of everton as a kid :neutral:

Hope so. Too expensive for what he'll bring and not sure he is the type of character who Bruce will want in the dressing room. He was gash at Tottenham a couple of weeks back so he won't have impressed Bruce that night.

IMO better options elsewhere (e.g. Zog or the Ghanaian kid).
 
I'd have him for the right price like, I don't think he's that bad a player but what sort of mentality does he have on and off the pitch (E.G Hard Worker,Bito of a Dick or Good Personality etc...)

Wouldn't pay anywhere near what they did for him.
 
i think this is true but bentley is the only english born player to score a hat trick against man utd in the premier league era.

having said that, the lad needs to start to get his career back in motion and play on a regular basis

undecided on this one personally
 
no club will pay £15 million for someone, especially one, that has not played 30 full 90 min games in the last few seasons.
 
Sign Onouha or Danny on a perminant then get bentley on loan with a view to a perminant deal, try before you buy?
 
personally a think would be a very good signing for the 6-8 million mark...needs to be playing regular at 26 and dont think harry's ever liked him! Hopefully he will have grown up a bit now as he was slated for refusing to play for england under21s as he had started believing the hype ie.(next david beckham). He can still deliver pin point balls into box and score from midfield, if his heads right bring him in but getting him to move from london when mark hughes is round the corner is another thing!
 
I'd rather not do business with old twitchy down at Spurs. Bentley of recent years does not have the type of mentality to fit in with the squad we are trying to build.
 
I would look elsewhere for several reasons:
  • Dealing with Spurs in the transfer market is tedious slow (a la Bent)
  • They generally want rediculous wedge
  • Bentleys career has gone backwards
  • I think he would be disruptive in the dressing room
  • Giving Redknapp money to spend makes me feel sick :mad:
I think there is better available, TBH I think if you went to Man City and put £15 million on the table for Adam Johnson Mancini would be tempted and I think that would be over the odds.
Bentleys actual value really cant be much more than £6 million.
 
Can't see it myself. Don't think we've that sort of money to be throwing around in January, above all on this sort of player - not unless a deal for Henderson is pretty much tied up.

We gave the impression we were stretching things signing Gyan.

More important things: Nedum, and Elmohamadi seem to pass muster, we need to cough up the extra to make their deals permanent.

If I'm wrong and we do have the sort of money people are talking about for Bentley it would be better spent on Nzogbia, Welbeck (or if we can't get him then keep the resources for an alternative in the summer when he goes back to man utd.)
 
I would look elsewhere for several reasons:
  • Dealing with Spurs in the transfer market is tedious slow (a la Bent)
  • They generally want rediculous wedge
  • Bentleys career has gone backwards
  • I think he would be disruptive in the dressing room
  • Giving Redknapp money to spend makes me feel sick :mad:
I think there is better available, TBH I think if you went to Man City and put £15 million on the table for Adam Johnson Mancini would be tempted and I think that would be over the odds.
Bentleys actual value really cant be much more than £6 million.

What he said.Zog ,Johnson or Elmo all better buys and without the flash git ego,give him a wide berth.
 
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