I just want to help this thread get to the 100 pages it deserves

I guess, only those on the inside & close to the action will really know how much of what,s been said so far has any truth, is this latest reaction from the agent just a move to try to get palace to up the offer / increase wages / perks to try to encourage a better deal for his client.......

Does the agent want to big himself up , to try to convince people that whatever others have spoken about so far is just talk, effectively the deal dosent happen unless he has a say in whats going on ?

or has as some have suggested the deal derailed & people trying to save face ....

As far as we know no medical seems to have taken place....

but interestingly neither Palace or Liverpool have come out and said, that their interest in doing the deal has ended, so one would think that there is still something to talk about.

dont mind giving anyone a first chance, and even a second, but either his agent or benteke himself are taking the p1ss. Time to cut our losses on time spent getting him and instead bring in less of a diva.

Edited by DivingIsNotGood (12 Jul 2016 6.57am)

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Please lets move on, his agent says he wants to play for Liverpool next season.

If that is correct I assume that whilst the media continue to work themselves up over the transfer that never was the powers that be have long moved on to another target that is currently under the radar.

Keith Millen did say that the club were hoping to bring in another player before they left for USA and whilst that didn't happen I assume that he wasn't talking about Benteke

I don't think this deal is dead, Sky Sports got the quote from the agent and while they are a reliable source the only paper to pick up on it is the Standard.

So far this window The Guardian have been very much on the money when it comes to our dealings.

It could be a legitimate U-Turn because they were using us to attract a bigger club and now they have cold feet, but that isn't going to reflect well on the player or the agent when he tries to move again in January.

The move makes sense for all those involved so it could still happen.

One last thing, to the "if he doesn't want to play for us" brigade, we aren't a desirable club - it's not like we can boast a rich history of winning big competitions and state of the art facilities - if we're going to take the club to the next step and sign a top striker capable of getting 20 goals a season it will need to be a mercenary of sorts - hoping to boost his profile again.

The other option is to bet on younger talent but it looks like any mid-level striker will cost £25-£35 million this window and I'd rather a reluctant Benteke we KNOW can score in this league than a risky acquisition.

Enough is enough lets move on!

Would not be unhappy if he stays at Liverpool - They paid a large amount to keep their bench warm, all the speculation and auction action provides a good smoke screen for buying another team (squad) member rather than a star.

Didn't this turn out to be false and we were never actually in for him?

He won't stay on the bench forever , Emmanuel adebayor did the same thing getting paid big bucks to warm the bench then he pretty much rotted away and then came to us for half a season and did jack diddly !!