Klaus wrote:Yeah, I think so too. Wenger has been after him for a long time. I doubt anything will happen before Real have signed Suarez though. It'll probably be a repeat of last summer when they pursued Bale.
Suarez has a clause though (or so it seems), so there won't be haggling over the fee. Hopefully that means it can happen mid-summer and we know where we stand.
Yeah hopefully that is the case, if this clause is watertight the Liverpool owner won't be boasting about ignoring offers then.
Need to get our transfer business done by early August at the latest, knowing us though that clearly won't happen!
Jeremy Wilson thinks we will make a £30m bid for Benzema after the CL final.
Hope we do!
He's not the type of player 'old Wenger' would fancy. Wenger has lost his touch on the transfer front, particularly with regards to strikers. The obvious strategy should just be to buy whoever Atletico Madrid look to replace Costa with. They're better than us at this sort of thing.
Atletico will replace Costa with Torres, so no thanks to that strategy.
JazzG wrote:Jeremy Wilson thinks we will make a £30m bid for Benzema after the CL final.
Well, it's a rumour from someone who doesn't write for a publication where every new sentence equals a new paragraph. That by definition makes it more credible.
What do you guys think? Will 30M be enough? Does it depend on Madrid winning the CL or what?
If Real win the CL I'd lose all hope tbh.
Winning the Cl or not for Benzema has no relevance to Benz's contract situation and Madrid's desire to sign a superstar every year. But I am all for this- Not only do we get a good striker but having his NT team-mate starting over him might mean Giroud will leave so that's an added bonus.
Yeah don't think it matters if they win the CL, Aguero has said he is staying so that leaves Suarez of Falcao. Rumour is they will try to make a move for Suarez & Rakitic, off load Benzema & Di Maria.
Didn't Bitey come out the other day saying he was staying at Liverpool? 
Benz has 12 months left on his contract, I'm sure they'll sell if we really want him.
If Madrid commit to having Benzema as first choice, then I think he will sign a new contract with them.
He doesn't seem like he's very keen on leaving, think there was a story a couple of months ago that he wanted to stay at Madrid for a long time too and wants to extend his contract.
Only way he leaves is if Madrid push like they did with Ozil, and they might do it if we offer them a large enough sum. However, I'm not convinced they're out to get Suarez this summer, they'd have made a lot more noise about it if they were.
If they commit yeah, but you just know that they're going to go balls to the wall for Suarez regardless of how well Benz has played. Just to get another another star.
I hope this happens. Best chance we have for a 'world class' striker.
Their last 'star signing' before Bale was Ronaldo/Kaka back in 2009. It's not like they do it every year.
With Benzema only having a year on his contract they either need to tie him down or sell him. The fact he has been in good form and nothing has been agreed this late possibly means either he doesn't want to stay or they don't want to renew. Without a senior striker to take over they'll need to bring someone in or promote Morata.
As they showed last season unlike in the past they want to bring in the most they can from excess player rather than just aimlessly spend. They could sell Benzema & Di Maria for around £60m and bring in Suarez & Rakitic for say around £90m-£100m. They might even sell Khedira as well now that they have Illaramendi so their net spend won't actually be that high.
otfgoon wrote:Their last 'star signing' before Bale was Ronaldo/Kaka back in 2009. It's not like they do it every year.
They signed Bundesliga's Player of the Year in 2011.
