Adebayor to Villa, Benteke to Spurs
I read a story the other day about Christian Benteke interesting Spurs again and a different story that Aston Villa were interested in Emmanuel Adebayor. This smacks of two simple to put together stories that have little going for them but it did set me thinking if it could be possible in some way.
The suggestion was that Aston Villa would want Adebayor on a season long loan, which is probably the on;y way we will be able to get rid of him. The news is that his agent is looking for another club for him having realised that he is simply not going to play hardly any football at Tottenham next season. Tottenham have made it clear, with the full backing of Daniel Levy, that he is not going to play by leaving him on the sidelines and despite his desire to collect his wage packet he now appreciates if he wants to play he'll have to move.
If he moves on a season long loan then he will get himself a nice fat signing on fee at the end of next season when he signs for another club, that would be reduced if he moved permanently now and a club had to pay a fee for him, so a season long loan looks the red hot favourite.
The other option would be a swap deal but they are more difficult to arrange with both sides having to want each others players. Tim Sherwood got Adebayor firing when he was at Tottenham and has now got Christian Benteke firing again at Aston Villa. It's a pretty easy paper story to come up with but Adebayor needs to be guaranteed top dog to perform and with Benteke there, unless they play 4-4-2 that isn't going to be the case.
It would be good business for Tim Sherwood if he sold Benteke to Tottenham for £20 million or whatever figure, took Adebayor on loan and then signed him on a free the season after, assuming wages were not a problem. That would raise cash for further purchases and he would have no problem selling a player to Spurs, football is business not personal animosities.
The down side is that Tottenham are not going to be paying big money for players this summer and the disaster of 2013 when the 'Summer Seven' have struggled to justify their price tags. Lamela, Soldado, Capoue and Paulinho have made the club have a re-think and revert back to the youth policy we had before. While benteke fits the bill on age his price tag is possibly something we wouldn't want to pay, especially when you consider Javier Hernandez of Manchester United is available this summer.
The suggestion was that Aston Villa would want Adebayor on a season long loan, which is probably the on;y way we will be able to get rid of him. The news is that his agent is looking for another club for him having realised that he is simply not going to play hardly any football at Tottenham next season. Tottenham have made it clear, with the full backing of Daniel Levy, that he is not going to play by leaving him on the sidelines and despite his desire to collect his wage packet he now appreciates if he wants to play he'll have to move.
If he moves on a season long loan then he will get himself a nice fat signing on fee at the end of next season when he signs for another club, that would be reduced if he moved permanently now and a club had to pay a fee for him, so a season long loan looks the red hot favourite.
The other option would be a swap deal but they are more difficult to arrange with both sides having to want each others players. Tim Sherwood got Adebayor firing when he was at Tottenham and has now got Christian Benteke firing again at Aston Villa. It's a pretty easy paper story to come up with but Adebayor needs to be guaranteed top dog to perform and with Benteke there, unless they play 4-4-2 that isn't going to be the case.
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It would be good business for Tim Sherwood if he sold Benteke to Tottenham for £20 million or whatever figure, took Adebayor on loan and then signed him on a free the season after, assuming wages were not a problem. That would raise cash for further purchases and he would have no problem selling a player to Spurs, football is business not personal animosities.
The down side is that Tottenham are not going to be paying big money for players this summer and the disaster of 2013 when the 'Summer Seven' have struggled to justify their price tags. Lamela, Soldado, Capoue and Paulinho have made the club have a re-think and revert back to the youth policy we had before. While benteke fits the bill on age his price tag is possibly something we wouldn't want to pay, especially when you consider Javier Hernandez of Manchester United is available this summer.
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