Christian Benteke

[yuvala 2,167]

Would be a great buy for Spurs..

I wish we could buy players just to keep them away from our rivals, even if we dont need them.

[The Skipper 20,593]

How would people feel if Chelsea chucked In demba ba plus £10-12 mill for benteke just a thought?

Not worth it. Ba can easily score as many goals as Benteke in a team of similar quality, he's proven that.

I keep telling people Ba is actually a great option as a second choice striker. Benteke wouldn't be because:

1) He'd need to be starting to develop his game, otherwise he won't even be more valuable than Ba. He won't come here to share minutes.

2) You can't have 2 young strikers who both need developing in your team, especially a team such as ourselves who play with a lone striker.

It's a no go from me. I'd rather us develop Lukaku who has a far higher ceiling than Benteke.

[Despiadado.Maleante 1,046]

Ba > benteke

And age does no matter cos we've got Lukaku for the future

[Pizy 18,430]

Spuds assembling quite a nice little side, annoyingly.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Ba > benteke

And age does no matter cos we've got Lukaku for the future

Benteke >>>> Ba

not even close imo.

[Stats 7,059]

I have afraid he can fail like Ba.

Ba has not failed. He could of done better but he still contributed to a few goals here. He has only been here since January and it can always be tough to make the step up. Not like he has gone on some massive goal scoring drought. He scored in important games and he deserves a full season before being branded anything.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Benteke has handed in a transfer request. I have to say, if he goes to spurs, they will be real contenders for the first 3 place in my opinion.

....You must be joking. Who exactly would they finish ahead of? Even United without Ferguson currently wouldn't finish below 3rd.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Benteke >>>> Ba

not even close imo.

An on form Ba is just as good as an on form Benteke. Whether you like it or not.

[Changingman_2000 876]

Been said a trillion times before, but there really is absolutely no loyalty in football anymore. You can bet your last pound that the majority of this is agent driven. He's a decent player, good first season and certainly a good prospect but we certainly don't have a need for him. Lukaku would do for me.

[azinopik 10]

We all know that Lukaku really wants to secure his position in world cup 2014. Signing Benteke just make team not harmonized.

Rooney! Rooney!

[Leif 6,006]

I think he's average. He's just had 'his season' last season. Just like Jelavic, Cisse, even Ba etc. had theirs. I remember those first 2 exact players been preached about by quite a few on here saying we should replace Torres with one of them. Look at them now. Shadows of their break-out seasons in the league. I expect Benteke to follow the same path.

[Gorando 184]

I disagree. Benteke is much younger and hes much more skilled and more complete than Jelavic etc. He was a huge talent and spearheaded Belgium's youth NT's along with ... Eden Hazard. It took him longer as expected to break through but I dont think hes comparable to Jelavic, Ba etc

[Leif 6,006]

He commits too many fouls for me personally. 8 cards last season including that red vs. us. As a striker that's shocking.

Regardless how good or not good he may or may not be however, It'd be spitting in Lukaku's face if we signed him. If the argument for not getting Suarez is 'we want to be a club with class' then this thread shouldn't even exist.

[chrismada9 1,948]

Surely we're not considering Benteke... ?

He'll just be another Demba Ba ... quality playing at his last club ... shit when he plays for Chelsea! Either that, or he won't get any games!

[chrismada9 1,948]

Overrated.

Exactly!!

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Rooney...

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Overrated.

Overrated? I wouldn't agree.

I'd go with unproven to be honest. I've made this point before, but we've seen a lot of one-season wonders in the Premier League time and time again. Guys who've had a great season with a not-so-great club, move to a bigger one and don't live up to their first season boundaries. I'm strongly in favor of these guys staying at their clubs for another season and proving consistency before they move on!

Remember the hype that followed guys like Grant Holt, Charlie Adam, Amir Zaki, Stephen Ireland and most recently, Tottenham's Sigurdsson.

[LukakutoStamford 779]

He would be an improvement over Bad considering he'd have De Bruyne and Hazard and Lukaku. He has great chemistry with De Bruyne. Plus as has been mentioned once Benteke and Lukaku get more of a chance to play together they will be devastating for Belgium. The move would give Chelsea the flexibility to change to a 4-4-2/4-4-1-1 from game to game or even mid game.

That being said it's going to be Spurs and they are going to be very dangerous this year.