[Archived] Blackburn Rovers Transfer Topic

[Bobby G]

10 million is way too low considering Lescotts price.

But 15 and over would be a good bit of business.

[den]

Why do people want to sell all our best players? Seems to be that the only important thing is the price we get.

[joey_big_nose]

Be nice to get a deal sorted and getting Bentley back though. 7m + bentley would be a good deal.

That is actually plausible.

Samba is a great player and I would hate to sell though.

All that said I am not sure Bentley is the aswer to our problems at the moment unless he can adapt into the Tugay role. We have a lot of options on the wings - it is the middle that is worrying.

[Bobby G]

Den, Id rather keep Samba than sell him but IF we are to, then Id want 15 million for him, not less. Thats all.

[Manc Rover]

That is actually plausible.

Samba is a great player and I would hate to sell though.

All that said I am not sure Bentley is the aswer to our problems at the moment unless he can adapt into the Tugay role. We have a lot of options on the wings - it is the middle that is worrying.

I don't think it's plausible to say Samba is worth £7M more than Bentley. OK he had a poor season but still has a value and I think he's younger than big Chris. I think if we take off our blue n white tinted glasses we'd be lucky to get a straight swap deal!

[beanie]

expect to see lot of harry coming out and saying that he is not interested at that price but he def wants the player at the club while being interviewed by one of his mates at sky. If spurs value bent at 14 million i'd say samba is a ten million striker never mind hi value at the back.

[Hughesy]

We cant let big chris go on the cheap. As previously stated on here if Lescott is worth 22m then Samba has to be worth a similar amount. I understand that its not City in for him so taking thir inflated prices into consideration he still has to be worth 15m of anyones money.

Be nice to get a deal sorted and getting Bentley back though. 7m + bentley would be a good deal.

Bentley has a big head, and cant see him coming back.

£7m also isnt enough cash. Do you rate Bentley at £15m still???

£15m + Bentley and then they may have a deal.

Why do people want to sell all our best players? Seems to be that the only important thing is the price we get.

I agree.

Samba IS our best player, he is young, improving all the time and a massive asset to us - tell them to stick the money up their a$$!

[G Somerset Rover]

A close friend was working with 'Arry yesterday for a Sun promotion day and heard who he really wants at the back...and it is NOT samba.

[Amo]

Every player has his price.

That said, I'd be looking for £15-20m for big Chris, especially with the numbers being quoted for Lescott.

[S15]

Thing is Den, it's the waythings go for us. The beauty is, none of our prize assets are good enough to be 'irreplacable,' and we usually get given more money than the player is worth. People will shout and scream, but Samba isn't a £10m player,just as Santa Cruz/ Bentley/ Duff aren't £17m players (The latter should have been).

The only time we haven't got value for money in recent years is on Bellamy, but we all know why that was. I'd be angry if we spent £10m on a centre back of Sambas quality, i think his 'true' value is closer to half of that. The Lescott value is irrelavent until City make an offer, which they probably won't.

£10m for Samba represents very good business, though I would add ONLY if we get 90% of it atleast to spend on players, as we would NEED to top up the centre half department with a £2-3m calibre player to act as good back up for Nelsen and Givet. Obviously the rest needs to go on a good midfielder.

[SamRover]

You must be stupid to sell samba look at his work rate last season he was 1 of our best players i would be very angry to see rovers sell samba hes a quality defender and we lack hight in there we need some one to defend crosses when big tall strikers come attacking free kicks or corners such as berbatov and agbonlahor. I think samba doesnt have a price on him who could we get who is as good and as tall as him for his wage bill... I cant think off anyone

BIG SAM DNT SELL SAMBA PLZ !!!!!!!

[Ronin]

A close friend was working with 'Arry yesterday for a Sun promotion day and heard who he really wants at the back...and it is NOT samba.

Care to spill the beans?

[S15]

Bentley has a big head, and cant see him coming back.

£7m also isnt enough cash. Do you rate Bentley at £15m still???

£15m + Bentley and then they may have a deal.

I agree.

Samba IS our best player, he is young, improving all the time and a massive asset to us - tell them to stick the money up their a$$!

Dear god.

Is this a joke? I'd be delighted if we paid £5m plus Samba to sign Bentley.

Take your Blue and White specs off Hughesy, that is just embarrassing. Your the stereotype in it's truest form. A year ago Bentley was probably worth £30m to you, but once he leaves, he's crap.

[Amo]

We heard you the first time, SamRover....

[Hughesy]

Is this a joke? I'd be delighted if we paid £5m plus Samba to sign Bentley.

Take your Blue and White specs off Hughesy, that is just embarrassing. Your the stereotype in it's truest form. A year ago Bentley was probably worth £30m to you, but once he leaves, he's crap.

£5m + Samba? So what do you rate Bentley at?!

Samba has been an ever present since he joined us more or less. He is very rarely out with Injuries/ Bentley however is.

Samba has a bigger impact on our team, he is massive and can dominate games on his own. Samba is 1 year older, although Defenders usually last a good 3 years extra in terms of their careers.

Last season Samba scored as many goals as Bentley and he's a defender. How the fook do you work out that Bentley is still worth £5m more than Samba??

Oh and for the record - I said that if anyone was daft enough to pay £15-20m for Bentley then we should sell him, as he wasnt worth that much.

[beanie]

Thing is Den, it's the waythings go for us. The beauty is, none of our prize assets are good enough to be 'irreplacable,' and we usually get given more money than the player is worth. People will shout and scream, but Samba isn't a £10m player,just as Santa Cruz/ Bentley/ Duff aren't £17m players (The latter should have been). The only time we haven't got value for money in recent years is on Bellamy, but we all know why that was. I'd be angry if we spent £10m on a centre back of Sambas quality, i think his 'true' value is closer to half of that. The Lescott value is irrelavent until City make an offer, which they probably won't. £10m for Samba represents very good business, though I would add ONLY if we get 90% of it atleast to spend on players, as we would NEED to top up the centre half department with a £2-3m calibre player to act as good back up for Nelsen and Givet. Obviously the rest needs to go on a good midfielder.

yeah but when spurs value their players so highly like bent 14 and zokora at 8 then ten million for our bet defender looks very cheap. Take for example bassong one decent year playing for relegated newcastle and he's worth 7m i'd say samba has to be worth double that value.

[Hughesy]

Take for example bassong one decent year playing for relegated newcastle and he's worth 7m i'd say samba has to be worth double that value.

They offered £10m and it was rejected. Everton rejected £18m for Lescott. A league 1 midfielder has just signed for Villa for £8m.

But according to shillito we should pay Samba + £5m for Bentley!!

[Jonnolad]

Bentley has a big head, and cant see him coming back.

£7m also isnt enough cash. Do you rate Bentley at £15m still???

£15m + Bentley and then they may have a deal.

I agree.

Samba IS our best player, he is young, improving all the time and a massive asset to us - tell them to stick the money up their a$$!

I agree that Samba is our best player - in fact I can't believe Warnock got player of the season over him last year (but that's probably a separate thread). However any talk of Bentley plus £15m, or even Bentley plus £7m is pure fantasy. There is absolutely no way Levy would let Bentley go with such a sizable drop in value from last year - look at how long the Bent to Sunderland saga is taking because Levy wants to recoup their investment. He's going to be exactly the same with Bentley.

[Hughesy]

I agree that Samba is our best player - in fact I can't believe Warnock got player of the season over him last year (but that's probably a separate thread).

However any talk of Bentley plus £15m, or even Bentley plus £7m is pure fantasy. There is absolutely no way Levy would let Bentley go with such a sizable drop in value from last year - look at how long the Bent to Sunderland saga is taking because Levy wants to recoup their investment. He's going to be exactly the same with Bentley.

Agree on the 1st point.

2nd point - No sale then Simples - We dont need to sell anyone now.......They want him, they pay up. Simples

[S15]

£5m + Samba? So what do you rate Bentley at?!

Samba has been an ever present since he joined us more or less. He is very rarely out with Injuries/ Bentley however is.

Samba has a bigger impact on our team, he is massive and can dominate games on his own. Samba is 1 year older, although Defenders usually last a good 3 years extra in terms of their careers.

Last season Samba scored as many goals as Bentley and he's a defender. How the fook do you work out that Bentley is still worth £5m more than Samba??

Oh and for the record - I said that if anyone was daft enough to pay £15-20m for Bentley then we should sell him, as he wasnt worth that much.

Bentley is rarely out injured, infact with us I can never remember a spell out of the team due to injury. Your talk about last season is worthless Hughesy, absolutely worthless, as we all know Bentley fell out of favour at Spurs. Bentley is the ONLY player since Beckham hasn't been a England regular to have shown himself capable of filling those boots with good performances for his country. Yes he lost his way under Ramos, but he has MORE TALENT IN HIS RIGHT FOOT THAN SAMBA HAS IN HIS BODY.

Samba may dominate against your average, immobile Premiership centre forward, but up against anyone with a bit of class his flaws start to show. He's not in the top brand of centre halfs in the league, and never will be. The goal Defoe scored at Pompey last year, when he looked one way (Samba lunged) and ran the other summed him up. All the attributes, minus mobility and he's pretty dim. This isn't me saying he's no good, as I don't think this, but he's no superstar, and the values some of you lot are throwing around really make me wonder what wonders you guys must see on a daily basis.

Don't try and insult me by suggesting Samba is a higher calibre of player than Bentley, because, quite bluntly, he's not.

[Amo]

Anyone think Samba would be the type to dig his heels in over a move?

[TheNews]

A close friend was working with 'Arry yesterday for a Sun promotion day and heard who he really wants at the back...and it is NOT samba.

Been looking at spud sites and saw this

Simular story but different slant to it ...

I work for a 'company' who had El Tel, Harry and Ian Wright involved yesterday. Harry arrived with 2 agents and there was also a journo there. The one who ran the Samba story in the sun this morning.

One of the agents was representing Samba and was adament that spurs would be signing him. And when asked about Bousson said I hope not or I've just wasted the whole day here.

So make of it what you will

[S15]

But according to shillito we should pay Samba + £5m for Bentley!!

And there it is in a nutshell, Hughsey laughing at someone elses valuations.

[Ray-Von]

I would have expected Warnock to be sold before Samba, assuming any further sales are necessary.

[beanie]

Really struggling to see why we would sell if our two unproven strikers are not up to it then we are going to need our defence to be rock solid to even stand a chance of staying up. Nelsen i not getting any younger and has had injury problems. We have an injury prone untested right back and some are wanting to sell chris at a price that is not close to his value to us.