Liverpool have completed the signing of Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke for 32.5 million pounds. The Belgian striker becomes the second most expensive signing ever for the Reds. The club revealed that the player has signed a "long-term contract". Liverpool sold Raheem Sterling to Manchester City last week for 49 million pounds and invested some of that money in paying Benteke's minimum fee release clause. The 24-year-old striker is the seventh signing of the summer for the Reds.
Benteke scored 49 goals in 101 games for Aston Villa after signing from Genk for 7 million pounds 2012. This is what he said after signing the contract with Liverpool: "I'm very happy to be here. I came here to win trophies. I came here to reach some great goals with the team. It was the right club for me because I had a good chat with the manager and I wanted to be part of his project."
Liverpool have suffered from a lack of goals last season after parting company with Luis Suarez, who joined Barcelona for £75m. England international Daniel Sturridge was injured for the best part of the season while new signings Rickie Lambert and Mario Balotelli only managed to score 3 goals between them. The Reds have also brought in strikers Danny Ings from Burnley and Brazil international Roberto Firmino from Hoffenheim this summer and they also brought back Divock Origi who has spent last season on loan at Lille.
Daniel Sturridge is the favourite to become the Liverpool top goal scorer in the Premier League next season, he is 3.2 at 888sport to achieve that.
Alexa Alexa 8 years ago
It is good to see that Reds are making some moves in this transfer window.Benteke is good player,I think that he can help a lot to the club from the Anfield.He still can improve ,so this is one smart move for Brendan Rodgers.With Sturridge and Benteke Liverpool will have big power in offense.
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juventino 8 years ago
Finally, Liverpool made great job. Christian Benteke is fantastic striker and he will be very dangerous in pair with Daniel Sturridge. Also, they have Firmino, Couthino, Lallana, Milner and other great midfielders and I am sure that Liverpool will be very strong in attack. Now, they need to bring one strong defender and...
Finally, Liverpool made great job. Christian Benteke is fantastic striker and he will be very dangerous in pair with Daniel Sturridge. Also, they have Firmino, Couthino, Lallana, Milner and other great midfielders and I am sure that Liverpool will be very strong in attack. Now, they need to bring one strong defender and their team will be competitive for title.
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aleksandar vlaisavljevic 8 years ago
Nice move Liverpool, think he wiil be extra adition to the team, great striker,. On the other side, I have never been a fan of Sterling, althought he got a nice price in latest transfer. Nice change for my favorite english team, can't wait to see him with Firmino and Coutinho this year
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sharpe
8 years ago
No doubt that the deal is great for Liverpool, especially after they sold Raheem Sterling for almost 50 mil pounds and replace him for a much lesser amount with a striker who can in fact score! Beside that Benteke can do many other things on the field, even helping at defense when is needed. I like this kind of players...
No doubt that the deal is great for Liverpool, especially after they sold Raheem Sterling for almost 50 mil pounds and replace him for a much lesser amount with a striker who can in fact score! Beside that Benteke can do many other things on the field, even helping at defense when is needed. I like this kind of players and I think Liverpool finally bout themselves a great central forward.
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seculla
8 years ago
Christian Benteke is great striker, there is not question about his qualities, but there is very big question about the money Liverpool paid to Aston Villa to bring him on Anfield. $32.5M is very big amount of money, and if you compare this transfer with for example Vidal's move from Juventus to Bayern for around $40M you'll...
Christian Benteke is great striker, there is not question about his qualities, but there is very big question about the money Liverpool paid to Aston Villa to bring him on Anfield. $32.5M is very big amount of money, and if you compare this transfer with for example Vidal's move from Juventus to Bayern for around $40M you'll understand that this is way more than Benteke really worth. Anyway, I wish him good luck!
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