Originally Posted by MadDogg

Drogba is 3 years older, hence at an age where his price does go down, and wouldn't fit in here (wouldn't combine as well with Rooney and Tevez and would demand to start every big match). But he'll still go for at least 20m if he leaves Chelsea. Ronaldinho is a drugged-up sicknote who is nothing like the player he was, and his team want to get rid of him. They still want over 20m for him. Huntelaar is unproven outside of Holland, but will still be at least 15m. Benzema looks unlikely to be sold, but if he does it'll be for about 35m, more than Berbatov.

Eto'o also has had some injury problems, and has had trouble with the Barca boardroom and they may be looking to sell. He seems to want to go. Hence, he'll be sold for quite a bit less than they would've got if they wanted to keep him. Once again, he'd probably demand to play every match. Despite this, and being the same age as Berbatov, he will go for an absolute minimum of 17-18m, and quite likely into the mid 20's.

That leaves just Villa and Berbatov. About the same age, about the same class, and in similar situations (both having endured disappointing seasons with the club and tempted to leave, but not desperate if they feel their club will step up to their ambitions). Both, although obviously wanting to play as much as possible, would be happy enough to sit on the bench sometimes and rotate between a three man strikeforce. The fact that Villa is in the La Liga means he will go for less as opposed to a player in the Premier League, but for us Berbatov has the advantage of being proven in the PL and more the kind of player we need.