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Originally Posted by kikks
Hypocrite twat isn't he? His valuations of Alonso and Crouch vs. the Barry stance really is 
He must understand that a good way to get in the selling managers bad books is to put in a ridiculously low bid, whine about it not being accepted in the press and then boldly state that Crouch is valued at £15 mill? Strange negotiating tactics there. |
The difference being Benitez has been willing to negotiate on both Crouch and Alonso. He started at £15m for Crouch but has reportedly accepted an offer closer to £10m. O'Neill has been a stubborn arse and wont budge from £18m which is clearly a vast over-estimation for a player of Barry's skill (or lack of).
If I were Rafa I'd walk away from the deal, keep Alonso and leave Villa with an unhappy captain sitting on the bench.