Originally Posted by Brwned

Nani is already a better player than Bentley, and is 2/3 years younger so will obviously become much better than Bentley. No-one should really try to deny that and actually believe it, even GlastonSpur. He had a good season last season but his abilities are clearly very limited.

Anderson, Nani and Hargreaves are obviously all better players than Bentley. It has nothing to do with who he plays for or what he has done in his career so far, it's blatantly obvious to any random football fan.

But top wingers are rare right now and so Spurs are picking the best one they can find that is proven in the Premier League and is available to them. The price is far too much but people pay too much attention to prices these days, market valuations are all over the place. David Nugent went for £6m last year, I'm sure no-one will deny that Bentley is three times the player Nugent is. Blackburn know Spurs need a winger and they know Spurs have money, so the transfer fee was always going to be high.



If Rafa was given £17m to buy Bentley and still have money for other targets, he would do so. But he is still looking to buy players like Barry and Keane and so doesn't seem too interested in spending money on a winger. I'm sure it has more to do with money than him not rating Bentley.