David Bentley (Tottenham Hotspur)

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Reds linked with 15m winger swoop

Liverpool are considering a shock move for Tottenham misfit David Bentley this summer.

 Rafa Benitez is looking to bring in some bargains as he tries to add more creativity to his midfield using a shoestring budget and has identified the White Hart Lane man as a suitable target.

The former Arsenal man was excellent during the second half of the season when he got a run in the first team as a result of a long term injury suffered by Aaron Lennon. The 25 year old began to show the kind of performances that led to his big money move from Blackburn Rovers to Tottenham but is set for another season struggling to get into the starting eleven and so could be ready for a new challenge.

Harry Redknapp had made it clear that he would listen to offers for the England international and Rafa could well be ready to offer Yossi Benayoun in any deal. Benitez has used the Israeli international very sparingly over the past three seasons and is ready to consider a swap deal to help seal the deal. The north London club are keen to recoup as much of the £15m fee they paid for Bentley back in July 2008 as they can.

Liverpool have lacked natural width on the right for some time and have played Dirk Kuyt out on the wing for the best part of two years but the Anfield boss may feel that Bentley could offer more and is hoping that the carrot of first team football may help lure the Spurs man to Merseyside.

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i think he would be a top signing!

Bollocks to this.

He's a fairy. Does my nut in diving around and generally being a knobhead.

the lad can deliver a cross though!

Think he'd be a good signing to be honest, I said last summer he'd be worth a punt as he'd not been given a fair crack of the whip at Totenham, I still feel that way, he's a better option than Kuyt on the right IMO.

Bollocks to this.

He's a fairy. Does my nut in diving around and generally being a knobhead.

Agreed not good enough for Tottenham, why would he be good enough for us?

Really sad to see considering we could have had the player that kept Bentley on the bench for 2.5 million last year.

If we spent £15million on David Bentley I'd be F***ing livid.

Id rather Turan to be honest

Really sad to see considering we could have had the player that kept Bentley on the bench for 2.5 million last year.

who's that?



£5million and Yossi might be worth a shout

I'm on the fence over how good the lad is, but I don't want to entertain any swap deals unless it's Babel for Turan.

We need to keep a good squad as well as sign players. It was one of our weakness this season and getting rid of Yossi would be a bad move. Even if he isn't a garaunteed starter, he's a boss little squad player.

15m  

Would rather have Maxi and Yossi in our side ahead of him.

I wouldn't give them 15 million for him but a player cash deal, I wouldn't rule out and not to the tune of 15 million.

Although we need width, a swap for Yossi would be trading down, in my opinion.

Send Riera instead and swap Babel for Turan.

who's that?



£5million and Yossi might be worth a shout

Niko Kranjcar.

I don't think he is worth 15 million.

He had a cousin who was in my cousins year at school, he was up himself then apparently

I dont think he is worth 15 million, if he is worth 15 million how much is Cesc worth? 80 million?

Real Madrid ruined the market bidding ridicilous amounts of money for players blowing everything into proportion

/rant

£15mill?! No chance in hell is he worth that or anything in the region of that. Far too inconsistent!

F**k me no way do I want this lad, an average player with a massive ego. Didn't want him when he was been linked to us prior to the Spurs move, pissed myself when they agreed to pay £17 million for the lad, knew he would flop due to basically being a very average player.

Have to say there was a couple of people on here that were disappointed he went to Spurs really didn't understand that. I got up some peoples back on here by basically saying he was over rated and would be a poor signing.

 He is exactly what people are talking about when they say an overrated over inflated english player. Please god make this be sh*te.

Absolute bollocks he is toss

No thanks.

Knock £10m off the price and I'll think about it.

If we do have £15m (which we don't) I'd rather splash it on Turan.

He'd be decent on loan. Certainly not worth anything over 7m let alone 15m.

For F**k's sake. Just no.

No thanks. I'd rather have Arda Turan.

I'm not swapping Yossi for that David Bentley. We aren't getting a better player.

Good player. I like him as a winger and was desperate for us to sign him from Blackburn.

Will not go for anywhere near 15m should he go. Which, going from this, i wouldn't think is to us.

Reds linked with 15m winger swoop

Rafa Benitez is looking to bring in some bargains as he tries to add more creativity to his midfield using a shoestring budget and has identified the White Hart Lane man as a suitable target.

15m? Shoestring budget? If that's shoestring then we're living off a piece of thread.