Liverpool are about to splash £32.5m on Aston Villa and Belgium target man Christian Benteke – and that could be excellent value.
Many Reds fans don’t want Benteke and the general vibe among the Anfield faithful is that Brendan Rodgers can do better.
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Despite the dismay among Reds supporters, Benteke looks like and excellent signing on paper.
The stats below show that Benteke produced more last season – in terms of goals and assists – than all of Liverpool’s four current strikers combined.
Daniel Sturridge, Fabio Borini, Mario Balotelli and Rickie Lambert cost £10m more that Benteke will.
Sturridge joined from Chelsea for £12m, while Borini signed from Roma for £10.5m.
Balotelli and Lambert arrived last summer for £16m and £4m from AC Milan and Southampton respectively.
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