DARREN Bent

[NRCRED]

Charlton turn down 18mill bid, are they crazy or are west ham for offering it

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=445003&CPID=8&clid=33&lid=4161&title=Addicks+reject+huge+bid+for+Bent

[ronan]

both imo
he's not wort that
but i reckon curbs knows he's charltons only chance of staying up.

[Rich]

Totally crazy.

[PTP]

Marcus Bent - £18mil are u sure -the same Marcus Bent who played for the blue ****e

[Jayesh87]

you mean Darren Bent surely ?

[dww]

To be fair if he was the player to keep either team up (which I think he is capable of doing) then he would be worth all of the £18m.

I really rate him, but I'm glad we are not involved in this bidding war. For that money we would need a forward who has been proven at least at European level.

[simey85]

marcus bent 18m million lol must be darren! far too high a price i think west ham have gone crazy he is not worth 18m. we will stuff them 2nt 4 being such ****s!

[Rhys]

west ham are throwing money around at the moment arnt they. 18 million!! he's not worth half.

1,5 on quashie
3 on davenport
1,5 on neill
say 6 on boa morte

plus the 8 mil bid turned down for upson, 2,5 bid for hreidarsson turned down and now this 18 mil bid.

panic buys.

[desertscouser]

west ham are throwing money around at the moment arnt they. 18 million!! he's not worth half.

1,5 on quashie
3 on davenport
1,5 on neill
say 6 on boa morte

plus the 8 mil bid turned down for upson, 2,5 bid for hreidarsson turned down and now this 18 mil bid.

panic buys.

Not to mention the ludicrous wages they're offering on top of the transfer fees. If it's true that Curbishley just bid 18 million quid for Bent then he's an absolute disaster. Can you imagine what he would've done with our cash if he took over after GH left? We'd probably be mid table right now, and broke.

I have a feeling Curbishley and egg head could be a disastrous combination for the Hammers. They're going down.

[steveheighwayrobbery]

west ham are throwing money around at the moment arnt they. 18 million!! he's not worth half.

1,5 on quashie
3 on davenport
1,5 on neill
say 6 on boa morte

plus the 8 mil bid turned down for upson, 2,5 bid for hreidarsson turned down and now this 18 mil bid.

panic buys.

blows me fecking socks off

[Gordy Boy]

I personally hope West Ham stay up - I've always had a bit of a soft spot for them.

£18 million is a lot of money but then it's a drop in the ocean compared to what they'd lose by getting relegated to the Championship.

Charlton are clearly aware of this, and I can see them holding out for well in excess of £20million if West Ham are to be the buyers.

Still mad money though.

[Maestro]

Firstly, let's be clear - this is about DARREN Bent not MARCUS Bent.
Secondly, Curbishley has worked with him before, and obviously really rates the guy.
The price is ludicrous, but West Ham are desperate to stay up.
The stakes are even higher than in previous years when it comes to staying in the top division due to the increase
in money on the table. It'd be a massive gamble, but the Hammers board think it's worth it. It's probably also in their thinking that should they buy Darren Bent, one of the relegation places is even more likely to go to Charlton, making their job of staying up that little bit easier....

http://www.est1892.co.uk/forums/show...077#post254077

[Rich]

I'd imagine for £18m you could almost have your pick of most strikers in the world!

[AFII]

The problem for them is that they must pay big wages if they want anyone to join them. No good players would join a club fighting to avoid relegation if they didn't get good wages doing it.

[dww]

I think the bigger problem is that they need to change the whole feeling around the squad. At the start of the season they seemed arrogant and like last season was enough to justify their entire careers. Now they have a squad full of young players with low confidence. Finding inspirational players at any time is hard enough, ones willing to take a gamble on a side who might be relegated even harder. I guess if they see someone they think fits the bill they just have to take the gamble (or be cute with contracts and clauses).