Aston Villa Wrap Up Record £24m Deal For Darren Bent
By Chris Wright
Aston Villa have announced that they have officially signed Darren Bent from Sunderland, shelling out an initial £18 million for the privilege – a fee that will rise to as high as £24 million should various contractual stipulations be met.
The sum eclipses Villa’s previous transfer record, which stood at the £12 million they paid for both James Milner and, latterly, Stewart Downing.
A brief statement posted on the Villa website confirmed that the deal was struck this afternoon, with a four-and-a-half-year contract eventually being agreed upon after Bent passed a routine medical.
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Fackin’ madness.
Good signing for Villa. England’s best striker.
good deal for sunderland, englands current most overpriced striker.
@Tom Jones – Englands Top Striker? He’s barley turned up this season.
Bent is good, but not worth 24m. I wouldn’t pay more than half of that.
Where are the days when world class was sold for 240K…
compare that to two and a half million for pienaar. unlike circumstances but still… crazy!
more than was paid for fernando torres (and that was when we was playing well).
world class now a days means scoring a few goals in a short time. if you can rack up 5 goals in lets say seven games, you qualify for one of the best footballer in the world. so if any mid-table clubs have any “prolific” goal scoreres, they’re gone. i guess elmander will be gone soon too for about 30 million
Good signing for Villa I reckon….as long as Bent stays the only half-good striker on that team. Partner him with another decent striker and he can’t seem to play even half well.
@ dnpma Pienaar is out of contract in the summer so would go for nowt hence the low price
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@SeanBCFC
Good shout mate, spot on