Is it only a matter of time before the striker joins Liverpool?
Aston Villa fans are having a rough few days. Club captain Fabian Delph appears to be on the move to Manchester City, for a paltry £8 million, and it looks like star striker Christian Benteke won’t be far behind.
The Belgian has been repeatedly linked with a move to Liverpool, with the two clubs reportedly unable to agree a fee. Villa are holding out for around £32 million, while Liverpool have, so far, only being prepared to offer £25 million.
Benteke is currently in Portugal, at a pre-season training camp with Villa, but the club have dropped a big hint the player won’t be long for Villa Park.
The striker, and Delph, have been removed from the masthead on the club’s Twitter account.
Aston Villa have removed Fabian Delph and Christian Benteke from their twitter header. #AVFC pic.twitter.com/5FdtlE87Si
— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Football__Tweet) July 11, 2015
In the post-modern, digital age this arguably counts as a sign of an impending transfer.
It seems the Villa are now instead looking promote up their local players in the form of Ciaran Clark, Jack Grealish and Gabby Agbonlahor.
