How much is Elliott Bennett worth?

[Basil Fawlty]

Disagree. Promotion this season when moving to a brand new stadium in the Championship is worth £4m. Why would we want to jeopardise that to get £750k in the bank now? It does not make financial sense. We are not a selling club anymore. Elliot is worth more to us here than not. On top of this he's on a long term contract and his value will more than double with promotion.

I know we aint a selling club, and maybe just maybe if you think about it in the bigger picture. That money we could get for Elliott, might go towards getting Lua-Lua here permanently. And we all know long term contracts in football, don't mean NOWT these days. So if he does want to go then we can't stand in his way, but I bloody hope he doesn't go anywhere and stays with us for the long term.

 

[jcdenton08]

30 people think a League One winger with about three seasons playing experience is worth in excess of £1.5m? How much did we get for Bobby, anyone? Idiots.

 

[Skint Gull]

That money we could get for Elliott, might go towards getting Lua-Lua here permanently.

Kaz is a good player but if i had to choose between the 2 i'd want for more money for Benno!

30 people think a League One winger with about three seasons playing experience is worth in excess of £1.5m? How much did we get for Bobby, anyone? Idiots.

And how much did we get for Virgo..... Idiot.

Seriously, he's worth whatever we think would be justified us selling him for. I voted £1-1.5m but if you include a 25% sell on we have to pass on and then the clauses we'd want to insert too, i'd be well pissed of to let him go in a deal worth less than £1.5m or even £2m

 

[Ecosse Exile]

30 people think a League One winger with about three seasons playing experience is worth in excess of £1.5m? How much did we get for Bobby, anyone? Idiots.

And of course we could pick up another player who can play on both wings, through the middle and at full back, whilst chipping in with 20 assists and his fair share of goals to replace him, for much less than that, lets hope Norwich and QPR can find that cheaper option too!

 

[jcdenton08]

The money we stole for Virgo was a GIFT. We all knew that at the time and we had it confirmed 6 months later when he couldn't get a game that we'd make a fantastic sale. That's like saying Denilson was worth the £15m or Shevchenko was worth £30m - it's nonsense, clubs, through the manager usually, draw up a list of targets and the board pay what they are prepared to / have to to acquire that particular player. In our case the reality is that Virgo was playing well above his level (out of position) and we cashed in for at least three times his true value.

We were conned with Zamora (a player clearly worth in excess of 2m, even with a niggling injury, as he had at the time), but we got a great deal with Virgo - definitely the exception to the rule - sadly if you examine our transfer business 9 times out of 10 we'll have come off worse. The reality is we smaller clubs will sell players who want to play at a higher level for what the board deem is 'best value' i.e. whatever the interested club can be bartered to before they lose interest: i.e.:

If Norwich offered £400,000 we'd say no, they'd offer £600,00 and we'd have our head turned and they'd pay £6--,--- + sell on clauses/performance related clauses and we'd consider it good deal in a financial sense.

 

[peterward]

My honest opinion is £500,000 to £750,00+. If Norwich offer or any other club for that matter offer that, then I don't think we could reject a type of bid like that.

With the greatest respect, that is such a short sighted view. What's the difference in revenues between another season in league 1 and the championship? I'd guess more than the measley 500-750k that's to hard for you to resist today.

Look at Swansea. We were playing a few years ago, new ground kept best players and now 2nd in championship.

The new stadium and all our ambitions are worthless if we sell our best players. All success starts with the players. It's the players that win games. Why spend 90 million on a gold plated stadium and then sell the best playing assett to deliver success in that new stadium for just 500k.

It's ludicrous. Save on a few interior furnishings if money needs to be saved NEVER sell our best player when we're top and on the threshold something special.

We need to change our mentality if we're going to fulfill our potential.

 

[bhaexpress]

Simple, give Norwich a price of £1,500,000 and if they want to pay that then okay. However I think they would be thinking about a third of that which would be larceny.

 

[empire]

no less than 750g

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

30 people think a League One winger with about three seasons playing experience is worth in excess of £1.5m? How much did we get for Bobby, anyone? Idiots.

And how long ago did Bobby go? Prices have gone up since then and we DON'T have to sell which is the biggest difference. Plus, how experienced was Zamora then? About the same, and as you say we were stitched up with what we got for him.

Quite simply if Chamberlain is worth £5m, Bennett, who is proven in comparison, has to be worth at least £2m.

Idiot.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

IMHO, Bennett with 20 assists and so much more to his game than your average winger is worth in excess of £2m in todays market and anything less I would be absolutely gutted with.

 

[drew]

I know we aint a selling club, and maybe just maybe if you think about it in the bigger picture. That money we could get for Elliott, might go towards getting Lua-Lua here permanently. And we all know long term contracts in football, don't mean NOWT these days. So if he does want to go then we can't stand in his way, but I bloody hope he doesn't go anywhere and stays with us for the long term.

We are and always will be a selling club until we are at least established in the premiership. If a prem club came in and offered 5 or 6 million we would sell at the drop of a hat. The only clubs that aren't selling clubs are probably Manure, Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City.

30 people think a League One winger with about three seasons playing experience is worth in excess of £1.5m? How much did we get for Bobby, anyone? Idiots.

I think other posters have proven you to be the idiot. We sold Zamora after we were relegated and a club on the way down rather than the way up. That meant our revenues from the league would be reduced. You also have to remember that we were desparate for money with the collapse of On Digital the previous year.

The money we stole for Virgo was a GIFT. We all knew that at the time and we had it confirmed 6 months later when he couldn't get a game that we'd make a fantastic sale. That's like saying Denilson was worth the £15m or Shevchenko was worth £30m - it's nonsense, clubs, through the manager usually, draw up a list of targets and the board pay what they are prepared to / have to to acquire that particular player. In our case the reality is that Virgo was playing well above his level (out of position) and we cashed in for at least three times his true value.

We were conned with Zamora (a player clearly worth in excess of 2m, even with a niggling injury, as he had at the time), but we got a great deal with Virgo - definitely the exception to the rule - sadly if you examine our transfer business 9 times out of 10 we'll have come off worse. The reality is we smaller clubs will sell players who want to play at a higher level for what the board deem is 'best value' i.e. whatever the interested club can be bartered to before they lose interest: i.e.:

If Norwich offered £400,000 we'd say no, they'd offer £600,00 and we'd have our head turned and they'd pay £6--,--- + sell on clauses/performance related clauses and we'd consider it good deal in a financial sense.

Where are these '9 out of 10' cases where you seem to imply we have been conned? We have had a pretty good record over the last 10 years from transfers, bearing in mind it is only recently that we have started paying for players ourselves, with the very occassional exception.

 

[Working class pride]

Tony Bloom/BHA dont need the money. Promotion is what is needed. If they paid two or three times his true value then even then, promotion is still the issue and would the money make up for risking promotion? No it wouldn't and Tony Bloom knows it. Norwich would really have to offer massive cash and we would need to have a replacement lined up for a deal to be done. An example of this is that we dont mind Murrray being out of contract at the end of the season. The squad is there to get promotion. I expect Bennett might get a few more quid to keep im happy but he wont go, unless the offer is massicve and we can get a replacement as well. With Norwich having to offer vastly over the true value, then the deal is not a great one for Norwich and they might look elsewhere.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Tony Bloom/BHA dont need the money. Promotion is what is needed. If they paid two or three times his true value then even then, promotion is still the issue and would the money make up for risking promotion? No it wouldn't and Tony Bloom knows it. Norwich would really have to offer massive cash and we would need to have a replacement lined up for a deal to be done. An example of this is that we dont mind Murrray being out of contract at the end of the season. The squad is there to get promotion. I expect Bennett might get a few more quid to keep im happy but he wont go, unless the offer is massicve and we can get a replacement as well. With Norwich having to offer vastly over the true value, then the deal is not a great one for Norwich and they might look elsewhere.

Good points.

 

[NMH]

He's a good player in a successful side, where there are now several excellent players that compliment him.
Unless a big club came in for him, he'd be daft between the ears to want to leave and go anywhere else - in fact he should be struggling aggressively to stay at Brighton!
It's only natural for clubs to be looking at us now, because of our success - but it really is a team success and by team I include management and training staff.
Many clubs would like to have the pick or buy ALL our players at once!
We're just not that desperate, to want to sell the lads that are dedicating to the success. And what's money worth, when you then have to go out and scour the league for replacement players and hope they settle into the squad well?

 

[Finchley Seagull]

Maybe I am overestimating his value but if Oxlade-Chamberlain is being talked about as £5m-£10m, there is no way we should accept an offer of under £1m for Bennett, who has got a lot more assists this season and is still only 21. Can't believe anyone would be happy with £500k. We paid about £200k for him a year and a half ago and he has improved incredibly since then.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

With the greatest respect, that is such a short sighted view. What's the difference in revenues between another season in league 1 and the championship? I'd guess more than the measley 500-750k that's to hard for you to resist today.

Look at Swansea. We were playing a few years ago, new ground kept best players and now 2nd in championship.

The new stadium and all our ambitions are worthless if we sell our best players. All success starts with the players. It's the players that win games. Why spend 90 million on a gold plated stadium and then sell the best playing assett to deliver success in that new stadium for just 500k.

It's ludicrous. Save on a few interior furnishings if money needs to be saved NEVER sell our best player when we're top and on the threshold something special.

We need to change our mentality if we're going to fulfill our potential.

Agree with all of that, selling EB would be an absolute disaster and seriously jeopardise everything we're working towards and could result in the whole thing starting to unravel. Talk of £500k-£750k for him is ludicrous - I shouldn't imagine Tony Bloom would bother bending down to pick up that amount if someone had dropped it in the street and I hope Gus and him put their heads together, sit down with the lad and discuss the bigger picture and also consider significantly upping his wages if that's would help keep him here.

 

[simoblow]

How much is Elliott Bennett worth ?

Nowhere have i seen any statement by the club, the manager, or the player himself, that the club are intending to sell Bennett. In fact the exact opposite is being said by the manager. The player who is under contract is a level headed sort, and i don't believe that he would risk upsetting his manager when he knows the club do not wish to sell. Bloom may be a businessman and a gambler, but is he seriously going to risk losing the prize of championship football which is now in our grasp, for what in the scheme of things will be a relatively small (when compared with the total amount of money he has invested in the club and the stadium) short term gain ?

Think about it ......

 

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

i think you have to consider his potential when deciding on his value....he could be worth a considerable amount of money in the future and as such we shouldn't let him go for anything less than a price that reflects that. £1-1.5m at least I say.

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

How come Oxo cube is worth 5-10M?.He has only been on the scene 5 minutes.I would price Bennett at a minimum of 1M.

 

[samtheseagull]

i heard that SSC had put a 10 million price tag on Chamberlain which is mental if true. if austin is worth 2 million, beno has got to be worth the same. if we did get say 1.5 million for him could we sign someone as good? i dont think so. benos 21 years old and will improve, i would be as gutted as i was when zamora went if he goes!