- Dec 22, 2005
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There is some quite big Bentley news about to break...all the details in the morning if they have not appeared in black and white in the People.
Call it a plug or a tease, I'm not caring.
Offski, then. To us?
There is some quite big Bentley news about to break...all the details in the morning if they have not appeared in black and white in the People.
Call it a plug or a tease, I'm not caring.
I've been working on this one for about a week and thought it would be better for the People than thrown away in the Mirror who are obsessed with title races and relegation fights.
It's a story that needs to be told in full.
So if there is anything missing in the morning I will fill in the gaps.
SIGN NOW OR ELSE!
WAR OF THE ROVERS... Rovers ulitmatum for rebel Bentley
EXCLUSIVE
By Alan Nixon
Blackburn will tell England star David Bentley to sign a new mega-bucks deal this week - or leave in one of the summer's biggest sales.
Bentley has angered boss Mark Hughes and chairman John Williams by stalling on a new longterm £50,000-a-week contract.
Now, with rumours of Chelsea interest, Hughes and Williams have ordered Bentley to put pen to paper or the offer will be withdrawn immediately.
Rovers hope the ultimatum will bring Bentley to his senses as he still has three years left on his current £20,000-a-week deal. Each week he stalls on signing he loses £30,000 in wages.
The talks have been going on for months, but early optimism about it being sealed have turned to anger at the highest levels at Ewood Park.
There have been growing reports of Bentley being unsettled. The club is aware he has recently been telling people he was on his way to Liverpool.
Unhappy fans have also reported back to the club that Bentley has been mouthing off about his future, a lack of respect that is troubling a lot of people at the club.
However Chelsea are emerging as the club most likely to move. Although I can reveal that Bentley is not even top of their summer hit list - and at £15 million there are doubts within Stamford Bridge about his value .
With Bentley on his long term deal Rovers will hold out for the money. The fact that they have issued their ultimatum shows they are ready to play hard-ball.
My info since last January was that he was likely to sign - the only delay was this problem of paying the agents fees in the wages - but in recent weeks there has been a change from the player himself.
Bentley and his agents now think Chelsea want him. I have my doubts, but there you go.
I hear Chelsea's priorities are Aguero and Schweinsteiger for the right-side role.
Aguero will cost a fortune and that might be too hard. I don't know Schweinsteiger's price. So it's going to be a wait for them to come round to Bentley in my opinion.
From what I hear Liverpool prefer Valencia because he is quicker. But he may go to Man U instead - and, no, I don't know why they like him so much.
On a different note Steve Coppell will leave Reading...probably tomorrow.