Christian Benteke leaves Liverpool for record sum

“Crystal Palace have signed Belgium global striker Christian Benteke from Liverpool for an undisclosed fee on a four year contract”, a statement read on Palace’s official site.

He becomes manager Alan Pardew’s fourth signings, following Andros Townsend, James Tomkins and Steve Mandanda to the club this summer. “It was never easy, so from that I know that we have some good players”.

Just imagine if Klopp the faintest clue how to get the best out of Benteke; it’s entirely possible that Liverpool might’ve finished higher than the utter mediocrity of 8th in the league.

“It is great to work with him and I think he had seen that we want to engineer improvement at every corner”. Okay, his opportunities weren’t as many as he’d have liked, but he always gave his all for them, and was always a threat when I saw him play there.

Crystal Palace have announced that they have signed Liverpool striker, Christian Benteke.

Palace had more money to spend following the sale of Yannick Bolasie to Everton for £25m and Mile Jedinak to Aston Villa for £4m.

“I’m pleased the board have been fearless with this move”, he added. “I thought he’d be a fantastic fit for that club”, Pardew said, as quoted by the Daily Mail.

Benteke joined Liverpool from Aston Villa ahead of the 2015-16 campaign, but failed to live up to the high expectations at Anfield.

“It’s galling for us because the players have given everything today”, he told reporters.

Now the former Tottenham winger is set to return to White Hart Lane for the first time since January when Palace face Spurs in north London on Saturday. His style of play, the way he feeds off crosses…