Aston Villa let their new benteke go by £ 0 and now surpasses Rogers

Despite the defeat on Tuesday night, there is still so much for Aston villa play for the remaining months of the season.
In the middle of the week, Unai emeryTim died 4-1 Crystal palace in Selhurst Park which means that Claret and Blue Army won only one of their last seven in Premier leagueslipping on the tenth.
Still, the villas reached Fa cup Fifth round for the first time since they were winners ten years ago, welcoming Cardiff City to Villa Park on Friday night, before traveling to Jan Breydelstadation to their first game Champions League The last 16 equalization against the Brugge club.
However, not too long ago, to be in the Champions League, the goal of winning the home Cup was a mere dream of the Villa supporters, personified to their former club signature, compared to one of the best attackers of the Premier League club, which completely fell off the radar.
Christian Benteke’s time in Aston Vili
Christian Benteke was only three seasons in Aston Vili, but he made an impression in Midlands, reaching some key goals and the club made a big return to their investment.
Belgian, then only 22 years old, arrived from Genko For the £ 7m reported Rok Day in the summer 2012.
Would continue to score a goal 49 goals in only 101 appearances In Claret and a blue shirt, an average goal every 171 minutes, releasing Villa to the FA Cup final in 2015, as well as a key figure because the team of Sherwood has avoided the relegation of the same season.
Greeted as a “world class” from the other of his ex Managers Paul Lambert, Benteke, remains one of only seven players who scored 40+ goals for Villa in the Premier League.
Aston Villa Record PL goalkeeper (min 40 goals) |
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Players |
Goals |
Min per goal |
Gabriel Agbonlahor |
73 |
356 |
Ollie Watkins |
71 |
206 |
Dwight York |
60 |
237 |
Dion Dublin |
48 |
227 |
Juan Pablo ángel |
44 |
271 |
Christian Benteke |
42 |
175 |
Gareth Barry |
41 |
757 |
As the table shows, Benteke is, far, the best to the ratio of a minute by the goal of any villa forward in the premier league era, except Jhon Duránwhose 12 goals arrived in just 1,214 minuteswhich equates with the aim of every 101 minutes.
Still, his fertile figures saw Benteke joining Liverpool For £ 32.5 million in 2015,, later acknowledging his For three years in the villa they were the “best time” in their careers, but the alleged successor to the Belgian throne did not fully fulfill these high standards.
Where they are now
Your star or the biggest flop left the club, but what are they doing today? This article is part of football fancasts where the series are.
What happened to the next Christian Benteke Aston villa
After promoting back to the Premier League in 2019, Aston Villa went large, spending £ 140 million reported on 12 new recruits.
The most expensive of them was Wesley, who arrived from the Bruggge club for £ 22m, at that time a club record.
The previous season, the Brazilian had scored 17 goals For Belgian blue black, in the target home and far against Monaco in the Champions League, Luke Hatfield of Daily Express Comparing him to Benteke, who also arrived from Belgium, stating “they both bring a significant frame and exciting physical traits.”
Welsey decently starting his career in a villa, scoring naked six times During the first half of the season, he earned his older international debut for Brazil against Argentina, only rupture his front cross ligament During a 2-1 victory in Burnley on New Year’s Eve.
From that moment on, his career fairy never recovered, spending 480 days Aside, but barely displayed again in Claret and Blue, he borrowed Club Brugge for next season.
So, let’s look at Wesley’s career of injuries after injury.
Welsey’s career after a season injury |
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Season |
Club (s) |
Minutes |
Goals |
2020/21 |
Aston villa |
16 |
0 |
2021/22 |
Club Brugge & International |
1,187 |
2 |
2022/23 |
Levant |
1,864 |
4 |
2023/24 |
Cattle city |
873 |
0 |
2024/25 |
Fatih Karagümrük |
1,964 |
14 |
As the table shows, Wesley’s career never recovered, Adam Cleary of the Football League of the World Describing his one -season stay in Stoke as “poor” and “disaster”. That’s so far.
Last summer, the strike by the striker was joined by Fatih Karagümrük, who was kicked out of Turkish Süper LIG last season, for which he was in fire, scoring 14 goals,, two more than Current Villa Star Morgan Rogersdoing it The leading shooter of the divisionWith their team second, in the automatic promotion course.
Of course, the Turkish second layer is not the highest level of football, Football database He believes that Fatih Karagümrük was 1,418. The strongest team in the world, just below reading and Portsmouth for the context, but it’s great to see Wesley enjoying his best scoring season from that terrible injury to Turf Moor.