Most Sunderland fans assumed the rumours of interest in Ever Banega were just that until the news was gradually confirmed by reliable reports in England. Sky Sports this week claimed that the Premier League club had made contact with Valencia about a possible move, we believe their sources to be a tweet from a Times journalist. In Spain, Super Deporte - Valencia's local newspaper, have been covering the Banega situation for some time but it's not Sunderland who are being mentioned. The latest club is Inter Milan and although the Serie A side would be considered a bigger club they don't have the same financial power as Sunderland. Lots of big clubs have been linked with a move for Banega and in November it was Tottenham who were the main destination mentioned, we said at the time: 'El Mundo aren't one of the usual Spanish rumour newspapers and as such you'll rarely hear stories which originated with them, their football coverage is quite sparse so when they do say something it's worth giving it a second glance. It sounds like they've been proven correct on a claim in August regarding Tottenham and Ever Banega, they said at the time that Spurs had contacted Banega's agent to see if the midfielder would be interested in moving to White Hart Lane in the future. He has a buyout clause with Valencia of â¬30m and Tottenham reportedly wanted the midfielder's agent Marcelo Simonian to find out if Valencia would negotiate on that, given the difficulty in getting Roberto Soldado it's a wise way for Tottenham to go about things ahead of a possible future transfer. Simonian has been speaking to Napoli Calcio, mainly about Javier Pastore, and let slip some interesting information "For Banega the situation is different. I can only say that we're already talking with several clubs for the next market, in the next few days I will be traveling to present all the alternatives to Valencia."' It quickly became clear that Banega's agent was trying to generate interest and in the following weeks further clubs were linked, including Manchester United. The midfielder's contract runs out in June 2015 so his value will start to drop.
i was gonna give one of those got it on good authorities speeches right there but thought i would save it until 2moro nailed on
If we sign this lad,we will be signing a "next-level" player,and it would send-out a message to clubs around us in the league table that we mean business!!!
At no point are we spending 20 million on a player. Certainly not in the position we are in. I would love it but I'm blocking this one out.
a little but not a load, got meetings the morra he went for £20m 5 1/2 years ago aged 22, now 28, alot less but total class
I'd be very surprised if we signed him this window. Maybe one to revisit if (when!) we confirm our safety Scocco, Bridcutt and Buckley/Ince would represent a good end to the window imo
Maybe not mate, even though we are second division where wages are concerned we still pay considerably more than most Italian clubs, also Inter would lose out on transfer fees as well. I'm dreaming i know, but you just never know mate. Gus is doing good things at the club and people are starting to sit up and take notice, maybe this kid thinks he can help us move forward and want to join the Poyet revolution?
Plus the Premiership is the Elite League. Tougher, faster, harder to crack. Make it here you can make it in any league. That can'y be said about other leagues. So better league, and more money for fee and wages verses the Lure of Europian football.. Next season (which we may be able to offer) I think we could get him.
