Liverpool fans take to Twitter to warn against us signing Christian Benteke

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It seems that not all Liverpool fans are thrilled by the prospect of us signing Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke, having watched his disappointing performance in Saturday’s FA Cup final defeat to Arsenal.

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Villa were ripped to shreds at Wembley, with the Gunners scoring four times without reply, and despite all the build-up the towering Belgian forward did little to impress his army of reported suitors.

It will certainly be interesting to see if the Reds make good on their initial interest in the player – reported here by the Daily Mail – as Brendan Rodgers steps up his pursuit of a marquee arrival that can help up our goal tally next season.

As the Mail reports, it’s understood that the player has a buyout clause of around £32m in his contract. Such a fee would make the 24-year-old our second most expensive signing of all time, second only to Andy Carroll, and understandably that’s provoked a number of our supporters to air their concerns.

Here’s what Twitter had to say after yesterday’s final:

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