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#4 Christian Benteke (£32.5m) - Aston Villa to Liverpool
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Benteke could not fit in at Anfield
Benteke played for Aston Villa for 3 seasons, featuring in 101 games and scoring 49 goals. It was enough to catch the eye of Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers. In the summer of 2015, Christian Benteke joined Liverpool from Aston Villa for a fee in the region of £32.5m.
He played 42 times for Liverpool in the 2015/16 season, scoring 10 goals and never hit the form that made him famous in Aston Villa. He was thus branded a flop and when Crystal Palace showed interest in him, he was sold in the summer of 2016. He still plays for the Eagles, where he has played 73 games and scored 20 goals.
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