Selling Benteke the same as losing Suarez or Bale - Sherwood

Tim Sherwood believes the loss of Christian Benteke has hit Aston Villa as hard as Liverpool and Tottenham felt the departures of Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale.

Benteke was the catalyst for Villa beating the drop from the Premier League last season, with the Belgium striker scoring eight times in the final eight games of the campaign.

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