Jesus Medina signs as young DP

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I personally think this one should be the theme for our season opening Tifo.
 
His goal record according to wikipedia is 17 in 74 apps which seems ok for a young player, I expect quite a few of those appearances were as a sub and he would have been playing when he was 16/17/18 so he has probably improved significantly since then.

Can't seem to find stats anywhere for his goals/assists last season in the Paraguayan league, there are stats for the Copa Sudamerica and Libertadores. He got 2 goals and 2 assists in 14 apps.

According to Transfermarkt he played left wing/left mid every match apart from 1 where he played defensive midfield.

Playing at a similar level(Argentinian league is one of the best in South America so probably similar to playing in the continental competitions) Almiron had 4 goals and 4 assists in 40 apps.

Apparently Copenhagen, Napoli and Udinese were all interested in him but until he plays who knows how good he is. Thats the risk you take getting a young South American DP, there were not any obvious options in Europe we could get who would actually be worthwhile anyway.

His domestic league stats are available here: https://int.soccerway.com/players/jesus-medina/250369/

8 goals in 35 games in 2017
9 goals in 38 games in 2016

Best comp I can come up with is Cristian Colman for Dallas, who had 7 goals and 11 goals in the two season in Paraguay prior to joining MLS, then flopped with just 2 goals in 26 games last year. Completely different players though, so we'll see.
 
His domestic league stats are available here: https://int.soccerway.com/players/jesus-medina/250369/

8 goals in 35 games in 2017
9 goals in 38 games in 2016

Best comp I can come up with is Cristian Colman for Dallas, who had 7 goals and 11 goals in the two season in Paraguay prior to joining MLS, then flopped with just 2 goals in 26 games last year. Completely different players though, so we'll see.
That Colman guy must be the most frustrating player for FCD fans. He always seemed to be playing champagne football all the way up until he turned into flat draft beer in front of goal.
 
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Could have seen a guy like Gareth Bale succeeding for us on the wing but I'll give Medina a chance.

The City scouting seems to have done well with Yangel Herrera, expect he'll be a star. Also CFG did well with their prior Jesus signing, Man City is undefeated in EPL in Gabriel Jesus's tenure.
 
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Could have seen a guy like Gareth Bale succeeding for us on the wing but I'll give Medina a chance.

The City scouting seems to have done well with Yangel Herrera, expect he'll be a star. Also CFG did well with their prior Jesus signing, Man City is undefeated in EPL in Gabriel Jesus's tenure.
one relevant thought there, anyway.
 
Could have seen a guy like Gareth Bale succeeding for us on the wing but I'll give Medina a chance.

The City scouting seems to have done well with Yangel Herrera, expect he'll be a star. Also CFG did well with their prior Jesus signing, Man City is undefeated in EPL in Gabriel Jesus's tenure.

Not quite so successful with the Jesus before last though...
 
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I think the league should move to 4 DPs work the fourth needing to be a young DP. Will make it easier to take chances like Medina.
 
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I've literally stated in this thread that I'm willing to give the kid the beginning of the season to see how he does. I don't know what your issue is with me? The Lampard fiasco sucked. The Pirlo fiasco sucked. The Maxi signing was a big yawn. I was hoping they would find the right note with this signing. Maybe they will. I'm open minded, but on its face, it's disappointing.

Portland's 3 DPs were better than ours last year. The rest of their team wasn't.

All that matters is Toronto though. They nailed their DPs. We should too.

I'm with adam adam - he nailed this. Until the Club is willing to show they'll take a hit on a bad decision, I'm skeptical. They even got relief on Diskerud.

no issue with anyone..im just arguing against the negativity of the signing or the "underwhelming" DP. when all along wanted to get younger ( at least i did) and we get that with this kid. And like i mentioned elsewhere the flip flopping of say get rid of maxi after one year and then bring someone else and then sell medina go after one year. Toronto took three years to get it together and win the cup ( which was what the team was allegedly built to do) so its not quick mix and match.

im happy with move and then well see where we are in mid season and end of year. he may suck big time, he may be newcomer of the year and we get a cup. but im good with the move and the kids attitude so far.
 
I've been a bit busy over the last week or so so haven't been able to get on here much. I knew after Medina was announced as a DP that there would be a decent amount of bitching on here about it (but lets be honest, there would have been some level of bitching on here no matter who the DP was).

I like this signing quite a bit for now, but still find myself in a "wait-and-see" mode until I see him get some actual minutes with us. But two things to consider about this:
  1. I've seen many comparisons to Almiron on here (moreso attempts at comparison if anything) and noting the difference in the transfer fee paid. That's fine, and I get why as they are both young Paraguayans, but do we need to compare him to Almiron? What about someone like Villalba who Atlanta paid 2.25m transfer fee for? I know we all want a guy like Almiron and we should aspire to sign guys like that, but getting a Villalba-type guy is pretty great as well.
  2. I'm leaning more towards trusting our scouting department on this signing, mostly in comparing to our signing of Maxi as a DP last year. Last year we had trouble bringing in the 3rd DP and signing Maxi appeared to be more of a desperation move. We NEEDED a 3rd DP (both for roster quality and for appearance purposes (this board would have melted down if we didn't grab a 3rd after the Lamps fiasco and especially considering the Pirlo flame-out)) and the club at the last minute signed Maxi. This signing is happening 3 weeks before our preseason camp starts. There would still be enough time to grab someone else if we wanted to, especially after another year of this league growing in terms of quality and attractiveness to other young players.
With the above noted, I'm excited to see what he can bring and what else we can put on the roster. I'm more-so interested to see what his actual salary ends up being, to see if that transfer fee hits the cap this year, and he is not a DP for us after this season.