I think you only have to worry about their net salary impact. So, if you sign Ibra to DP contract and lend him out for that half season, then you have to get the other side to pay his salary for that time, or at least all but $220K of it.
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I think you only have to worry about their net salary impact. So, if you sign Ibra to DP contract and lend him out for that half season, then you have to get the other side to pay his salary for that time, or at least all but $220K of it.
I don't doubt thats a rule. But I am fairly confident any Zlatan to the MLS scenario would play out as follows:
Team: We have an agreement to get Zlatan but we need to change a few rules and maybe loan him out for a bit
MLS: Zlatan!!!
Team: Yeah but about those rules we need to bend
MLS: Zlatan!!! yeah do whatever you need to get him we don't care.
Sub in Messi and Ronaldo as you like and the scenario holds.
We will never know but when it comes to super big names I've always wondered if the MLS gets involved and trys to push players to the teams they wan't them at. The single entity structure raises a lot of questions. How much power does the league have behind the scenes to steer a guy like Zlatan so LAFC or ATL to help the franchises launch with a marquee player.
A "top" player won't play in a city he doesn't want to be in. They have final veto power
Of course I'm not proposing that the league has the ability to push a top player to a city they are not interested in. But if a guy says he wants to go to either LA or NY, I'd be shocked if the league isn't doing things to steer the player to the team they want within those cities.
Didn't it come out last year that the Red Bulls had a discovery claim on David Villa, and MLS essentially ignored it and let NYCFC sign him?
Speaking of the whole absurd "discovery rights" situation w/r/t internationally famous world class players, apparently Zlatan's discovery rights are held by Philadelphia Union.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic in talks to play in MLS, join LA Galaxy - sources http://espnfc.com/soccer-transfers/...lks-to-play-in-mls-and-join-la-galaxy-sources
Now that they've got an open slot maybe Columbus should live up to their namesake and do some "discovering."
Most teams that have these names on a discovery list have no fucking shot of signing the players. It's horsehshit.
If the Kosmos were in MLS, they'd have Pele and Beckenbaur on their list.
All of these "lists" are BS. Discovery, allocation, etc.... Just have a Cap, whatever number it is, and let each team sign whom they want. Go over the Cap and pay a Luxury Tax to the rest of the league.
Twellman just said at halftime during the SKC-ORL game that if Zlatan comes to MLS in 2016 it will not be in an LA Galaxy uniform. Maybe LAFC sign him and loan him to Man United until December...or the summer...
Which Philadelphia Union coach Jim Curtin confirms:
http://www.espnfc.us/major-league-s...im-strategic-move-by-philadelphia-union-coach
And that's what's bullshit - the article even says the philly ownership can or won't pony up the numbers needed to sign him. So unless they're will to pay the amount needed then they shouldn't get anything as a ransom for his "rights".
Looks like Birnbaum wants more money or a transfer where he's offered $800,000 per year. And DC doesn't want to move him and probably doesn't want to pay him. Could be a holdout scenario coming up if DC tries to play hardball. They should just take the GAM and and let him make some money in city with beautiful weather and great food for a CL team. And if he's still not married, his mother will be very happy there are so many single Jewish girls there for him to choose from!
http://www.espnfc.us/story/2910162/maccabi-tel-aviv-increase-bid-for-us-steve-birnbaum-sources
http://www.espnfc.us/story/2910162/maccabi-tel-aviv-increase-bid-for-us-steve-birnbaum-sources
*nods in agreement*
There will be problems for the league if they don't adopt the basic rules of other major sports leagues in the US.
Except for the beautiful weather, he could just play here if those are the factors that matter.
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