Am I the only guy that searched Magno Brazil FIFA 21 to see what his rating was and had a momentary heart attack when this guy appeared:
2021 Roster Discussion
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Costa and Taty up front would be something to see in terms of the dark arts
Is Santiago a DP or a young money signing? If he's a young money signing, then we still have the DP spot. If he's a DP, then we can sign someone at a high transfer fee/salary up to $600,000/year. So the short answer is yes, we should still have enough -- and when Maxi does leave after this season we'll have that DP spot.
But isn't Santiago a No. 10? Maybe he's the replacement for Maxi.
Santiago is a winger, but I think he’s definitely capable of being a backup 10
We have a really good midfield. That leads to lots of possession and plenty of chances.
I think this quote sums it up. This is the most ambitious signing NYCFC has ever made in terms of upswing potential. Angelino already belonged to CFG, so he wasn´t ours, he was a loanee. Medina came from a lower league and wasn´t on anybody's radar. Mitrita was more of a finished product but also from a lower league than Brazil´s and unlikely to triple or quadruple in value. Still, when he was on, he was very good for us. Villa, Lampard and Pirlo came here to finish their careers.
This guy Talles Magno is either a guy who has fallen precipitously in expected value due to injuries and/or behavior, or he also may be part of a fire sale by a club that is strapped for cash. But as a 17 y.o he was valued at over 20 million bucks with a buyout clause over 60 million. At 17 years old. He was known for showboating in the freaking Brazilian top-flight at 17/18 years old. Consider a top 50 prospect in the world for his age group. All that may amount to nothing in NYC. But there has to be real big talent there, whether he is able to channel it in MLS or not. I'm sure there are a lot of red flags and that´s why he´s fallen on our lap. But he´s not the kind of player we usually get. So let´s enjoy the possibilities me says.
I´m sorry but that is just not true, unless you mean a $20 million fee and weekly wages over 150K for guys who are still very valuable. The key here is that they get offered 1 or 2 year deals only, but bu whom: Real Madrid, Man U, Atletico Madrid, etc. No MLS team has ever competed with UCL teams, much less with UCL heavyweights like those. Benzema is literally RM best player right now, the main man if they win the league this year. Ditto for Suarez, to the point that Barza are lamenting letting him go. Man U was begging Cavani to renew for another year, and I´m sure his salary won´t be MLS-like. Aguero is the only one of them who may have lost substantial value. The only option to entice them stateside would be to offer them a substantial 4 year contract. Do you want to do that?
Very well said. I find this to be the most exciting/intriguing signing we have made. It may not pan out, but it's highly strategic with massive upside for both our club and the mother ship, and will be fun to see how it goes!
I don't think you are going to see too many teams use the U22 signings on high transfer fee players. Fees over 2.5 million won't get the max allocation dollars on a sale. Thiago Andrade ($1.8 million, 200k salary) I think is more what we are going to see from the U22 tag.
There is alot about the Santi transaction that we won't really know until he is announced. There is still no explanation why CFG sent him to Torque before spending him here. Will it be a loan? Will it be a transfer?
To keep on with what I was saying and dispel magical thinking: Cavani makes 300K per week right now, so over 15 million per year. Benzema makes 415K per week. Aguero makes 325K per week. Suarez a modest 176K per week, 9 million per year. He´s the only one close to the 8.8 that Higuain makes as the highest paid MLS player. And after the year he's had with Atletico Madrid, he may be able to renegotiate the deal or get paid more elsewhere. If you factor on top of that that MLS usually has to either work as a retirement league or overpay players in their prime to have them come here, all of those superstars are out of reach. Yes they say they want to come to MLS in 2 or 3 years, at 35, 36, 37. That´s still the model for such caliber of players.
problem is that is we are actually getting close to that now. I think it all starts in July till October there are some crazy weeks in there.
Yup, he actually specifically mentioned the congestion in August, so hopefully before that.
Haak needs a loan. Don't think Gray does. I'd prefer Jasson goes on loan now that reinforcements are arriving
I think this is where I'm landing as well. It's super clear that Haak needs one. Once we add Talles, Thiago, and Santi (assuming) and Heber returns from injury, hard to see Jasson getting minutes so I think it would be good for him to go out too.
Gray could benefit from a loan, but I think it depends on if Ronny thinks Gloster could be a backup RB. If so, then definitely get Gray out on loan. If not, then I think he stays put for now.
We agree. Tinnerholm has been our iron man. But why risk it? Who is our back up RB or RWB? No reason one of the LBs can't play RB in a pinch
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