NYCFC really promised Taty he'd be playing for a Brazilian team, extended him and then became a Brazilian team.
— Michael Vazquez (@theothermikev) May 19, 2021
Ronny Deila this summer 😂🤙🏼🇧🇷 #NYCFC #JOGABONITO pic.twitter.com/axNcJn2xzV
— Ken ⭐️ (@lordkenIV) May 19, 2021
This has got to be the closest to confirmation that Medina is no longer a DP that we have, right?Incoming from the Athletic! Lots of David Lee quotes and interesting nuggets. Team is really high on this one.
How NYCFC was able to sign Brazilian starlet Talles Magno, and what they expect from him in MLS
The 18-year-old was attracting European interest, but a confluence of factors led him to MLStheathletic.com
A few notes.
- Says Magno is right-footed and can play left wing (which is where we see him) and striker.
- Still very raw - it may take a while to see the full upside from this signing.
- European teams were sniffing around last year for a lot more than we are paying.
- His Club was relegated, and they had to sell him, and once that was clear, Europe was closed. NYCFC moved quickly to take advantage.
- Magno is a DP because his salary is above the league max, which is the most a U-22 player can get.
- We have two U-22 players - Thiago Andrade and Cacha Acevedo, with the later being grandfathered in this year.
- Lee thinks we are going to sign another U-22 player before this window closes.
- Lee thinks we are going to sign a third DP in the second transfer window (basically, July).
Incoming from the Athletic! Lots of David Lee quotes and interesting nuggets. Team is really high on this one.
How NYCFC was able to sign Brazilian starlet Talles Magno, and what they expect from him in MLS
The 18-year-old was attracting European interest, but a confluence of factors led him to MLStheathletic.com
A few notes.
- Lee thinks we are going to sign another U-22 player before this window closes.
- Lee thinks we are going to sign a third DP in the second transfer window (basically, July).
I think Talles would be the 3rd DP and he fits that bill age-wise.
Not necessarily. He might still be a DP but will be bought down when we sign the new one in the summer window. But I don't think we know.
I think Sam Stejskal is confirming that Medina is not a DP in this tweet here. Though I guess it could just be confirmation that the 3rd spot is "open".
Yeah, I'm not really arguing either way. But I have to take a skeptic's POV and consider that Lee might not speak precisely and Sam might hear what Lee generally communicated rather than the specifics. Especially because the MLS Roster page has added Magno (so they're keeping up with some changes) but they have not altered Medina's status. It could turn out the roster page has just botched the Medina status, and we might never know unless Medina's status on that page changes roughly simultaneous with the summer DP signing. I really don't have a position, except my position is we can't be sure.
Magno could be filling Mitrita spot and Medina will relinquish his DP status when/if necessary.
Incoming from the Athletic! Lots of David Lee quotes and interesting nuggets. Team is really high on this one.
How NYCFC was able to sign Brazilian starlet Talles Magno, and what they expect from him in MLS
The 18-year-old was attracting European interest, but a confluence of factors led him to MLStheathletic.com
A few notes.
- Says Magno is right-footed and can play left wing (which is where we see him) and striker.
- Still very raw - it may take a while to see the full upside from this signing.
- European teams were sniffing around last year for a lot more than we are paying.
- His Club was relegated, and they had to sell him, and once that was clear, Europe was closed. NYCFC moved quickly to take advantage.
- Magno is a DP because his salary is above the league max, which is the most a U-22 player can get.
- We have two U-22 players - Thiago Andrade and Cacha Acevedo, with the later being grandfathered in this year.
- Lee thinks we are going to sign another U-22 player before this window closes.
- Lee thinks we are going to sign a third DP in the second transfer window (basically, July).
