2022 Roster Discussion
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Or without knowing what the current offers have been so far
My Spanish is very bad so after seeing the club post Feliz Compleanos to Santi I thought we lost him
I don't want to be Mr. Conspiracy but I'm going to be Mr. Conspiracy and once again note that he has been completely removed from the NYCFC roster page at the MLS website even though loaned players are usually there. It's not like NYCFC haven't lied about his stuff before, though if this is some sort of lie/misdirection/whatever, it is s lot less troublesome than the "Lampard signed" lie. It's probably nothing, but if Sands is not on the MLSPA salary list come September, I'm going full
ETA it could simply be that Rangers are paying his full salary and that effectively takes him off our roster while other loaned players are still being compensated by MLS. Who knows.
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I don't want to be Mr. Conspiracy but I'm going to be Mr. Conspiracy and once again note that he has been completely removed from the NYCFC roster page at the MLS website even though loaned players are usually there. It's not like NYCFC haven't lied about his stuff before, though if this is some sort of lie/misdirection/whatever, it is s lot less troublesome than the "Lampard signed" lie. It's probably nothing, but if Sands is not on the MLSPA salary list come September, I'm going full
If I were a betting man, I would say to you that I think Rangers are paying his salary, thereby taking him off our books. Sands costs money against the salary cap, so to loan him means we need salary cap relief. So I bet Rangers paid a nominal fee and are paying his salary, thereby taking him off the salary cap books. That may be why he's not on roster lists anymore.
I would say yes. He´s not as dynamic as Maxi, but he is a solid 10 who, with the kinds of pieces we have to surround him with would probably be a good fit. I mean, Rusnak feels like the kind of player who would find a higher gear surrounded with better players and in a more attacking, dominant squad. He is also good taking free kicks.
I feel like we've had interest in him before, right? Maybe I'm wrong about that.
By the way, we are one week away from the start of training camp. Four weeks ago this hour we were playing MLS Cup.
i think the interest was from various users here not so much FO.
I don't know that he was very available before now, but I know a lot of pundits noted that Rusnak was with Viera for the Man City youth team and so he was well aware of his skills and how well he would fit in their system. I think considering Man City's knowledge of him, they must have at least had a discussion about it......but I haven't seen us as identified as one of the teams that have had a discussion with his people.
Well Rusnak is going to Seattle. Great signing for them if he’s not a DP, probably a TAM player.
Decent enough player, considering. Transfermarkt has his value pegged at €2.5m. I'm sure everyone has looked him up, but here are his overall numbers anyway: Albert Rusnák Stats | FBref.com
Here's a twist on the day -- reportedly my Gunners are looking at Taty for something in the neighborhood of £15 million. Didn't know that. For those of you who don't follow Arsenal, we've gone very young this year. Well over half our goals have been scored by someone 23 years of age or younger, and the average age of our Starting XI is the second-youngest of any team in Premier League history.
And we didn't throw over the table until we were three games in (and had a disastrous start to the campaign) so in reality we're really young. Thomas Partey is 28 and Granit Xhaka is 29; Lacazette is 30. None of our other first-team are older than 23.
He'd fit right in. Plus, you know, it would make me happy.
Report: Arsenal join West Ham in race to sign £15million-rated 23-goal ace (hitc.com)
And we didn't throw over the table until we were three games in (and had a disastrous start to the campaign) so in reality we're really young. Thomas Partey is 28 and Granit Xhaka is 29; Lacazette is 30. None of our other first-team are older than 23.
He'd fit right in. Plus, you know, it would make me happy.
Report: Arsenal join West Ham in race to sign £15million-rated 23-goal ace (hitc.com)
Thoughts above in bold, but in short I think you’re giving way too much credit to the FO here.
Patrick Vieira wanted to sign him
ETA: https://www.espn.com/soccer/major-l...ieira-wants-to-sign-rsls-albert-rusnak-source
Totally agree with you on the quality of SPFL. Most of the teams are USL level except for Rangers and Celtic. I think Sands skillset translates much better to leagues that play better soccer.
If the most they can get for Sands today is $2M and they think he will be worth $5M at the end of the loan, then NYCFC will be better off at the end of the loan.
Rangers know that CFG can grab Sands and want a ROFR.
I agree with you that its an assumption that this loan will increase Sands transfer market value.
The FO makes moves that do not pan out (Mitrita) but when I first looked at this loan deal I thought it made zero sense and I dont think the FO makes moves that make zero sens. This was the best set of reasons for the deal I could come up with and this framework made me feel better about the loan. Bottom line is if the loan does not increase James' transfer value then this is not a good deal for NYCFC.
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