2023 Roster and Transfer Discussion Thread
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Midfielder James Sands Returns After Loan Spell and Signs Contract Extension with New York City Football Club | New York City FC
New York, N.Y., March 1, 2023 – New York City Football Club (NYCFC) today announced that Midfielder James Sands has returned from his loan spell at Rangers FC and has signed a new contract through the 2027 season. Sands will be available for the match against Chicago Fire, subject to
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Midfielder James Sands Returns After Loan Spell and Signs Contract Extension with New York City Football Club | New York City FC
New York, N.Y., March 1, 2023 – New York City Football Club (NYCFC) today announced that Midfielder James Sands has returned from his loan spell at Rangers FC and has signed a new contract through the 2027 season. Sands will be available for the match against Chicago Fire, subject to
interesting he signs an extension to 2027. He can be those very good MLS players with the occasional Gold Cup Appearance. I dont think he gets hype ( maybe his agent dont got the connections) and is a reason why he didnt have many suitors after 2021 MLS Cup.
This is hilariously excellent timing, don't you think
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lmao this is what i get for not reading the article and just reading headlines. im curious what options was he getting in europe ? Like a second division team ? or a bottom table team in like netherlands or portugal or something?
Could it be just trying to save some face for Sands since he's coming back to MLS and maybe wasn't garnering much European interest in the larger leagues? Make it look like WE had to convince him to come back and that this is best for him, rather than staying in Europe?
i personally believe this is what happened. he could of left for free whenever his contract ended and tried his luck like callens. instead he signed an extension.
I mean, he did an OK job at one of the best scottish clubs - there's very good chance he was being looked at by teams in other european leagues but figures that coming back to MLS will give more of a spotlight than say the turkish league mid-table.
...Surprised Deila also isn't trying to bring him to Liege, tbh?
Assuming the Santi news is true and made official soon, we're a DP striker away from having a really good XI with good depth on the bench.
Potential lineup:
Talles-DP striker-Pereira
Sands-Santi-Parks
Cufre-Chanot-Martins-Ilenic
Barraza
Among the bench options:
Thiago Andrade
Matias Pellegrini
Justin Haak
Alfredo Morales
Malte Amundsen
Tayvon Gray
(Maybe one more depth CB piece can go here, as well)
I think that team would be right back to being MLS contenders. That's a damn good team.
Potential lineup:
Talles-DP striker-Pereira
Sands-Santi-Parks
Cufre-Chanot-Martins-Ilenic
Barraza
Among the bench options:
Thiago Andrade
Matias Pellegrini
Justin Haak
Alfredo Morales
Malte Amundsen
Tayvon Gray
(Maybe one more depth CB piece can go here, as well)
I think that team would be right back to being MLS contenders. That's a damn good team.
With the extension he's secure here long term, and if he flashes brilliance nothing stops him from demanding another transfer in a couple/few years.
We have Alfaro for the depth piece at center back. Owusu, too. So, really it's just the striker. We may be able to get by just fine with Thiago and Gabe Segal (who may be another steal) at center-forward until the summer.
It's hard to say because I don't think they were doing this from year 1 so the sample size is small assuming they only started recently. Looking at the end of seasons releases table you posted previously 2021 possibly supports this idea.
In 2021 Mitrita was released at the end of the year and not replaced with Magno til July. Our two other largest salary expenses for 2021 were also delayed til July (Santi signing and Taty extension).
2022 is less supportive as Medina left at the end of the year and Martins arrived in time for the season so the DPs are a wash. I still think the Martins signing was less about team need and driven mostly by some type of CFG need to either shift his costs away from Yokohama or fix a situation where Martins was unhappy in Japan. From a non-DP standpoint, we shed large contracts of Thorarinsson and ITS and only took on Pellegrini who I assume was cheap as he was a buyout.
Very inconclusive but I don't think the recent data rules the theory out I think it's more of a too-early-to-tell situation.
Yeah, I would think we're not signing that DP striker until after the European striker. Which, frankly, is fine. We can get by until then.
That's what I've been thinking -- we're waiting until things shake out after the end of the European seasons. No doubt in my mind we already have some targets identified. It's a matter of the math and who becomes available.
Would still need to add some depth at the 10 such as a Ledezma as rumored.
But agreed, that lineup can contend for the cup and with Sands returning, all of a sudden, the lineup flexibility opens up massively.
Of course -- Sands can also be CB depth in addition to his position in the midfield. Santi returning moves Pellegrini back to his position. A DP striker moves Talles back to his position and gives us quality depth on the bench, and if we get Ledezma that adds even more.
Maybe David Lee knew what he was doing all along.
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