2025 Roster and Transfer Discussion Thread
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He will most likely attempt to accept, but work really hard crafting his acceptance email to David Lee only to inadvertently miss David Lee’s inbox by sending it to the wrong email address thereby missing Cracovia’s deadline to consummate the deal.
Yeah, and even though Bakrar doesn't take up a U22 spot, he's still a TAM player and is paid like a starter, so it frees up some cash to get him off the books.
We'll get at most 11 MLS regular season matches from him during the 2025 season. We still need more pieces.
Still don't extend Thiago Martins and sign a CB 1/2 the price to unlock another DP spot.
I'm seeing an 8M EUR transfer fee. So we have around 8-10M left from the Santi sale.
Still don't extend Thiago Martins and sign a CB 1/2 the price to unlock another DP spot.
I'm seeing an 8M EUR transfer fee. So we have around 8-10M left from the Santi sale.
thiago can stay if he takes a pay cut and loses the DP tag. otherwise, let him walk. i'd rather not break up a defensive core anymore than necessary but not willing to use a DP spot for it.
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FIRST ATTACKING DP OVER 21 SINCE 2019.
That's so wild. Six years since we've signed anyone of this profile.
That's so wild. Six years since we've signed anyone of this profile.
so the earliest we'll see nico on the field is possibly against dallas but more likely against puebla in the leagues cup, if his visa stuff gets processed immediately. we don't have luck with visas based on past experiences, so guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Nice big smile. You can't have enough happy warriors.
I thought it was odd they brought him in to meet his teammates during mealtime, though. Awkward.
Anyway, welcome to the show, Nico. I hope you're the piece we've been missing and you're going to be around for a while. I'll even wear your jersey for Opening Day at Etihad Park in 2027, promise. (Psst ... I'll tell you later why that's a big deal. LOL)
I thought it was odd they brought him in to meet his teammates during mealtime, though. Awkward.
Anyway, welcome to the show, Nico. I hope you're the piece we've been missing and you're going to be around for a while. I'll even wear your jersey for Opening Day at Etihad Park in 2027, promise. (Psst ... I'll tell you later why that's a big deal. LOL)
this explains the other rumor of the other CB linked to nycfc
not surprised with the emergence of Haak as a CB option. though i'm sure jansen wants a left footed CB too. hopefully one with pace and isn't a converted attacker.
Risa also has the 3rd highest salary on the team, that's a lot of money for a backup.
Another flop high transfer fee player by Lee. How many times is CFG going to let the guy spend $1M+ on players and totally strike out?
Thiago doesn't have to take a pay cut to not be a DP next year.
At least he’s getting out of the mistake instead of having the money sit unused on loan
Not a flop IMHO, big reason why our defense has been amongst the leagues best the last couple months. Some injury issues and got beat out by Haak. Seems like it is time to move on, and the new guy from Brazil seems to have a lot of upside, but our team would still be very solid defensively if Birk was still here.
Fitness has been a huge issue for Birk. When he's been at 100 percent, he's done an admirable job for us.
Sands masked a lot of weaknesses on the left side last season. Risa, meanwhile, is the third-highest paid player on the team and cost $1 million in transfer fees. For that level of investment, on a team that, according to both Lee and Sims, "has to operate like a business," his performance and availability simply haven’t measured up.
Lee’s track record on players acquired for over $1 million is consistently dismal. Fortunately, the club has managed to stay moderately successful thanks to contributions from the academy, SuperDraft picks, savvy free transfers, and a few key holdovers from the pre-Lee era. But it’s hard not to wonder how much more competitive this team could be with a GM who had even a slightly better hit rate on high-fee signings.
Instead, we’ve seen major investments go sideways, players sent out on loan (Jovan, Magno), others likely to be sold at a loss after minimal impact (Risa, Bakrar), and supposed development projects who, two years in, still show little progress (Fernandez, Ojeda). It's an expensive pattern of underperformance that the club can’t afford to keep repeating.
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