Official: Sean Johnson to NYCFC
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GAM & TAM sounds like we paid a heavy price I'm sure they'll never release the real amount. Hopefully it includes a handshake deal that they'll draft Mix in the expansion draft and that allocation money is to offset some of his salary.
To add to this I believe if a player is taken in the expansion draft the new club has some kind of protection against the players contract. Something like they'll be able to cut him without cap hits or something along those lines so this actually might be plausible.
It's about time we put the MLS Rube Goldberg Machine to our use.
Hopefully this move means that Saunders is gone. Can't keep two GKs on the roster that are making as much as him and Sean make
There's only one Josh Saunders!
Seriously though, this is about as good of a keeper acquisition we could have made without going the DP route, which would be better saved for a field player imo.
Seriously though, this is about as good of a keeper acquisition we could have made without going the DP route, which would be better saved for a field player imo.
Merry Offseason to us.
ETA: Husband is now looking forward to yelling things like: Hey Defense, cover your Johnson. or Get your hands off my Johnson.
ETA: Husband is now looking forward to yelling things like: Hey Defense, cover your Johnson. or Get your hands off my Johnson.
lol it's the MLS way
There's some clause regarding renegotiating a contract, but I don't know it's full scope. If they can cut Mix if he doesn't renegotiate, then hopefully MLS is on the hook for his full amount, because otherwise that's a real slimy loophole to cut a person with a no-trade clause.
Yeah I'd imagine he still gets his money and the MLS will still own his contract so they would let him leave and use his future earnings to offset his current salary.
You are welcome guys! As 413Blue mentioned above, this is as good of a GK in MLS as there is. His age plus his abilities (athletic, commanding, good leg, great reflexes, vocal, etc.) hopefully he can stay with us for many years to come as our number 1 gk. Reminds of the ways prior GKs in the past such as Rimando, Busch, Kennedy, etc moved around a couple of times before landing at their main clubs for a number of years.
Once again I take full credit, you are welcome! =)
Once again I take full credit, you are welcome! =)
The big takeaway here is that we can absolutely win MLS Cups with Sean Johnson; we were never going to win one with Saunders or EJ.
Teams are required to protect players with no trade clause in the expansion draft. If Mix is not protected we would know he doesn't have one.
I wanted to give Lurch a shot for a season and use the salary, GAM, TAM on midfielders. Can he play out the back? I'm not convinced by the move.
This deal is good or bad depending on what comes next.
Yep, even if we somehow move both Mix and Saunders, we're not really coming out that much ahead. SJ is $100k more than JS and we gave both GAM and TAM away to get him. I would seriously doubt it was $50&50 - at the very least $100&100 which would mean we're left with $450k for a new player to replace Mix - that's a hell of a dropoff from a $750k caliber player.
We'd have been better off keeping JS as a backup and buying Mix' contract out which leaves us with $750k to play with. Or see if Mix is selected, and if so, then buy out JS and have $900k to get two+ players.
SJ has to be a stellar pick up with his play or this was a trash move from a numbers perspective.
