Ahh I misunderstood. Yeah I agree, neither gets him that.
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this kind of stuff is common practice in Europe, that's why I think there isn't anything in it at all. I'm a UTD supporter, for about 5 yrs we were linked every summer with Gaitan, honestly not just rumours but so called expert reporters on Portuguese league, saying it was a done deal. The newspaper A BOLA actually reported at one point everything was agreed and that Gaitan was saying goodbye to his team-mates. They work on the principle of throwing so much shit that some is bound to stick at one point. This whole rumour mill originated because at one point Ferguson made remarks about how well Gaitian played in a certain game, the press ran with it. It's no coincidence his agent was Mendes, who's been involved with deals in and out of Utd during the same time frame of the Gaitan rumours with Falcoa, Di Maria, De Gea and Mourinho amongst others. Agents are in contact with reps from different clubs all the time, as other have mentioned don't be surprised if his agent is using Gio's name to work a move for one of his other clients or to try and get a pay raise for Gio.
When you have a good talented player stuff like this happens. The funny bit is I saw a recent article detailing how foreign players are being forced out of the Chinese super league in an effort to promote domestic talent.
One thing that I'm pretty sure Toronto has something no Chinese team can offer: Little Italy. How important do you think it is where Seba can walk around a neighbourhood with his family and interact socially in his native language? I'm sure that has helped in his transition to North America.
http://www.fcinter1908.it/ultimora/g...ona-e-ventura/
Giovinco to Sky News
(Per Laura Armstrong)
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/lauraarmy/status/824676817701310467
I like the last two lines
He wants that title.Quote:
Il regalo che vorresti per il futuro?
Il titolo che ho perso l’anno scorso.
wee bit of topic in that no reference to Gio but good article about the whole money situation in Chinese super league
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/...-moving-china/
Tianjin are rumored to be the team in for Seba - they are coached by Fabio Cannavaro . They are also linked with Pato - they wont be able to sign both.
Check out this tweet at [URL]https://twitter.com/Cynegeticus/status/824705761406320640[/URL]
Pato is a Kia Joochabarin client so i'd say this is likely to happen.
Tianjin Quanjian getting linked with everyone it seems. They were the ones that wanted Costa last week , yesterday Sky Italia had them linked with a bid for Leceister striker Slimani. I know they recently signed Witsel from Zenit.
The affect of the new foreign rule is to get rid of the Asian player role - a few Aussies having to leave.
http://www.juvenews.eu/le-voci/giovi...=giovinco-cina
Giovinco say, there is an offer from China, but I am happy in Toronto, and I do not want to return to Italy. Again do not have time to translate full article.
^ Football Italia did it for you.
http://www.football-italia.net/97471...no-china-maybe
"I am happy here, but we’ll see what the club wants to do." Reassuring.
so...do we think he'll stay?
Having just come back from Hong Kong myself (ok so administered separately from Mainland China, but still), I can tell you soccer is absolutely huge. I looked around at a betting house (Hong Jockey Club), which I believe is the only one allowed to offer this there legally), and I was absolutely astounded as to how many people were surrounding TV screens watching and betting a match in the A-League (yes, as in the top league in Australia). There were many, many, many people, to the point where it was hard to move around.
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the reasons you move to Canada and the reasons you move to china couldn't be further apart.
And I wouldnt lump China with rest of Asia
Japan / korea / taiwan don't really need a second thought if your offered a boat of money
Mainland china, you have to consider political climate
Also, in response to this comment:
I was in Taiwan too (for two weeks), as this is where most of my relatives (extended) are. Based on my first hand account, it is amazing just how much political freedom they have, considering just how much of a threat Mainland China is. Generally the mood there seems to be quite happy.
When it comes to “political climate”, I have a niece in Taiwan who says they feel so fortunate to have democracy there and the right to vote. That is why voter turnout is generally quite high. Likewise, I have a cousin in Hong Kong who has felt things have gone quite downhill ever since the handover. Despite his best efforts, I could not quite fully figure out their political/legislature system there. A major reason been that ultimately, Beijing has a say in how its affairs are run, even though that was not the way it was intended to be run.
I hope he does not go. BUT if he goes WE HAVE TO GET TOP $$$ FOR HIM. Which I think 20 Million is the least. So we can turn around and buy someone of similar ability and age.
This has the high potential to lead to acrimony between the club and Gio.
Say the Chinese have put $50M on the table, for three years. They tell Gio and d'Amico: go and negotiate your exit, you get to keep whatever doesn't go to TFC. (This is where Bez's "written offer" fiction falls apart - nobody at TFC will ever deal with the Chinese team, in something like this.)
Now, in a normal market, how could the transfer for a 30 year old playing in a secondary league be more than $5M? That is what d'Amico will be saying.
But if I am Manning, screw that, I want $20M (same ballpark as what Arsenal got for 30 year old Thierry Henry). I mean, why not? This wasn't your idea.
But that would leave Gio making $10M a year in China ... not enough to move.
Which would leave him here, and a bit bitter. Maybe a lot bitter - after all, he could have made $45M, instead of $21M, over the next 3 years, if only TFC were reasonable.
I'm speculating about amounts but you get the idea. This is tricky.
Not saying this is going to happen, but if a player forces he way out more often than not the team complies with it and sells him. Do you really want a player who does not want to be here. Now I wonder if Seba does decide Toronto is where he wants to be, does he tell d'Amico to use the offer from China to leverage more money from TFC. Something along the lines of, Seba is happy to be here but man that $21M a season is really enticing,why don't we work on something to keep him from pursuing it? Just a thought that crossed my mind.
Depends on how its done.
If China only put up $50 million over 3 years, that's not enough. D'Amico can go back to the club and ask but ultimately its the original offer that falls down there, not TFC.
So, D'Amico goes back to the Chinese team and says its not enough because TFC has a minimum that is x and he has a minimum that is y.
Up to the Chinese team to meet x+y, not TFC to reduce x enough for Seba to get to y level.
i thought it was fifa rules that you must go through the club first when a player is under contract
I wouldn't class D'Amico as a super agent. He's not on Mendes/Raiola/Joochabarins level tbf.
Toronto has one advantage that no team in China has: Little Italy.
How much of a price do you put on your family being able to interact socially in your native language and help your transition so you and your family feel at home?
These types of "total money" deals are common in Europe (due to financial fair play restrictions) and in MLS (due to the salary budget cap). Does anyone know if they are common in China?
Not to say that there is not a whole lot of potential for bad feelings, regardless of how this turns out, unless both player and club see things exactly the same way.
So this can only be good for us right?
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/DiMarzio/status/825006906913779712
Likely