Not interested. Well is poisoned here, best to move on.
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Not interested. Well is poisoned here, best to move on.
Wonder if Andrea Belotti would be keen on a move. Him + Insigne would be a hit on and off the field I'm sure.
That's an oddly worded tweet tbf.
Jozy might still be too injury prone to even use TAM on. I just think it is time for a clean break.
His contract expires in the summer and he’s expected to leave Torino. He’s 27, has a pretty good goal rate and is always hustling. He would be fun to watch and would succeed in the mls.
He’s had interest from a few premier league and serie a clubs and I can’t see him leaving Europe… unless of course he wants to collect a big paycheque.
FWIW Ayo posted on an Instagram story Saturday night that his comment on Dunn's Instagram post was taken out of context. To paraphrase what he said it was to the effect of he never meant any disrespect to the club or to suggest that he was done with the club. He merely meant that out of the core of young guys that came up together they all had aspirations of moving to Europe and Dunn was the "first one out". I wish I had took a screen shot to post it here
Big week for MLS things. The list of free agents comes out today, re-entry draft list today aswell. Tomorrow is the expansion draft. Free agency on the 15th. Re-entry draft on the 17th.
TFC players eligible for expansion draft
DeLeon, Nick
Dwyer, Dom
Endoh, Tsubasa
Gonzalez, Omar
Lawrence, Kemar
Mullins, Patrick
Silva, Kevin
Zavaleta, Eriq
TFC players available for free agency
De Leon, Nick - Out of Contract
Endo, Tsubasa - Out of Contract
Gonzalez, Omar - Option
Morrow, Justin - Out of Contract
Mullins, Patrick - Option
Zavaleta, Eriq - Option
TFC players available for re-entry draft
Gallardo, Erickson - Option
Silva, Kevin - Option
^ Might be a contract requirement (no trade clause) rather than our choice.
Very surprised to see Lawrence left exposed.
So for Jozy:
(from Sam Stejskal)
Jozy can't be bought down at all. Only DPs w/ budget charges under $1.6125m are eligible for TAM.
Salary > $1.6125m: DP. Cannot be bought down w/ TAM.
Salary between $612k-$1.6125m: DP. Can be bought down off DP status w/ TAM (or GAM, for that matter).
Some interesting options on the re-entry draft list.
Buyout of Guaranteed Contract
A club may buyout one player (including a Designated Player) who has a Guaranteed Contract during the offseason and free up the corresponding Salary Budget space. Such a buyout is at the club's expense.
A club may not free up space in the Salary Budget with a buyout of a player's contract during the season. If a club buys out a player's contract during the season, the buyout amount will be charged against the club's Salary Budget.
i dont understand saving achara import dime a doz player and not lawrence non import starter making 330k makes no sense,they will pick him and trade him he has got value,still a stupid FO.
Shocking that Molinaro whos main job is apparently writing on an mls team didnt understand the rule and thought that Altidore could be brought down to TAM with his current contract and was debating that on twitter lol
This is a problem a lot of writers have, the air of arrogance that they know so much more than anyone who isn't a writer. I am glad John is writing about TFC again, but I find myself disagreeing with him on a great many things lately. He seems to write articles about how things need to change and follows them up with how guys like Jozy and Bradley are great and should stay.
Molinaro has a long history of getting things right, and MLS salary rules are batshit crazy. If he needs a pass, he certainly gets one from me.
Also, we are not talking about good choices. Call me crazy, but I think if your only options are buying Jozy out or keeping him, there is an argument for keeping him. BB has managed him before and is well equipped to call this.
Back to the Lawrence one, it doesn’t make a ton of sense to leave him out there. I would hope they have a “deal” that Charlotte pass them by, as an absolute worst case scenario. I thought Lawrence was the one of the few decent pieces of business from last year.
charlotte already has two left backs
I can’t imagine Lawrence not being picked (and dealt).
I am guessing this means TFC have a deal lined up for another LB.
Adekugbe?
they can, but how teams wanna give 350k+ to a left back turning 30