Nana traded to San Jose, Ryan Johnson, Dunfield in

[CretanBull]

uh no we wouldn't, that's the whole point

Yes, we would have - and we gave up our right to compensation when we released him. If we kept him as a registered player (no pay, no letter of intent - just registered as TFC academy player) we could have been entitled to training compensation if he left us. When we released him, we surrendered that right to compensation because he is no longer a registered TFC academy player.

People keep saying that we made this move so that we wouldn't lose him for nothing, when in reality this move ensured that we would lose him for nothing.

We didn't get Dunfield for him. We traded allocation money and Aleman's MLS rights for Dunfield. We would have still owned Aleman's MLS rights if he left us for Europe, so its a deal that we still could have made with them.

[ensco]

As for other football academies in the province, if you honestly believe that the new TFC Academy complex will not be the pinnacle of youth soccer development in Ontario, there's really no point in continuing this discussion.

Isn't this question the entire point of having the discussion?

[JuliquE]

Couldn't find a more appropriate thread to post this in, so feel free to merge my post elsewhere.

There was an interesting little mention, over the Canada v. St. Kitts broadcast, which touched on the contract issue Attakora had with TFC. He was said to have quickly dismissed ANY talk of an issue with Aron Winter, prior to the trade.

Apparently he has lost both his grandmothers, this year and has admittedly been all out of sorts. Don't remember the quote, exactly, but he said that Winter was very understanding and supportive of him, during that time; he was very grateful for this and noted that Aron understood to give him some time/space to sort himself out.

Just found that rather intriguing, given the conversations had on these boards over all of this.

[Canary10]

Yeah, just happened to catch that while on a bathroom break.

I have always thought Winter is quality. He was a standout player on a Dutch team where lots of other players (Gullit and Van Basten for example) got more of the attention. He didn't complain and just did his thing to contribute. We're in good hands.

[TFC/Everton]

Yeah, just happened to catch that while on a bathroom break.

I have always thought Winter is quality. He was a standout player on a Dutch team where lots of other players (Gullit and Van Basten for example) got more of the attention. He didn't complain and just did his thing to contribute. We're in good hands.

Well said. We are in good hands.