If it's a permanent deal, I HOPE TFC retain at least 20% of his rights. That guy will be very valuable one day.
If it's a permanent deal, I HOPE TFC retain at least 20% of his rights. That guy will be very valuable one day.
nooo .....anybody but VAN or MTL,he will haunt us for years?
It could still be a loan no? Rycroft says it could work for both, which leads me believe its a loan.
I don't think they'll be parting with Tiebert, he would seem to factor into their plans pretty heavily.
Salgado maybe? But I don't see the trade here, not too many pieces they'd part with and we'd value. They look thin all over the park tbh.
If we can have him back next year then I really don't care what we get today.
I think Salgado is still on GA (last year), and apparently he bulked up big. Played LW for Caps.Originally Posted by ag futbol
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
To be honest, I think we need to drop this competitiveness with the Whitecaps since we could both gain in situations like these. (And turn all the hate just to Montreal).
Canadians have a bad deal in MLS with Americans counting domestically here, but Canadians not counting domestically there. With Carl Robinson our former player and his connections seemingly aligned with those of Nelsen. buddies? I can see them as a good team to do deals with for the foreseeable future.
Manneh or koffie is its a trade.
Id prefer not to trade him at all but understand if we do. Hopefully we dont.
Surprised that Whitecaps stepped up. I bet if it is one of these new intra league loans, we are paying part of his wage bill. I'm ok with that to keep his rights.
Whitecaps interest also being reported by this guy:
@aftncanada: "Just been told that the Caps are looking like favourites to land Matias Laba from TFC. As to what the exact terms will be, that is unclear."
Remember, we've got a bit of history with the Caps. Dunfield trade and Hassli trade off the top of my head. Plus Robinson coaching there now, seems like a good fit.
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and from preseason noone took control AND the passing was atrocious......yes even Bradley gave it away.....couldn't care about the game but ball control and dogged defense are and were missing.....Mr. Bradley prove me wrong . please.........Laba's love of the game needs to infect someone
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Laba to Caps on loan. No other details yet
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
That's probably as good as it can get tbh.
well he'll love Van......great city to live in if you can afford it, ....hopefully not too much, best of luck........man teams are going to have so much ammo to get psyched to beat us........we are the bad guys . Hope we can deliver .
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Sounds very good. He gets to stay in Canada and I trust we'll be getting him back next year. Western conference, so won't impact our playoff chances, and he almost certainly won't be able to play against us.
Bezbatchenko continues to impress me.
As long as he doesn't play against us. Shame he'll have to play on shitty turf in those NW cities.
I am very pleasantly surprised that Bez and company found a dance partner to take Laba on a loan, considering everyone in the league knew TFC was one DP over the limit and had to do something very soon. Could have very well forced the Reds hand by playing hard ball by forcing an outright trade.
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I'll take that.
If that's all that there is here.
From the info coming out, it looks like Toronto wasn't in a hard ball position being forced into anything. Seemed to be a ton of options that almost it was them discussing with Laba as to where he might like to go, etc. If its a straight one year loan and hes our property 100% next year this is perfect. He'll enjoy his time there and get more acclimated to MLS.
Seems Bez kinda waited until teams realised they need a DM in their scheme and were not getting it from what they had in camp. I could see Robinson not liking who he had there.
It's tough to lose laba even for a year but at least in vancouver he remains in canada for green card purposes and maybe team canada duty in the future (but that may just be my pipe dream).
Keeping Laba in the league and connected to us is a win. Getting a special GarberRule was a 1% possibility.
can't. Laba played for Argentina in a youth tourney.
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
as long as the loan stipulates that he can't play against us.
Molinaro: MLS rules stipulate the loans run until the end of the year and player reverts to old club after MLS Cup. #labaonloantovancouver
He also said an official announcement is expected tomorrow.
good move. pretty much best that could be done with the current situation.
damn just looked the rules up again and it appeard you are correct... oh well just becoming a domestic is an advantage for us in the future
Maybe we can get Kevin Aleman's signing rights back, lol.
I don't like Vancouver, or the thought that Laba will improve their team immensely, but under the circumstances, I think this is the best case scenario for both parties other than the fact that he'll be playing an absurd number of games on artificial turf. As mentioned, I am also assuming that he won't play against us in the CCL or in MLS matches.
Hopefully, Laba will continue to improve within MLS ranks and avoid serious injury prior to returning to our lineup next season.
Begovic played for Canada U teams; pretty sure that doesn't prevent the switch
Its a shame we lost him.....but at least its on a loan....
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