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“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
FORMER FULL TIME KOOL-AID DRINKER
Vasco Da Gama's official twitter account about 45 minutes ago (cut and paste not working)
NOVO REFORÇO! Vasco concretizou a transferência do atacante Gilberto junto ao Toronto (CAN)
Never been very good with languages. Far as I can tell it says,"Dog's barking, cat can't fly without umbrella."
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Yeah, I know, its not official until somebody says something in English.....
Google Translated version of the article:
Sure hope the highlighted passage is a translation error... I hope they mean he is on loan from Toronto, otherwise it reeks a bit of the Henry contract smoke and mirrors.The Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama materialized on Wednesday ( 18/02 ) , the transfer of Gilberto attacker . Natural Piranhas , municipality of Alagoas , the player was on loan at Toronto, Canada. The contract is valid until December this year, with the cruzmaltino having the option to end the period.
Revealed by Santa Cruz (PE ) , Gilberto shone with Sports Portuguese shirt in the Brazilian Championship of 2013 , when he made 14 goals in 24 games . The new vascaíno reinforcement , which already trains in San Gennaro since last month , also came to work in the International and Sport Recife .
Calm dowm, of course it's a translation error
I guess my point is the official site of that team has said something now.
That's as good as done.
And yet, nobody is asking TFC anything?
remember the plata...
He's at a Presser.
Umm....ummm.....HALLO TFC?
Raphael Zarko @raphazarko 2m2 minutes ago
Gilberto: "Eu 'brigava' com meu empresário, não quero voltar de jeito nenhum, quero ficar aqui" #gevas
Translated from Portuguese by Bing Gilberto: "I ' fought ' with my manager, I don't want to go back at all, I want to stay here"
Raphael Zarko @raphazarko 3m3 minutes ago
Gilberto:"Toronto me levou para o cenário internacional,mas tenho objetivo de chegar à seleção.Ñ sei se vou chegar,mas é meu sonho" #gevas
Translated from Portuguese by Bing Gilberto: "Toronto took me to the international scene, but I have to get to the selection.Ñ know if I'm going to be, but it's my dream " #gevas
Interesting, what do you think!!
well, that's disappointing, but certainly not surprising there may be some hurt feelings in how this all went down.
Well its obvious he's wearing another shirt, which we all knew would happen. Its also obvious that either TFC or MLS are a bit behind on this one as far as communication is concerned. Vasco has him registered locally to play on Sunday.
I think that's likely his agent, not Vanney or Bez, he's talking about.
Thanks to areathrasher on twitter for the tip off.
So, in that case, agent was trying to shop him in MLS but he preferred to stay in Brazil. I like that explanation better.
I'd rather have Gilberto than Jozy.
The Reds will be just fine with Jozy, no need to worry.
Remember The Man, The Legend, The Goal 5-12-07 and All That #9 Left On The Pitch, Thanks For The Memories !!!
At least Jozy shows up to preseason instead of taking the piss.
The PR lapses by TFC are getting laughable.
This
I would rather Gilberto even if he was earning the same amount. The fact Jozy earns 4 x as much per year is insanity.
I will GLADLY eat my words if Jozy stays healthy and scores 15 + goals his first season. Like I would be very happy too. I like Altidore, but Gilberto... man he has some serious untapped potential. We really fucked him imo. Both are good strikers and i'm not going to complain about having Altidore, i'm obviously grateful for M.L.S.E, doesn't mean we have to agree with all their decisions just because they spend boat loads of money.
I hope you're right.
We all make mistakes and I am sure Gilberto would have came into shape this time around.
Agreed.
"Gilberto is still a TFC player" I can hear it now
The PR lapses by TFC are getting laughable.
Is it really necessary to chew out your former team/coach/gm at a press conference?
That's pretty unprofessional of him.
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