Doneil Henry Appreciation Thread
Work permit application was successful, Henry is going to West Ham. Our first homegrown signing has been sold to a Premier League club (by way of Cyprus, but still, pretty cool).
One of my favourite players, bled TFC and Canada red. Hopefully he has a great career in Europe.
Onwards and upwards. Will remember that goal this season against Columbus for a LOOOONG time.
A role model for all Academy players to follow. A big thank you to Doneil for being a great team player, and best of luck to him in his future.
HUGE congratulations to Doneil. Absolutely amazing! We'll miss you at TFC, but super proud you're taking this step!
Definitely a watershed moment for our Academy.
I wish Doneil success with West Ham, and I hope he ultimately reaches his potential there.
Looking in his eyes that last home game when he came over to the south end, it was something he knew was happening.
All the best to him, such a great guy with a bright future ahead!
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He deserves this shot so much. Anyone remember how green he was when he first signed? Bled red. I'm now a partial West Ham fan.
All the best Doneil.
Hope to see you in action as we watch the matches played over-the-pond. . . .
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Man, I wish Henry the best of luck. The guy must be on Cloud 9 right now.
Did the USA , of all countries, just fix soccer? - C. Ronaldo, May 27th commenting on the FBI-led investigations into fraud and corruption throughout FIFA.
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Pretty bubbles in the air!!!
Doneil Henry completely deserves this opportunity and I really hope he furthers his career and becomes a leading CB. Always thought he was a great player, despite all the doubters.
I think he will be tough to replace on our roster though.
*tear*
do we get money for this trade? Or no cause we first trade him to cyprus?
I'll be following him closely. He's got a great future.
I heard second-hand that Devos was reporting we got $1.5M out of the deal.Originally Posted by Supporting
http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/canad...e-to-west-ham/
“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
Lots of new quotes from Nelsen in there. He clearly thought a lot of Henry.
Yeah but doesn't the Cyprus club that bought him get the transfer fee?
Yeah that confused me. Was wondering why Vanney basically benched him when he took over down the stretch. However, it all made perfect sense when I heard about the sale-loan back.West Ham was clearly more interested in Henry than Toronto, which favoured rookie Nick Hagglund as captain Steven Caldwell’s partner in central defence as the MLS season wore on.
Happy for Doniel! Hope he realizes his potential!!
I wonder if you're allowed to set a sell-on fee at 80% or something.
Nelsen being quoted at length ... and only Nelsen quoted.
This can only happen at TFC, where a major local kid gets sold to the EPL and the club can't/won't discuss it.
I wonder if the fact that the club has been essentially silent on this is because the club got hosed, and the Cypriots got a lot (or all) of the West Ham fee.
Last edited by ensco; 12-23-2014 at 11:58 AM.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
Somebody on Media desk for MLSE is asleep this week.
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Best of luck to Doneil and his family. They must all be on cloud nine. All anyone can ask for in life is a shot. Good for him!
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
I am waiting for Earl Cochrane to put out a PR on Dec 26 denying that Doneil has been sold.
The faces change, but the song remains the same.
Last edited by ensco; 12-23-2014 at 12:25 PM.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
TFC's media dept. is all on vacation this week. No need for conspiracy theories.
"As of today, Joao Plata is still a TFC player."
-Earl Cochrane
Meanwhile, on the same day......
Who cares about the media department this week? It is not a conspiracy theory to find the club's handling of Henry's status to be deceptive and/or misleading all season.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
Doesn't take a whole lot of effort to make a post on the official website vacation or not. Its not like they shouldn't already have a draft somewhere considering they expected the sale to go through.
Its funny, you would think that selling Henry to an EPL club would be front page banner news on the TFC website. "TFC academy graduate; Henry sold to 4th place English side West Ham"
I mean I can see why they never announced the Turkey deal, although hiding it from fans was wrong, it doesn't sound as good and we know it was to exploit a permit loophole which they didn't want to publicize.
This is just plain weird to me.
Last edited by Richard; 12-23-2014 at 03:40 PM.
All the best to the kid. What a huge opportunity and step up this is for him. To be exposed to a higher level of coaching, players, program, and everything that goes along with it.
Be great to see him seize the opportunity, be successful, and that translate to our Canadian team.
He set a goal and reached it. How can you not feel great for the guy!
Given this entire thing was engineered to get Henry to the Premier League, I really don't mind that TFC was secretive about his transfer to and loan back from Apollon. It would have been weirder for them to announce the transfer but not be able to mention it was part of a move to West Ham.
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