Defoe for Altidore plus undisclosed negotiation TBD

[donkeyTFC]

According to TSN this is a done deal.
http://www.tsn.ca/toronto-fc-complet...rland-1.181889

Thoughts?

[KGH]

Love it.

Jozy is 25, 6'1" and will be hungry to prove England was a blip in his career. Hopefully he works well with Goalberto
Curious to see what TFC is allowed to do with the cash (if it counts as Gerber $)

I hope this is the guy that shows up:

[pdubs]

With us apprently getting cash i would seem the "10 teams interested in Defoe" could be true. Bez wheeling and dealing.

[Richard]

Love it.

Jozy is 25, 6'1" and will be hungry to prove England was a blip in his career. Hopefully he works well with Goalberto
Curious to see what TFC is allowed to do with the cash (if it counts as Gerber $)

I hope this is the guy that shows up:

Im going to counter lol.

[scooter]

that sounds great but hope we dont trade gilberto next thing you know he will score 20 goals for the red bulls or even worse the fucking crew

[KGH]

Im going to counter lol.

Touche. Thats why I said I hope this one shows up.

[glaze]

The way I read that article was MLS is getting Altidore, and TFC is signing Giovinco.

It will be interesting how this plays out.

[BuSaPuNk]

Either way it's a great deal. We got back what we paid for Defoe. Amazing work by Bez.

So fucking pumped right now.

[pdubs]

I can't believe we made 1 million in actual profit. amazing.

[arsenal]

I can't believe we made 1 million in actual profit. amazing.

Any word on whether we are eating any of Defoe's salary or the transfer fee for Altidore?

[carnifex2005]

Any word on whether we are eating any of Defoe's salary or the transfer fee for Altidore?

From the TSN story, reports out of England indicate Defoe has signed a 3 and a half year deal worth £80,000 per week so I'm guessing not.

[pdubs]

Any word on whether we are eating any of Defoe's salary or the transfer fee for Altidore?

http://www.tsn.ca/toronto-fc-complet...rland-1.181889

Reports out of England indicate Defoe has signed a 3 and a half year deal worth £80,000 per week ($129,000) with Sunderland.

Similar or even a little more then what he was making with us! We eat none of it apparently

[Canary10]

With us apprently getting cash i would seem the "10 teams interested in Defoe" could be true. Bez wheeling and dealing.

Wasn't Bez.

[pdubs]

Wasn't Bez.

So Bez is attending the coffee maker?

[Defoe]

The way I read that article was MLS is getting Altidore, and TFC is signing Giovinco.

It will be interesting how this plays out.

Valeri + Johnson for Warner + Altidore


--------Gilberto------
Valeri - Bradley - ?????
------ - Johnson -

[Canary10]

So Bez is attending the coffee maker?

Maybe. Lieweke did the dealing.

[arsenal]

http://www.tsn.ca/toronto-fc-complet...rland-1.181889

Reports out of England indicate Defoe has signed a 3 and a half year deal worth £80,000 per week ($129,000) with Sunderland.

Similar or even a little more then what he was making with us! We eat none of it apparently

Thanks for the info. Hope that is the case as it would indeed be a big coup. Can't help but be skeptical though with Lieweke involved and his ego that we end up making some big deal with record transfer fee but somehow or another pass significant money back through some other mechanism (portion of wages, inflated Altidore transfer fee, crazy appearance fee for friendly). Regardless good to have the distraction over and looks like they have plan in place for other pieces.

[OgtheDim]

So Bez is attending the coffee maker?

Well, he is a proven judge of good coffee talent......


The story will come out as to who did what in this, probably once its all done and dusted.

(I'm still waiting to see Defoe put on a Sunderland shirt and Altidore a TFC one).

[Canary10]

Well, he is a proven judge of good coffee talent......


The story will come out as to who did what in this, probably once its all done and dusted.

(I'm still waiting to see Defoe put on a Sunderland shirt and Altidore a TFC one).

There was an article on TSN or Sportsnet last week saying Lieweke was in England selling Defoe.

[pdubs]

Maybe. Lieweke did the dealing.

It is obviously a team effort. Bez is the GM of this team and therefore involved. TL hasn't been seen or heard in a long while and he is leaving in a few months. This is Bez's team and granted it would make sense TL could have had a major role in this but until I read otherwise, In Bez we trust.

Edit- front office aha

[pdubs]

There was an article on TSN or Sportsnet last week saying Lieweke was in England selling Defoe.

I wonder if their is any meat to the fact MLSE can't find a replacement and want TL to stay?

[Canary10]

I wonder if their is any meat to the fact MLSE can't find a replacement and want TL to stay?

I remember they couldn't get a comment from him on that because he was off in England. Probably it's true. They seem to have overestimated the interest in the job.

[DoubleUp]

Love it.

Jozy is 25, 6'1" and will be hungry to prove England was a blip in his career. Hopefully he works well with Goalberto
Curious to see what TFC is allowed to do with the cash (if it counts as Gerber $)

I hope this is the guy that shows up:

If jozy plays like this then him and Gilberto will do well, thats the type of hold and link up we need to activate Gilbertos ability.

[andmat]

How much allocation do we get from a dealing defoe anyone know\/

[OgtheDim]

I remember they couldn't get a comment from him on that because he was off in England. Probably it's true. They seem to have overestimated the interest in the job.

If TL somehow managed to get Bogers to buy out Tannenbaum, that would be a good thing for everybody at MLSE - it would be the only way for TL to stay though.

[Blixa]

It's a bloody big deal!

[Defoe]

so

11 million for Defoe

and

Altidore MIGHT be a separate deal with MLS.

Unsure of final details, we should know soon

[reggie]

i may be wrong..something like..660k?

[andmat]

What i mean is how much Allocation Money can we get from the 11mill?

[Areathrasher]

so

11 million for Defoe

and

Altidore MIGHT be a separate deal with MLS.

Unsure of final details, we should know soon

"It's the league that is driving that process to get [Altidore] signed," he said.

http://www.espnfc.com/major-league-soccer/19/blog/post/2242353/mix-diskerud-the-right-player-for-jason-kreis-new-york-city-fc

From earlier today. May be on to something with that.