https://twitter.com/NeilMDavidson/st...80304577822720
In rewarding Chris Mavinga with an improved new deal, #TorontoFC tore up his old contract and gave him a new one with an extra year term.
deserved
when does Michael Bradley contract end. I found something on the internet that this is his final year of the contract...
Any ideas?
Bradley, Jozy, Seba all finish at end of 2019.
By the summer, it’ll start being a talking point.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
I think some may be sold if we do not advance in the CCL this year....
And an interesting one, at that. By the end of 2019, Giovinco is 32, Altidore is 29 and Bradley is 31. All three of them seem to take pretty good care of themselves and should be able to play at a pretty high level for several more years, but if Giovinco loses a step, will he still be as deadly?
Victor Vazquez should still be able to play his game, provided he stays injury-free, as he doesn't rely on a lot of speed. Aketxe will be right in the mix if his trajectory continues. Do you break up the band in 2019, or keep everyone together? I guess on-field performance will be a huge factor, but we'll have to see how things develop with these key players as they start to get into the later stages of their careers. It's not all that far away.
Toronto FC baby...best team everrrrrrrrrr -Jozy
With them being 32/31/29 come 2019, I can't see why we can't keep the party going for another 2-3 years with this trio.
My thoughts:
Gio signs a 1 year big $ contract & then when he's 34, he either moves into a non DP position or moves back to Italy to play out his last few years lower down in Serie A.
Bradley plays out his years here - towards the end, he's on a non DP contract that allows him to get his coaching badges. After that, Bradley does what his Dad did.
Altidore will sign another big DP contract with us. When he's 33, he does the non DP thing & retires a Red - probably lifting the cup when that version of the Reds with 3 new DP's takes things by storm, again.
This team is being set up for long term success and all 3 DP's know they are not going to get a better option then what they get here.
Any spec about Bradley leaving is false - family very happy here & he runs that dressing room as captain like he can't do anywhere else.
Especially with Vazquez still in the mix and the young guys like Mavinga and possibly Aketxe getting even better, I don't see why we can't keep the big three and get stronger. Osorio is a solid MLS midfielder and a hometown boy, Delgado is young and already pretty good, VDW could be good, Morrow is here for several more years, Bono is already one of the better keepers in the league at 23, Hagglund and Zavaleta are both solid MLS defenders and young. We are in very good shape for the future and the present.
Toronto FC baby...best team everrrrrrrrrr -Jozy
something to add here.....Manning said just before the season started that when TFC makes "bigger" player acquisitions moving forward, they're doing it with the vision of 3 years in future.....
Not sure if altidore will sign another DP contract. I suspect Vazquez will leave after next season, going to Spain so his son can grow up there, freeing up TAM for Altidore. According to Twitter, Giovinco has been signing contracts with Toronto companies (sponsors, clothing designers among others) that go beyond 2019. I agree about Bradley, I can see him as a coach here in Toronto like Cheyrou is doing, eventually working his way up to the first team coaching roles. Buying down Altidore on TAM would free up a DP spot which we can use to replace Vazquez.
All very confusing, and a long way away from happening but I'm sure Bezbatchenko will make a logical decision when the time comes. #InBezWeTrust
I do remember hearing Vazquez wanted to end his career in Spain and fair enough. I feel like Seba will re-sign here, he's been here for 3 years already and he literally just bought a house over the winter after living in the Four Seasons (for the full duration of the 3 years). As for Jozy and Bradley, who knows, both will certainly have options.
So what do we think about the supposed Monterrey interest for Giovinco?
https://www.fantagazzetta.com/calcio...messico-288782
Giovinco has had offers to go back to Europe and declined because he likes living here. He's going to go to Mexico, where its worse than going back to Italy? No chance. Vasquez came here from Mexico for the same reason. I get that Vasquez was in Mexico City and Monterrey is the most developed city in Mexico, I hear, but still you spend half your time in the road in those other cities. Definitely for Gio at this point in his career, it's Toronto or Italy and that's it.
Last edited by rydermike; 03-08-2018 at 07:18 PM.
Anything is possible. I still wonder about China. So many guys with lesser pedigrees than Seba making gigantic money there.
My $0.02. Seba's oldest is born in 2013. I think, if he is leaving, it's to go home to establish his son in grade school in Italy.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
Found this on reddit regarding Mathieu Valbuena. Article not in English tho.
https://www.fotomac.com.tr/fenerbahc...-abdden-teklif
Not the first time we've been linked to Valbuena if i'm not mistaken.
Very interested in how real these Valbuena rumours are. He hasnt been playing much in Turkey, but he has played with VdW and also 7 years with Cheyrou. Maybe those connections are a factor. At 33, he wouldn't command a very high pricetag. Cheyrou may be talking him into a similar career ending path.
Our midfield is crowded, but maybe all this competition is good and exactly the reason Oso and Delgado have been playing great. Nothing keeps a team stronger then depth. Most bigger leagues have depth galore, something MLS has been lacking.
Seems like a Bez move to me, but who the hell knows!