Probably more of an Inter Miami signing, but Luis Suarez is supposedly coming to MLS when his contract expires in June aswell.
Mancini seems more open minded to MLS than many former Italian managers.
I already heard they were interested and that's not surprising.
I however wouldn't be surprised to see Ronaldo end up there. He's going nowhere other than the Europa League (or worse) with United and he is starting to look like the years are catching up. Inter Beckham SC might just wait until he is available.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/CaciqueENG/status/1478047450380345359
Jozy to Colo Colo? He liked two Colo-Colo tweets and is now following the official Colo-Colo twitter account.
^I can't imagine Jozy wanting to do that.
Seems to me his best spot is still in MLS. If he doesn't stay here, he goes to a good MLS team. I would happily take him on $500K if I was Portland or Columbus or Atlanta....
"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
Inter Miami screw up all the time in the transfer market but one trick TFC could learn from them is to try and start turning the tide a bit and sign a young European player on the cheap. Whenever we spend money on a European player it's usually for a star but there's a tremendous amount of value to be had over there if they look a little deeper. A couple of years ago they signed 23 year old Lewis Morgan from Celtic for $440k. He was their 2020 MVP. Now they've done an Inter Miami thing and sent him to NYRB for a modest profit, selling him for $1.2M. I watched more Inter Miami games on TV than I probably should have since Morgan is an ex Paisley Buddie so I knew all about him from his days with St Mirren. You could see he was going to be a decent MLS level player even back when he was 17 years old. This isn't meant to be a Lewis Morgan fanboy post though. It's just an example of the type of good players that are available ten a penny in Europe. Most European teams seem to like "swooping in for" foreign players, particularly lower division or bottom/mid table top domestic league teams ... almost to the point that they can't see the forest for the trees and play those sort of "imports" to the detriment of their own domestic prospects. If TFC want to climb the ladder as a world ranked football team, maybe they should consider beefing up their European scouting team or even better ... play the poor man's "City Group" and buy a team or two on the cheap over there and use them to spy on "value prospects" like the Morgans of the world for TFC in the respective leagues those teams play in. A lot of those types of players don't make much money over there so enticing them to help bolster the bottom half of the roster along with our own academy prospects wouldn't be a bad idea
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"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
That's not quite true. Seba and Pirlo got caps while playing here - they weren't regulars granted.
Roberto Donadoni got called up for Euro 96 and played in all three group games while playing for the....Metrostars
He had just signed for the Metrostars a few months earlier so a little similar to the potential Insigne signing.
This is all assuming Italy get by Portugal to make the WC. All else equal you’d call them the favourite, but no guarantees
True but.. while every region has their "diamonds in the rough" that would look nice after a good polishing, the risk of overpaying for a player in Europe is high, and the chance of landing real quality compared to other regions (like South or Central America) is lower. Not every player is a Lewis Morgan. I'm not saying it's not worthwhile having a scout out there, but I still have nightmares about Preki's 2010 Eastern European riff-raff roster. Raivis Hscanovics in defense anyone?
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MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
Looks like all that is missing is the signature and photo op which we'll have to wait a week for. Insigne has agreed to our terms. Napoli fans are writing their goodbyes on Twitter after this news. Some are quite nice.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/Napoli_Report/status/1478132506851516418?s=20
I think there's a good chance we could trade our SuperDraft pick for GAM. If we're really going to try to bring in all these guys from Italy, they can't all be DPs so we're going to need it.
Messi has been linked with Miami a lot. He is believed to want to live there in retirement.
https://www.local10.com/sports/2021/...or-73-million/
There are more rich Argentines in Miami than in Buenos Aires, and it'd be a lot safer for someone like him.
"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
Yes. Historic entry point, daily flights to BA.
I always thought there was some sort of sympathy between FIFA and MLS brain trusts to get Messi and / or Ronaldo here before NAWC26; similar deal and effect of Wayne Gretzky to a US NHL team. One more convergence factor to push the beautiful game's growth and general acceptance in the US / CAN marketplaces.
And...well....
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1478337967383064583
Ramano doesn't do "here we go" unless its confirmed
I am stunned. Holy smokes. I still can’t quite get my head around this… but I guess I don’t have too!
Five and a half years.
Whatever that salary figure, this is going to be 2x the total dollar commitment ever given to any MLS player. Probably shatters the Liga MX record too.
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"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
Lorenzo Insigne is a Toronto FC player. That is absolutely insane.
You love to see it.
Sure we still need to build out the rest of the roster but this is a massive signing.
I think we can celebrate now. Is it safe to pull out the Italian wine and douse ourselves in it yet? This is MASSIVE.
The DAWN of a NEW ERA!!!!!!!!!!!!!