Moura to go with the rumored Brazilian manager?Originally Posted by MikeForbes
Moura to go with the rumored Brazilian manager?
Thought he signed with LAFC? Also he's really a winger not an out and out striker. Hope it's not him.
ed - Turns out he's at Sao Paulo.
Last edited by Canary10; 08-03-2023 at 09:01 AM.
Interesting.
Anything on new coach?
Isn't the window closed?
How are we signing a striker?
I don’t think he goes to Vancouver if he has any plans of coming back here (although nothing explicitly rules it out). Their assertions about not having a contract in Vancouver past the loan deal sound like spinning truthy facts into drunken optimism.
The simplest way I could describe our situation is this: given other pressing needs, we likely don’t have the budget to sign Laryea. And even if we did, it would be kinda stupid to compete with Vancouver on this. They just have more incentive to pay as a budget-light club looking for a moderately priced showcase player.
If a player was a free agent prior to last night he can be signed up until the start of Sept or whenever the roster freeze is IIRC
We can sign players until the roster freeze in early September, they just need to be free agents. No transfer fees or loans in.
My sense is they aren't offering a DP deal, thus it's far from cut-and-dried that he accepts their terms.
Don't know. I'd assume we either signed the deal before the deadline and the 24-48 is the window to get his work permit/free up an international slot, or he's a free agent, and the deadline doesn't apply.
His agent and Bill Manning played together when they were both younger. We were probably kicking the tires.
Yeah. I went and seen he follows like half of MLS. Deleted the post. I thought those were his most recent follows.
interesting.
with a half decent striker, mailula, ibarra and blessing from this window we should have at least have some stuff to look forward to in the remaining games.
Have any strikers suddenly announced today that the contract with their club has been ‘terminated by mutual consent’?
We are kind of reaching a point of way too many midfielders if he comes?
Ibarro, Blessing, Servania, Thompson, Coello, JMR, Osorio, VV, Antonoglu
I guess a number of these will be gone next season.
Assume the roster freeze is in September? Hugo signed with the Reds as a home grown player on September 13th of last year and made his MLS debut in their final game of the regular season at Philly on October 9th, gives you some sense of the timeline.
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The roster freeze is on September 13th this year according to MLS.com.
(2023): Friday, February 24 at 8 pm ET
Roster Freeze (2023): Wednesday, September 13
Michail Antonio at West Ham. The club has announced he has a new club but the club hasn't been announced yet. 33-year-old consistent scorer.
A little long in the tooth but quite a good player and a Jamaica international.
he'd be very good in MLS for probably 2-3 years.
anything more on morelos? i see he's still out of contract.
personally i'd be more comfortable with someone of that age profile.
I think Morelos' disciplinary history scares people off. That and he's convinced he should be at a top club.
fair, 8 reds in 6 years is a lot...
only saving grace is that often players calm down as they get older.
let's see who they get.
I am Hammers friendly. Just think he is, and even more at his point in career, with his youngish family, grounded to play within England.
he's jamaican and has been linked heavily to MLS in the past year.
wouldn't be a bad signing at all. probably got another 2-3 seasons where he would be very good in MLS (if he can stay healthy)
But it's possible. He was supposed to sign with Everton a month ago and that clearly didn't happen. Possible at 33 he's not getting Premier League offers, and no guarantee of the same kind of money at lower levels.
I get that he's Jamaican in name/fam history only, but he has played for them and knows CONCACAF.
You're probably right, though. Seems a stretch for us right now.
You know me jloome, I love to live in that space in-between the possible and probable. You are the one of much more rational, grounded and sober thought between the two of us. I would love to see him in, ahem, grey.
Or, like, a weird mash of red black and grey.
Or a weird mash of teal, pink and yellow.
I mean, a red shirt at some point might be a good plan.
the next kit is going to look like the 2019/20 kit imo, all red
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Sounds like a no-brainer to me! But what would we supporters know?
I suspect you are correct. They really took a bollacking over the jerseys this year.
I want them to do something in a deep red, like maroon, really clean and simple, white lettering no piping. High collar and long sleeves if we can get them, but even just "all red" would about do now.
I do wonder if the striker is maybe a loan. My source said they were finalizing it in 24-48 hours but didn't say it was permanent or a purchase.
That also does make sense with any concern over or respect for the incoming manager; his team.
Loan with an option to buy seems smart for where we're at
Jeez that would actually get me excited.
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Longshot, though, as the little birds keep hinting we don't have much cash. Very English, despite the Jamaican team time. He actually debuted for England but lost his chance due to injury and switched allegiances.
Last I checked he was on about $5.6M a year at West Ham, so he's probably going to whoever pays the most. But he has younger children, so Saudi might be out.
He's good enough everyone assumed he was going to the Prem, to Everton or Villa. But no one has made a bid, likely due to age and wage.
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