Landycakes to Bayen Munich

**GabrielHurl** · 11-20-2008, 10:03 AM

Bayern borrow Landon Donavan from Galaxy

Bayern Munich are set to sign USA international Landon Donovan on a loan deal running from Jan 1 to at least the middle of March and possibly until the end of the season.

Donovan, 26, who has made over a century of caps for his country, has been training with Bayern for the last week and a half and has impressed Bayern coach Juergen Klinsmann.

"The goal will be to see if we can get him long term, at least until the end of the season," Klinsmann told the Bayern's website.

Donovan top scored in Major League Soccer's regular season with 20 goals in 25 matches for LA Galaxy team.

His loan follows that of David Beckham to AC Milan, also for three months, though in contrast Galaxy and Milan have both said that deal will end in March.

Who'd have thunk it?

**Parkdale** · 11-20-2008, 10:05 AM

really?

I guess they have enough cash to take a few chances (gambles) to see if it works out. Personally, even though I dislike Donovan (understatement), I think the league is better with him in it. He gives us someone to hate, and for the american kiddies, someone who isn't Beckham to look up to. Still.... fuck that guy.

**ACSertL** · 11-20-2008, 10:06 AM

Shit.

Edit:

He's been training with the senior team at Bayern for about a week or so...I haven't seen anywhere about him signing any loan deal apart from this little clip.

**MrHawk** · 11-20-2008, 10:08 AM

I guess Bayern's chances of Bundesliga just went down the crapper.

**Shaughno** · 11-20-2008, 10:13 AM

No cries about how this makes the league look like a joke? How is it different from Blanco/Becks?

**ACSertL** · 11-20-2008, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by Shaughno

No cries about how this makes the league look like a joke? How is it different from Blanco/Becks?

Its not

I'm just disgruntled for a completely different reason

**Shaughno** · 11-20-2008, 10:17 AM

Yeah, well you have a reason to be.

Hopefully he's not cuntagious.

**Azerban** · 11-20-2008, 10:18 AM

NO NO NO FUCK SHIT NO FUCK NO

fuck you landycakes

**Billy the kid** · 11-20-2008, 10:18 AM

I suspect the fact that he is coming in fit and in end of season form probably helped him stand out. I agree that this would be a loss for the league. Outside of Beckham, there are not a lot of names that the casual fan knows.

**Fort York Redcoat** · 11-20-2008, 10:22 AM

Look Becks, Landy can do it too. They're both the biggest players on the MLS biggest team.

**ACSertL** · 11-20-2008, 10:26 AM

I just can't see how he gets into the first team barring injuries or an exodus of offensive players in January. I will be the first to shut my mouth on this whole thing if he steps in and starts playing well, but right now this doesn't sit well with me.

You always overreact when it is your team!

**Hitcho** · 11-20-2008, 10:27 AM

Shame on you Mods - how is this TFC related? Please post this filth in the MLS section and stop smearing that dripping cunt all over the TFC section.

I'm gonna puke...

**GabrielHurl** · 11-20-2008, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by Hitcho

Shame on you Mods - how is this TFC related? Please post this filth in the MLS section and stop smearing that dripping cunt all over the TFC section.

I'm gonna puke...

How is the Blanco thread TFC related?

**Azerban** · 11-20-2008, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by Hitcho

Shame on you Mods - how is this TFC related? Please post this filth in the MLS section and stop smearing that dripping cunt all over the TFC section.

I'm gonna puke...

this is the mls section

i'm not feeling too good about this either buddy

**Hitcho** · 11-20-2008, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by Azerban

this is the mls section

i'm not feeling too good about this either buddy

eh?! my screen is telling me it's in the Toronto FC Forum, not the TFC/MLS news section.

See, it's fucking landycakes, he just pisses people off even when he's not on the same fucking continent. i hope he goes back to germany and is thoroughly wretched, like before.

i still think this should be taken out of the Toronto FC Forum though. It's not fair to subject people to this, especially in the morning...

**Azerban** · 11-20-2008, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by Hitcho

eh?! my screen is telling me it's in the Toronto FC Forum, not the TFC/MLS news section.

Toronto FC Forum (28 Viewing)
Toronto FC & MLS Public Discussion Forum Hosted by the Red Patch Boys

hmmmmm....

**Hitcho** · 11-20-2008, 10:41 AM

Red Patch Boys Forums > Toronto FC >Toronto FC Forum Landycakes to Bayen Munich

and

Red Patch Boys Forums > Toronto FC

TFC/MLS News Section

Hmmmmmm.........

**Damien** · 11-20-2008, 10:42 AM

I wanna see his first appearance with Bayern end with a left footed shot into row Z

**Shaughno** · 11-20-2008, 10:42 AM

His point was this

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**ACSertL** · 11-20-2008, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by Damiiano

I wanna see his first appearance with Bayern end with a left footed shot into row Z

A-L-L-I-A-N-Z...that's only 7 rows

**Shaughno** · 11-20-2008, 10:45 AM

Dumbass, they don't name the rows after the stadium... do they? Or is it some stupid German thing?

**Hitcho** · 11-20-2008, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by Shaughno

His point was this

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Well whatever, I don't want to get into a mini scrap about it, the original post I made about it was a joke, not intended to be taken literally and made into a pedantic debate. I've had stuff like this moved out of the TFC forum and into the MLS news section and vice versa, but it looks like the Mods need to tidy up the names since they're not consistent (which has been blighting TFC all season - gah!)...

Thread hijack over...

**ACSertL** · 11-20-2008, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by Shaughno

Dumbass, they don't name the rows after the stadium... do they? Or is it some stupid German thing?

No about the stadium...right about the dumbass part.

It was an obvious bad joke

**canadian_bhoy** · 11-20-2008, 10:50 AM

Garber said he wants 10M for Landy. He's in dream land.

**ACSertL** · 11-20-2008, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by canadian_bhoy

Garber said he wants 10M for Landy. He's in dream land.

I agree with you, but if we're looking at the precedent that Maurice Edu set 10 million is 'reasonable'. Unless he's talking 10 million Euros.

**Hitcho** · 11-20-2008, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by ACSertL

I agree with you, but if we're looking at the precedent that Maurice Edu set 10 million is 'reasonable'. Unless he's talking 10 million Euros.

not sure i agree with that. edu's price was based on promise - he was a rookie with lots of potential. landy cunt has already been unimpressive in germany once and although he's in his supposed prime now, after one more contract will be at the 30 mark and not much of an asset. even allowing for him being a striker i think double edu's value for a player already a bit of a flop once is a bit rich.

aren't the euro and dollar (US) pretty much on par? they used to be anyway, before all this credit crunch crap (who borrows hundreds of billions of dollars anyway? i can't even get a Bay card with more than a hundred dollar limit on it

)

**ACSertL** · 11-20-2008, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by Hitcho

not sure i agree with that. edu's price was based on promise - he was a rookie with lots of potential. landy cunt has already been unimpressive in germany once and although he's in his supposed prime now, after one more contract will be at the 30 mark and not much of an asset. even allowing for him being a striker i think double edu's value for a player already a bit of a flop once is a bit rich.

aren't the euro and dollar (US) pretty much on par? they used to be anyway, before all this credit crunch crap (who borrows hundreds of billions of dollars anyway? i can't even get a Bay card with more than a hundred dollar limit on it

)

Your point is vaild. I don't think Edu was worth 5 million based solely on what I saw of his performances here but I also think that he was playing in a position that wasn't suited exactly to his strength. So Rangers decided to take a 5 million gamble on him hoping that they could make something out of him and they are more than entitled to do that. I guess I was just making a financial assumption based on Edu being unproven and Donovan being slightly less unproven

**GabrielHurl** · 11-20-2008, 11:07 AM

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/stor...h-donovan.html

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/...an-Preview.php

**Hitcho** · 11-20-2008, 11:09 AM

^^ HAH!!!! That first photo is freakin' hilarious!! he looks like a mis-shapen midget doll - superb!! Did somone Photoshop that? It's awesome!

**GabrielHurl** · 11-20-2008, 11:11 AM

well - there are 9 inches in height differential between them

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