The nice thing about Poz is that with his position and the way he plays, he could possibly be as good as he is now if not better until he hits 33
Giovinco's name got bigger as he performed and the media focused on it.
If we get Alejandro, we are still in a position on a couple of TAM's and that allocation order pick. We could field a competitive team with all these additions, but no one really knows what FO will accomplish in the end.
This is interesting because of the level of risk and reward.
This is big boy stuff, the type of move that much bigger clubs than ours make, think Hamburg or Lyon or Porto. Pozuelo could be MLS MVP next year. But anybody who follows Europe knows that these types of moves can go very sideways very fast.
The clubs who sign these players typically make make a number of these moves a year, knowing that they don’t all work. So a smaller budget club doing this as a single swing of the bat would be very ballsy.
Last edited by ensco; 02-10-2019 at 01:15 PM.
"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 honestly can't see this Pozuelo guy coming here. or his current club wanting to trade him now, considering they are in first in their league
If this is the guy TFC has a hard on for I can see him staying with Genk to complete the season and then joining us in June. The TFC spin machine will be in full effect if that’s the case. Hopefully they find another striker for the start of the season so we won’t be behind the 8 ball by June.
I could see him coming here over the middle east or China if it isn't just cash but lifestyle as well. Many European players rave about the lifestyle here. MLSE easily has the cash to make it happen. The real sticking point is they will want him to stay long enough for their run at European glory while we'll want him now for our run at CONCACAF glory.
Money talks. Look at us, we're about to start our Champions League season without our best performer from last year in that same competition.
I was watching a YouTube interview they did with Pozuelo a month ago when it appears he had made his decision to stay with the team and not transfer to Al-Ahli. I speculate he had been hoping for a move for a while and was disappointed that that was his best offer. He said he made his decision with his wife/family so I think this may be a case of us having an advantage over the Middle East and Chine by virtue of culture/quality of life, very much like Vasquez.
Also it appears he's never won a title, and I can think that the idea of being in the running for a continental trophy might trump winning the Belgian domestic league.
Just my speculation.
Edit: interview in question https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=61Pu5VdM4Jw
The questions are in English, answers in Spanish, and subtitles in Flemish ¯\_(シ)_/¯
Last edited by RealG-TFC; 02-10-2019 at 02:36 PM.
His club has little say over it. If we pay his release clause and agree to terms then that's that. That being said, there is a dispute over the agreement to suspend his release clause until the next transfer window. This being because for Genk the next window is the summer but for us, it is in a few days.
So basically we're doing to Genk what Al-Hilal did to us. Does that sound about right?
One thing that is weird: I am not a lawyer but it seems to me kind of obvious that, unless it is specified otherwise, the window dates that are referred to in a "transfer window" clause would be those of the contract party (ie the Belgian team) and not those of a third party buyer (ie an MLS or Chinese or any other league that randomly has different dates)
I guess we will see
"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
What is the amount of the release fee? Is it the 10 million number people are talking about?
Release clause is 8ish million euros.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/Martindesos/status/1094706951261483009
The arrival of Pozuelo to Toronto, a matter of hours. Total agreement between player and club, which will also pay its clause (about € 8M) to Genk. The Belgians put obstacles, but they will only delay the inevitable: Pozuelo will play in the MLS. @migrantesbalon
Because I know people are going to ask....google search says no direct flights between Brussels and Toronto until Tuesday.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/toronto...elo-source/amp
If the sun is now reporting this could be legit as they are last to find out lol
You can drive to Amsterdam, which is two hours away, and has multiple direct flights every day
"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
Or take the train. Its Europe....
Looks like a very good replacement for VV, if they can get him. Interesting though because they don't look to be saving too much money over Seba who was a similar age when he started with TFC and is still producing. Pozuelo apparently was a bit of a bust at Swansea - doesn't mean much except that there is no sure thing in a new player. Still makes it puzzling for me why they couldn't have found a way to sign Seba, as someone said above maybe they overplayed their hand. Offering him 3.5 - 4 million (which is less than Piatti but more that Rooney, thereby in top 9) when he had a 7 million option was a bit of an insult really.
Lets hope that they can bring a deal for Pozuelo home. I expect his agent can smell a whiff of desperation and is pushing TFC for every penny.
Honestly, this is a Pity Martinez level signing if it comes true. The commitment from MLSE to TFC is quite impressive and more then even I would have thought.
I was pretty sure they were going to focus on young players between 22-24 to build value and sell, and add a BIG DP in his prime in a year when we rebuild but I guess I'm wrong. Maybe TFC is making more money then I estimated.
I still feel you add a player like this when you really have a big commitment to going for a championship, else why would you invest so much money? If we are going for a championship we need more then this and also need a high TAM level striker at minimum so the investment should not stop.
Potential notable pieces coming In:
Pozuelo
Tam Striker/Winger
Ciman
Menendez
Notable pieces leaving:
Vazquez
Giovinco
Hagglund
Van Der Weil
Last edited by Defoe; 02-10-2019 at 07:47 PM.
Also Boyd coming in & Ricketts out so that's like a wash. DeLeon too.