So this isn't team roster stuff, but ...
Vanney still hasn't re-upped yet. They were talking weeks ago about how 'it just needed to be signed,' and yet something is obviously not right.
There's some speculation that he might be interested in the LA Galaxy job.
I noticed that too. Seems odd that it’s not done at this point.
As a side note:
Check out this tweet at [url]https://twitter.com/TMusa_news/status/1327469522228396033[/url]
There is a decent chance other teams make bids for our players in the off season. Hope we’re ready.
Kristian Jack indicated during the broadcast on Sunday it was all but signed and would get done this week. No news might be issues or they are waiting for the right day to announce it.
So here are our players worth at least 1 million Euros, from transfermarkt:
Player Date of birth / Age Market value Sep 20, 1991 (29) €8.00m 21 Jun 12, 1992 (28) €6.00m 17 Nov 6, 1989 (31) €3.20m 20 Jan 20, 2000 (20) €3.00m Jan 7, 1995 (25) €2.50m 7 Mar 31, 1989 (31) €2.40m Oct 11, 1988 (32) €1.40m 4 Jul 31, 1987 (33) €1.20m May 26, 1991 (29) €1.00m 8 May 16, 1995 (25) €1.00m 27 Feb 13, 1998 (22) €1.00m
Fun thing: they are exactly 11 guys.
So who's gonna play goalkeeper (I guess the answer is obvious).
Last edited by PizzaEatingYeti; 11-15-2020 at 02:22 PM.
Crazy that Delgado is still only 25.
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Brazilian attacker Hulk has received an offer from an unnamed MLS team. He has played his last regular season game for Chinese club Shanghai SIPG and can join his new team on a free transfer in January. He is 34-years-old and is valued at $5.5 million. (Globe Esporte) #MLS
No thanks but if the Impact want to waste the Cheese Man's money, who are we to complain...
Hulk is such an LA Galaxy type player.
Transfermarkt is not an official site. The "transfer values" are estimates based on calculations. Basically, it's saying what they think their projected transfer fee would be if a team wanted to buy Osorio from us.
In terms of how "they profit that much off him" given his salary is lower, think of it like a house. You may pay $1 million for a house, but that house isn't worth a million every single year to you. Rather the million is the long term value you're paying for. So the transfer fees are higher than salary to compensate for both the current as well as future value if TFC were to sell him.
Last edited by rydermike; 11-17-2020 at 10:18 AM.
^ Thanks, I think that’s a good summary.
If I could add: practically, the implication is if you have someone on a low contract with a high market value, other teams are incentivized to bid. The player is interested cause it has the potential to increase their wages (contracts are usually renegotiated with transfer).
Now as a club, you could do nothing and tell the player to be quiet. But.... that’s not always the right approach as the player can get disgruntled. Maybe their level of play drops or they become a distraction in the locker room in an extreme scenario. Also, if the bid is for good value you might get more benefit from selling. Finally, you might just renegotiate your player’s contract, make them happy and quash any transfer buzz.
I think the most obvious name to watch out for is Laryea. He renegotiated his deal but he’s still likely on peanuts vs. his true value. Otherwise, Pozuelo and Oso are two names that might garner some consideration.
One other thing to note is the term left on a player's contract. The more years a player has on the contract the higher the fee usually is, because a team is less incentivized to sell because they have that control. For example, Luis Suarez had one year left on his contract, so his transfer fee was only $7 million to join Atletico from Barca. Oso signed a long term deal, which ups the cost to acquire him.
This is great. Now if he can roundly suck too the cycle will be compete. So much material here.
Well this may explain a bit about Pozuelo's performance last game:
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/...ing-again-2021
Then there's this:
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/...ure-tom-bogert
Is there any possibility that Piatti could come back as a Max TAM player next season, opening up the slot for a Young DP, assuming TFC can't move Jozy?
I don't really want Piatti back as a DP. It is time to get younger and faster on the wings.
I would have back Piatti just as a TAM player.
He is good, but not good enough for a TFC DP, probably he would have been 3-4 years ago.
And talking about Victor, he had arguably more impact on the best TFC team ever (2017) than Piatti had on this year's team. Probably he is the most underrated player in TFC's history vs how much he was paid, and how cheap we got him. He was literally a 4th DP, IMO we would have never had that great season of 2017 without him.
A designated player is anyone who makes above $612,500.
Altidore, Pozuelo, Piatti, Bradley, Omar Gonzalez, Osorio, and Mavinga are all DP salaries.
The difference is the latter four were all bought down with TAM and GAM to below that threshold, so they didn't count as DPs.
From everything I've seen Bradley and Piatti make similar if not identical money. MLS is bringing in (has already?) in a new rule where the 3rd DP salary is capped at the max TAMable salary ($1.6M) unless they are under 23. Bradley I remember reading re-signed for the max TAM salary, while Piatti as third DP would be limited to that same salary as well.
I think there is something like $4 million in TAM, which you can buy down a TAM salary to about $150,000.
Based on 2019 salaries:
Bradley $1,600,000
Omar Gonzalez $1,193,936
Osorio $776,250
Mavinga $663,333
To bring them all to the $150,000 amount would cost $3,633,519, so not enough to buy down Piatti, which is why he stayed as DP. There was also Gallardo who may no longer be TAM, assuming his transfer fee was fully covered last year, and Delgado (not sure how much his extension was for)
Last edited by rydermike; 11-28-2020 at 12:57 PM.