Gabriel Funes at River Plate

Haha I mean he grew into a man here in the states, and turned into the player he has while here in the US (although greatly influenced by his old man).


So why not follow him?

 

I'm not sure of the stats of it, but Crespo is a hero at River. He scored many goals for us and big goals, in the Copa Libertadores, including 2 in the Final in 1996 and against Boca. He was also a full international by the time he went to Europe.

D. Milito also helped Racing win their only title in the last 40 years. he's a legend in those parts.

Funes Mori isn't even at the level of Higuain. Higuain basically never played at River, but in his short time with us before he was sold for peanuts by our old president (a crook, mafioso named Aguilar) he had already scored many goals, including 2 goals against Corinthians in the Copa, and 2 against Boca.

FM9 has talent as BolivianFuego says, but he has not shown that he is capable of being a 9 to carry a club to glory.

Crespo, Milito, Forlan, Aguero, Falcao, Higuain, Salas, Cavenaghi, Saviola, Tevez, Lavezzi

Those are the best exports from the argentine league (not all argentines) in the last 15 years, and all of them were better at 19 then FM9 is now at 19.

Even Palermo, who failed in Europe, had already scored 2 goals against Real Madrid in the Intercontinental cup, was a better prospect.

Look, I am not saying the kid is useless, i am rooting for him, but be prepared for him to fail. plus, if he goes to Man City- hes not gonna play for a year probably 2 because tevez is there.

I'd personally say, let them buy the kid for 20 million, then loan him back to us so we keep him and get to buy D'Alessandro

 

Not talking about FCD, just Sueno. And FCD got to learn if it was possible to get him. They may have thought they had a shot in the beginning. Abandoning him in the middle of the process just because he was "unsignable" would be worse than just missing out, no?

 

Ohhh sueno... then yea. This is their bread and butter. Finding kids that colleges havent found or guys who are hiding in the 'immigrant' leagues.

Yea I guess it would make it more appealing.... but from personal experience the sueno thing really is just a gimmick...

 

yeah. it's a stupid reality show, but it has worked in unearthing unknowns.


On the Man. City paying $22 million for Funes Mori topic, the team is stupid rich......and I don't mean that in a good way.

He'll waste away at that team and never see the field IMO. By the time he's ready, they'll be spending to take a more high priced player from another team.

 

mmmmm...Woodford Reserve

 

well except that Rossi was born in the US and Ramos never moved back to Uruguay...

which is why they qualify as yanks abroad and Funes does not...

 

NOT.....A.....YANK.

Follow him in the River Plate Forum or the Nearly Yank Forum.

 

Hmmm. That could actually be a great addition to BigSoccer. By now we'd have plenty of players to discuss.

 

Because this is the Yanks Abroad forum......and he's not a Yank Abroad.

If Andy Najar was sold by DC to Arsenal next week, Andy would also not qualify as a Yank Abroad. By definition.

No further elaboration is needed.

 

Prophetic.

Now, what the news on Mori?

 

Apparently Klinsmann made phone calls to Funes Mori and Michael Hoyos about their interest and chances of playing for the USMNT.

I don't see it happening though. Funes Mori didn't seem to be a citizen. At MOST may have held a green card....

But this has never been confirmed.

 

This thread should be closed until it is established that Fuenes Mori has US citizenship and, in terms of playing for the US, that he had it before he played for Argentina's U20's in South American qualifying.

 

If Funes Mori is magically a citizen, I'm doing a happy dance. Seen this dude play and he is for real.

 

Jorge Ramos & Banda ‏@ESPN_JorgeRamos
Jurgen #Klismann llamo a Rogelio Funes Mori (#River) y Michael Hoyos (#EDP) y les pregunto si aceptarian ser convocados para USA .#USMNT.

 

So I made contact with a guy who recently interviewed Funes Mori, and as many assumed....he never got his citizenship/green card.

They were working on it at FCD, and was probably going to be like Fagundez in New England, because he was illegal....but decided to say 'eff it' I have a chance with Chelsea, and that chance turned into an opportunity back home with River (was going to sign with chelsea, but would have to sign as a foreigner and there weren't spots left). He said he'd love to come back and play here in the states later in his career...if that counts.

 

Looks like his brother Ramiro, the defender, tore his ACL at the end of October:

http://www.clarin.com/deportes/Ramiro-Funes-Mori-Aguirre-dolores_0_800919909.html

Does anyone know how much playing time he had been getting before the injury?

 

Last I remember hearing on TyC back maybe a year or 2, he was a mainstay in the reserve side.

 

Funes Mori without his Green Card is as American as Maradona. So really he can't play. Hoyos is american but hasn't played first team soccer in 2 years. So JK continues to insult his own core group of players by continuly turning to anyone with US ties playing abroad, who cares if they don't play and who cares if they even care to be American or feel American.

 

Gabriel Funes Mori has never been a citizen, isn't a citizen now, and has now pathway available to him for citizenship.

He has never been a Yank Abroad, isn't a Yank Abroad now, and will never been a Yank Abroad.

He's as relevant to this forum as Fredy Montero or any foreign player that happened to live in the US for a short period.

Can we finally let this die please? Pretty please?

 

Sort of... except his ability to use MLS and USA as a jumping pad for bigger things aka a try out for River... I still think is pretty cool.

Not to mention that they thought he was on a reality show here in the US for this. LOL ALways made me chuckle.

 

Right..............but that's not what the Yanks Abroad forum is about.

He's not American. Has never been American. And has no pathway available to become American.