Rumor: Houston Dynamo Transfers

Might as well put up some video.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llL9NwGTr2Y"]Luis Advíncula - YouTube[/ame]

He's young (22) and starting to get called up for friendlies for Peru. I like it so far. From the video it looks as though he doesn't mind getting physical and he has pace and skill. A little wasteful in the final third but promising none the less.

 

Damn, it'd be nice if he didn't turn out to be a poor man's Walcott .... I get frustrated by him enough. I'd rather not get frustrated by the MLS version.

 

Interesting prospect. I have a hard time telling via the video where he plays. It seems at equal amount of clips have him in the middle up top and out wide. I wonder, if Dom is looking at him, where he would play.

 

A quick google search revealed that he had interest from some big clubs roughly a year ago. Did something happen that he's looking to a MLS team now? Maybe this would be a loan.

 

Well the rumor says we have been made aware of him. That doesn't mean he is looking at MLS. SO, it could be much adu about nothing . . . . again.

 

Not sure what happened but like you said he has been linked with some big clubs (Liverpool & PSV Eindhoven)

 

His agent put together a pretty good video

I don't get the not wanting to celebrate goals with your team mates on the field though for what seems like all his goals

 

His own site (comes up on google results) has a piece in which he says that he's received an offer from MLS, but it wasn't good enough. (I'd link, but I'm on my phone and that's a pain in the ass.)

 

centerback.

i keed Dom, i keed.

http://www.luisadvincula.com/advincula-me-ire-cuando-la-oferta-sea-buena-1007

"i can't deny there's interest but the offer doesn't interest me. not because of the level of football, because we know its not a league of a high level of play, but because what they proposed (monetarily) is not to my liking. i rather stay and wait for a better offer, but i am happy my football is looked upon as good in MLS"

 

Well come on let's spend some money. Get something goin already FO.

 

And the challenge of MLS . . again. Every half way decent player in the world is making what would be DP money here.

 

I've had a related transfer thought that I guess I'll throw on here, I've heard nothing that he's a current target but what about Juan Agudelo?

Granted he's had a knee injury so there's more question marks than there normally would be, but he's been rotting away on the Red Bulls bench behind Henry and Cooper and possesses arguably more attacking acumen than anyone on our team currently. Thoughts? Or do we just assume he's going to end up in Europe in a season or so?

 

Pre-knee injury Agudelo would be a no-brainer. He might be worth taking a chance on. Unfortunately for him he was over-hyped just because he scored 1 or 2 goals at 17 years old. His goal scoring rate has never been outstanding since then. He has a lot of potential and if NY made him available we should swoop for him.

While we are talking about 3rd choice strikers that might want more playing time.. Eddie Johnson has become third choice at Seattle behind Estrada and Montero. CJ Sapong and Kei Kamara have overtaken Teal Bunbury.. who plays in a 4-3-3 at KC, still Bunbury is 3rd choice now.

Also LA Galaxy have Buddle, Keane, Donovan, Noonan and Chad Barrett. One of those players must want out...

 

Id rather ask the 'Caps what they'd take for Salgado.

 

I like this.

 

I don't think they do in the Pervuvian league.

http://infosurhoy.com/cocoon/saii/xhtml/en_GB/features/saii/features/sports/2012/03/14/feature-02

 

I forgot about him. He would be a good pickup as well.

 

You missed the post i quoted he already said the MLS offer wasnt good enough

 

And he's not really comparing the MLS offer to what he makes in Peru. He's likely comparing it to offers he's received from clubs in Europe. I have no idea whether any of those offers are still live. I'm just suggesting that those offers are more likely to be his frame of reference for his market value than what he makes in Peru.

(edited to drop Recio question)

 

Agreed - but from MLS's perspective, it doesn't really matter where the offers come from right? The fact is, players are expensive and our structure makes it hard to compete as a whole (which we know). It also seems other teams that use to be willing to loan for small amounts, have figured out our whole DP thing and bargains are harder to find (see OBG). Kinda sucks we didn't get into grab and up and coming player 4 years ago when it could be done on the cheap. Seems now you are paying full or above market value even on loans.

 

I'd tend to think "where" still matters.

While we know we'll be at or in the bottom of offers, location/club level/etc still matters to players. Play in America where much of the climate is the same (especially Houston), much of your language (or a close variation) is spoken, and many of the cultural ideals aren't too far removed .... against going to say a bottom tier/2nd Division Russian club, the Finland 1st division, or maybe another smaller Euro league like Switzerland/Greece.

I'd be willing to bet that only small % differences in pay aren't enough to outdraw MLS clubs depending on who it is ....

 

Well, I think the "where" is important in convincing a player that Houston is a good fit . . . . I think the "when" is more important in getting them to accept (meaning getting players that have not been on the radar for larger leagues). In my humble opinion, the "when" is much more difficult to lock down now than it use to be. Particularly since clubs in many regions have learned our DP structure (in theory) allows them to get full value or more from players. How many of our rumored signings fall into those two categories over the last several years? Almost all of them. Some (like Boyd) fall into the "where" and players like this kid or an OBG fall into the "when."

Either way, we have to find a player willing to see Houston as a fine target COUPLED with the timing to allow us to fit that player in our salary structure. It was easier as little as 4 years ago - seems more difficult now unless the team is ok with the several million dollar investment from the start.