[Spoon]

Here you go I hope you can habla espanol. If not than use babelfish.

http://www.terra.cl/deportes/index.c...linternacional

Slow day or what but Boca is looking for new talent and they think Eddie is just that. Imo take the money and run MLS.

[the_cyclones]

When does the Argentine Transfer Window end?

Still, I think EJ is here until at least the summer transfer.
I can't see Onalfo giving up on him, unless we get some ridiculous fee ...

[Craig-o]

EJ for Riquelme, straight up.

[Abracadabra]

Hmm, what kind of an allocation would we get? EJ might be a disappointment but getting nothing for him would suck fairly bad.

PS Reading those Babelfish translations can be pretty entertaining. Might as well have translated it to Chinese.

[degerron]

Can some give a little translation of the article? Surely they know he in a bit of a scoring drought like 2 goals last season and none in the past year for the USMNT. Why do teames from Spain and then a quality team like Boca Juniors who has tons of talented forwards find EJ so damn interesting?

If MLS turns this opporunity down I can see him getting depressed AGAIN! MLS has done more to kill off his career opportunities then any other player in American history( ok he has done alot of that to himself). $4 or 5 million dollar transfer offer from Benefica Portugual, loan with option to buy offer from Real Sociaded in Spain which would have made him the first American to play in Spain's 1st division, and now this if its true one of the worlds most famous clubs Boca Juniors. MLS has to gain the common sense to let players go as it is better off transfering unhappy players.

On the other hand I do question EJ's emotional maturity and a place like Boca Juniors may be too much for him. Not just the language and culture but the pressure those cats would have on him to perform I'm afraid he could crack. But the guy needs to be let pushed and be told sink or swim. What gets him to find the back of the net again I guess. Heres wishing him the best.

[MtMike]

Originally Posted by Craig-o

EJ for Riquelme, straight up.

REPPED!!!!

Best idea I've ever read on these boards!

[Shaydee]

Originally Posted by degerron

Can some give a little translation of the article?

my spanish isn't good enough to translate the whole thing but Boca are looking to sign some non-South American players, partly for marketing and branding purposes. Their president wants to make Boca a global brand. EJ is one of the non-South American players they have their eye on. That's basically all it says about EJ. The rest is about other non-South American players that have played for Boca.

loan with option to buy offer from Real Sociaded in Spain which would have made him the first American to play in Spain's 1st division

2nd. Kasey Keller. Tab Ramos was on Betis' books while they were in the top flight but was recovering from his skull fracture and didn't play any games for them in the first division.

[BenC1357]

Originally Posted by Spoon

Here you go I hope you can habla espanol. If not than use babelfish.

http://www.terra.cl/deportes/index.c...linternacional

Slow day or what but Boca is looking for new talent and they think Eddie is just that. Imo take the money and run MLS.

Good find. I guess I'm obligated to comment huh?


More than anything I want a striker to perform for KC. Sealy has done well and I want us to have a good partner for him. If Vermes, Onalfo and Henderson believe they can get that from EJ then we should keep him. If EJ's heart isn't in KC and he wants to move, we should take any reasonable offer. We saw how he performed last season when his heart wasn't in the right place and that very well could have been the old regime's fault. Either way, I don't want that to happen to our club again.

As always, it's what's best for our club. I'll completely trust the staff's opinion until they give me reason not to.

[kuhnscoot]

While EJ has been one frustration after another with KC. I honestly don't see this as a good move for KC unless they have plans to bring in another striker. If they don't have a plan then I say keep EJ. While he's not doing great, I rate him higher then any other forward on our roster, minus Sealy. We think our team is weak now, imagine a starting 11 with Pore or Yura starting up top with Sealy. That just scares me.

[BenC1357]

Originally Posted by kuhnscoot

While EJ has been one frustration after another with KC. I honestly don't see this as a good move for KC unless they have plans to bring in another striker. If they don't have a plan then I say keep EJ. While he's not doing great, I rate him higher then any other forward on our roster, minus Sealy. We think our team is weak now, imagine a starting 11 with Pore or Yura starting up top with Sealy. That just scares me.

2006 Stats
Johnson: 2 goals, 1 assist in 1480 minutes
Pore: 2 goals in 563 minutes
Yura: 0 goals in 221 minutes

In no way would I suggest that Pore has the potential that Johnson has. I just wanted to see what the stats were because I didn't know.