But it's contagious, so they started to believe they would win. Which is why he's in their Team of the Decade.
I will say this, all kidding (or most kidding) aside: to my eye Bedoya consistently over-achieved a little bit relative to raw talent. Maybe it's cause he does, indeed, believe.
Gotta say i agree. From college to Sweden to the NT to France to a million dollar a year payday in MLS.
His old club in Sweden wants him back: @BrotherlyGame @MLSTransfers According to Swedish media, Helsingborg (who are in last place in the Swedish premier division) want to loan Alejandro Bedoya for the remainder of 2022. One offer has already been rejected by the Union. Bedoya played for Helsingborg in 2012 and 2013. https://t.co/57WgF8Xise— Johan Dykhoff (@JohanDykhoff34) July 3, 2022
He's team captain and has started (and gone 90') in 19 out 20 league games for a table-topping team. Apart from his wife being Swedish, why would he want to go to a bottom-of the-table side in Sweden? The salaries are no longer higher there than in MLS, in fact they're generally lower, and Bedoya is on north of $1 million a year ($1.3-1.4 million is often mentioned). His contract seems to be up in December, and at 35 the Union are unlikely to offer more than a 1-year extension, but unless Helsingborg are offering a 2-year deal, this doesn't make a whole lot of sense. And even if they do offer that, wouldn't a better AllsSvenskan side make an equivalent offer?
Per that tweet, Helsingborg have had one offer rejected already so the Union are not ready to part with him in mid-season, not when they're in the Conference Title chase. They might do it if they get enough money to pay at least 1/4-1/3 of the transfer fee paid for his replacement on a 3-year or 4-year deal. But if you add agent's fees and any signing-on fees to that, the numbers look extremely implausible. On top of that, the tweet talks about Swedish newspapers reporting this but I haven't seen anything off-Twitter in English about it. Ale was there for 12 months (two half-seasons) that were a very successful period for Helsingborg (Cl qualifiers, EL group stage, made the Swedish Cup final) but right now, they're rock bottom and have just sacked their coach. The FO is undoubtedly under enormous pressure and IMO they probably thought that, with his contract about to expire, floating the idea of trying to bring back someone from the glory days only to be rebuffed in the local press and websites would placate the fans in a "see: we're trying! Really!" kind of way.
At some point, Philly is gonna have to make room for McGlynn. But Bedoya has been such a great captain for Philadelphia, yeah, I don’t see this making sense