Promotional hat-trick! Ethan Horvath at Cardiff City FC

Discussion in 'Yanks Abroad' started by Dave Marino-Nachison, Mar 23, 2012.

  1. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    You are insanely correct. I guess we know what Letica was thinking when he heard Mignolet signed with the club.
     
  2. bigt8917

    bigt8917 Member+

    May 10, 2015
    Sorry dude
     
  3. An Unpaved Road

    An Unpaved Road Member+

    Mar 22, 2006
    Club:
    --other--
    Agent: My guy's from Croatia.

    SPAL official: It's a deal.

    :cry:
     
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  4. largegarlic

    largegarlic Member+

    Jul 2, 2007
    And I was just thinking too that it's a heckuva sales job to go to a Serie A club and say, "Hey, I've got a client who's the #3 GK at Brugges. How about you take him on loan and make him your #1?" That's the sort of agent Horvath needs.

    Now, Brugges will probably be much less likely to let him go without Letica as a backup. It seems like he really needed to strike first.
     
  5. Gorky

    Gorky Member+

    Jul 28, 2006
    NYC
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That's funny because Horvath's last name means "Croat."

    In before @Suyuntuy! YES
     
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  6. gunnerfan7

    gunnerfan7 Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Jul 22, 2012
    Santa Cruz, California
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Agent: My client's a very good young GK who's played for multiple European teams.

    SPAL: "Horvath"? So, he's Croatian?

    Agent
    [​IMG]
     
  7. UnitedBorn

    UnitedBorn Member+

    Dec 7, 2015
    301
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I’m sure Ethan’s agent is working hard in his clients favor. It’s quite possible that he approached SPAL and they just didn’t want Horvath but were ok with Leticia.

    Not much an agent can do in that situation
     
  8. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
    Bye Leticia.

     
  9. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    #2459 Suyuntuy, Aug 21, 2019
    Last edited: Aug 21, 2019
    Kind of like Tedesco, whose last name means "German" in Italian (hinting to a past when his ancestors moved across the border and got reminded of their origins by their neighbors, back when people were somehow more tribal), "horvát" is Hungarian for a Croat.

    The close friendship with Pulisic (a Croat last name meaning "from Pula," the famous city in the Adriatic) could be in part due to genetic proximity, then.
     
  10. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    That might be true but quite odd No? Letica hadn't played in 10 months yet gets a move to be the no.1 at a mid-table Italian club yet Horvath gets plaudits for his return as a no.1 at Brugge and gets crap for his trouble. His agent better be getting something done.
     
  11. VBCity72

    VBCity72 Member+

    Aug 17, 2014
    Sunny San Diego
    Club:
    Plymouth Argyle FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Negative, his agent better be getting an unemployment check soon.
     
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  12. rgli13

    rgli13 Member+

    Mar 23, 2005
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    so that means, for at least this year, horvath will get about 5 matches. great :thumbsdown:
     
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  13. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    Ethan's agent better have some move in the works. Even if he only gets the worst club in Turkey or the Netherlands; it's something.
     
  14. DHC1

    DHC1 Member+

    Jun 3, 2002
    NYC
    There’s a lot of complaining about how being part of a “loan army” is terrible for a player. Here’s the opposing case: he is owned by a team that has bent him over three times now and doesn’t seem to want to let him go somewhere else. Would be a lot better IMO if a big club took him back right away and found another home where he could get playing time and not waste a good portion of a season like Miazga.
     
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  15. These clubs arenot the ones paying that kind of Non EU salary for a goal keeper
     
  16. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    His relationship with Brugge is tres weird. He's come back time after time to be no.1 but I believe currently it's too a mountain for him to climb. Best bet is to bounce.
     
  17. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
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  18. The Irish Rover

    The Irish Rover Member+

    Aug 1, 2010
    Dublin
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    Mignolet and now Wanyama (at 3.5 million sterling a year)?

    Where are Brugge getting the money? Without a) a new owner with real money or b) a substantial new revenue stream, there are going to be financial problems ahead. Serious problems.
     
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  19. Midas Mulligan

    Midas Mulligan Member+

    Jul 24, 2013
    NYC
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They’ve worked out a great deal for a Horvath loan fee, of course. :cool:
     
  20. truefan420

    truefan420 Member+

    May 30, 2010
    oakland
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    UCL money for the latter not sure for the former
     
  21. Gorando

    Gorando Member

    Anderlecht
    Belgium
    Mar 12, 2008
    Belgium
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    3 times CL in 4 yrs, more TV money in Belgium, Sold players for a lot of money recently, wealthy owner.

    But also don't believe these rumours. Club is not going to pay someone 65k a week. Maybe 50k at best .
     
  22. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    Betting BIG on potential CL money I'd reckon.
     
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  23. Bruce S

    Bruce S Member+

    Sep 10, 1999
    "Horváth" is the 4th most common surname in Hungary and the most common in Slovakia" from wiki
     
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  24. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    Looks like the Croats did their duty having plenty of kids in the last 200 years.
     
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