Could be interesting . . . . very interesting to watch Aron and Jozy play together for a half-season. I honestly can't see Jozy staying past this summer. Hopefully they strike up a good chemistry and see reason to try to continue it in a more . . (ahem) "international" setting.
Icelandic "prodigy" who is on AZ as well, people always forget/don't know that he is on the team as well and could influence Aron just as much as Jozy.
Sorry--my post was a lame joke in response to sakibomb's comment about pretending he doesn't exist. Of course, if I have to explain it, it probably wasn't all that clever in the first place...
Repeated from the old thread: Article (Google translated from Dutch on the new players at AZ) with Earnie talking about his new players and current members of the squad. He called Aron a "goalgetter" (not sure if that's a common term or not). Aron Jóhannsson (Came from AGF Aarhus) "At this moment Jóhannsson is the leading scorer in Denmark. We have known him, however, much longer. He brings many possibilities. From the point he may well in the ball, but also in depth play. He is a smart player, he makes good use of the space and he is a goalgetter. He has proven that this season. In August, we were already working on him sideways. Then there were rumors about other clubs, including Arsenal. Therefore, the question was whether we could manage to get him to Alkmaar. We constantly kept in touch and have always told him how much we wanted bring him in, what the trends were. That worked. Building a relationship is important. Aron knows his place, at this moment behind Jozy Altidore. Of course it is true that we want to create a natural flow of players. It is intended that Jóhannsson becomes the successor to Altidore. " http://www.az.nl/nieuws/stewart-johannsson-goalgetter/1?catid
I am kind of surprised they see Johannsson as a direct replacement for Altidore considering Altidore is a different type of striker. Maybe AZ will change the way they play. AZ has to be one of the best teams in the world at finding great players on the cheap.If they didnt have to sell most of the players, they would be Champions League quality.
He had hernia surgery over the break (otherwise he would have visited the USMNT for Camp Strudel. Here's the wording on Facebook: Aron´s rehabilitation is going well and he´s 2-3 weeks from being 100%. Soon he´ll ride the new bus that AZ Alkmaar just got.
Update from his official Facebook page: Aron Jóhannsson is hoping to start to train 100% with AZ Alkmaar in next week.
I see that Aron Johannsson is still referring to Aron Johannsoon in the third person. At least on FB.
Thus joining the ranks of other great personalities such, as Bob Dole, Diego Maradona, Karl Malone and Alain Delon.