I do, too. In fact, I'm guessing the odds are that it won't happen. But that's not really why I think he should stay. It comes down more to keeping himself in the La Liga shop window. That, and remaining in a culture, language and style of play that he's already adapted to.
Of course. Looking at one’s body of work over a roughly 15 year period, failures included, strikes me as an eminently reasonable approach to evaluating someone in his or her chosen field. If your position is that Klinsmann should be evaluated as a manager with conscious disregard of 15 years of data about his performance as a manager, we disagree, to put it mildly.
as an in-game manager, as a tactician and as a roster selector....I hated klinsmann for the USMNT.... BUT its not like he doesnt have his strengths and positives too he RIDES for his people and his players....if he is in your corner he HAS YOUR BACK...I love that about him. look no further than Bobby Wood...he had this dude looking like he was going to go to the EPL....merely by hyping him up and guiding him. look at julian green now that JK is out of the picture... Without doubt JK did have a positive impact on many of his guys' careers....sometimes that is all some players really need ...a supportive authority figure that can help them along the way. if he can somehow help de la fuente in a similar way it will only make me think better of JK...even though i did not want him as USMNT manager. I think it would be a great move for KDLF
Good point. Perhaps that’s what is giving him pause. Not sure. I don’t know his fame well enough to say which league fits his skill set better.
Nor I his game. Staying put at Barca sounds conservative, but I agree with Scotty that it's the percentage play. If you stay at Barca and things stagnate, you can move on (by agreement) in a year or two. Maybe a sticking point is agreeing on favorable release terms. If you jump ship now and things don't work out, you can't come back. Tough call, and it's not wrong to explore outside offers, but to leave Barca you would want a high level of confidence that it was the 'right' move at the right time.
I like Klinsmann the American soccer cheerleader. As a coach he hasn't been special but to say he can't have learned anything in his time off is wrong. DeBoar was good at Ajax till he wasn't. He was an abysmal failure in Italy and England and is suddenly a decent coach again at Atlanta. Being forced to see what went wrong and why could have changed both men. We'll see if it's true for JK. No one is saying he'll be coach for life or even get the job permanently but he can help Hertha become a decent counter punching team. Those were his best USMNTs. A kid like KDF can help with that and for all the bashing JK gets no one can say he won't give kids a chance. He's also going to be a heavy US recruiter because he knows we have talent here and that it's cheaper than other leagues/nations. KDF has to weigh whether 2 years on Barca B, with no guarantee he'll start the majority of games, is better than coming off the bench with Hertha and trying to earn a permanent job in a better league than the Segunda. I'm not sure either is a terrible choice but people complain about 3+2 contracts in MLS, giving Barca +2 option years may not be much better, though they'll probably be more likely to let him go if he's not good enough for their 1st team bench.
So given that Klinsmann's appointment as Hertha coach is only until the end of the season, wouldn't that make a transfer there even more risky for Konrad? Suppose the new coach comes in and doesn't rate him the way Klinsi does?
I agree. Unless maybe it's a GM/ Director of Football that wants him. Maybe they've been following him since before Klinsmann. Still going to a team where you know the coach is likely to change is a risk.
Don’t forget he is watching fellow Juvenil players get bench time and even minutes already. If Barça need his skill set between now and age 21, what’s to stop them from buying the latest superstar? I can’t fault him too harshly. I just feel in my gut they see him as a Barça B player, primarily.
Jk destroyed a generation of us soccer. Having said that, poster is completely correct. If jk really wants you, you go and get carte blanche. Best move is to hertha IF JK REALLY wants you. Worst case, you play 2 division bundesliga instead of spanich 2. liga.
I don't think JK destroyed a generation of US soccer at all. As much as I will hate on Berhalter, the head of the US Soccer team has very little affect on how much soccer talent we produce. The talent wasn't there. JK's problems were always tactical. The guy could identify talent. He called up Jordan Morris when he was still at Stanford.
If Morris was in MLS Jurgen wouldn't have called Jordan up unless it was January Camp at earliest by rule. And I don't know if you can say Morris is a sign of Jurgen's talent identification when Jordan killed his weak group in a scrimmage. That's what prompted the unorthodox call-up. Jurgen destroyed depth at the very least, in an era where depth should have been the strongest ever. And ultimately it's what put the U.S. out of position to qualify, otherwise they wouldn't have set such a low standard, down period or not top talent-wise. Just missing the WC then could have lingering ramifications yet to be seen. Hopefully he's learned something and doesn't impose his ignorance on BSC. It is a job where he has more built-in knowledge, and his arrogance is less likely to be an impediment, at least in the honeymoon period before he starts throwing players under the bus publicly.
https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/kon...elona-starlet-that/1uwrvq186361t1o1no5kaii4zu Thought I would share this.
Thanks. My favorite quote: "In the near future, I want to become a professional player as soon as possible,” the teenager told SI in November. “In the long term, I want to win a World Cup with the USA and be the best player in the world.” It is going to take something really special to make the Barca 1st Team... he is better off moving to the Bundesliga IMO. He could play for Hertha right now.
Yesterday I was reading about Mikel Arteta and noticed he spent multiple seasons at Barcelona B, failing to break through to the first team before eventually getting loaned to PSG (followed by a purchase by Rangers, then Real Sociedad, Everton, Arsenal...) Of course that is not an average case, but it still gives you an idea of the kind of observation that Barcelona B receives.
On the bench: 👥 A la banqueta:12 Sola13 Ramón (ps)14 Mbuyamba15 Álvaro16 Konrad🏆 Lliga🕓 15.45h⚽️ Juvenil A - Atlético Villacarlos📺 Barça TV / Esport 3#FCBMasia #ForçaBarça🔵🔴— FC Barcelona - Masia (@FCBmasia) January 19, 2020 Scores: 📍 Min 70: GOOOOOOOOL DEL JUVENIL A!! GOOOOL DE KOOONRAAAD (4-0)#FCBMasia #ForçaBarça🔵🔴— FC Barcelona - Masia (@FCBmasia) January 19, 2020
The goal: Goool Konrad de la Fuente! pic.twitter.com/dDzcdB916A— Piotr Guziński (@Nyctophile1_) January 19, 2020