Tim Ream rumors (PSV, others)

That's nice I can see him improving in Europe quickly but I doubt he moves anytime soon. I actually would rather see him play in Serie A.

 

2nd year MLS guy - those usually stay for another season before moving.

Plus, PSV has money problems.

 

Thanks for the link.

Actually - the PSV link comes directly from Seltzer, the author of the article. He cites a source close to the team.

 

I'm down for Ream going to PSV

 

I'd definitely like to see him move as early as the end of this season. He's already 23, and we've seen it with Kljestan and other guys that if he gets consistent playing time he's going to experience more and get better. That'll only be good news for us.

 

I dont see him moving unless he only has 1 year left on the contract or is free. MLS doesnt transfer Americans early or easily

 

I'm sure a lot of teams are "tracking" Tim. The issue is whether anyone is interested enough to pay what it will take to pry him away from MLS. The folks who run MLS aren't fools and take their investments seriously.

 

NYRB isn't your "regular" MLS club either.

 

With Henry and Marquez making max for the foreseeable future, Lindpere (and maybe Dane?) looking for a big raise, and possibly Tanio and DeRo staying on and making big cash too, I think RB might be more willing than you'd think to let Tim go if they can get a decent allocation for him. He'd command a huge raise himself once his contract was up.
Wonder how much MLS will look to get for him.
As a country over club guy, I'd like to see him leave as early as possible. The Eredivisie would be fantastic for him.

 

it's true that being at the red bulls means he's likely to stay in America longer than he would elsewhere. They've turned down an offer for Lindpere from a Premier League side, so they want to keep this side together for some time.

 

It would be a shame if NY stops Ream from going abroad. I am not big on Ream, but I wish if a good european club comes asking for him, he should be allowed to leave.

 

i see mathis' fiasco still haunts

 

When will people realize that clubs at the professional level are meant to win first, develop second. Red Bulls are going to do whatever it takes to compete at the highest level. They owe no player or no federation anything. To be fair Ream owes a lot to Backe. Firstly being drafter at all and then allowing him to play his own style of football.

 

Actually, its false. RBNY has to conform to the same salary cap as all the other teams in MLS do. The fact that they have more high salaried players on their roster than most other teams (considering Lindpere, DeRo, and maybe Dane are looking to get re-signed with a big bump in their base pay) means that NYRB are going to have to look for value/allocations sometime soon. Ream is a great value now, but if he plays to expectations throughout his contract, most MLS teams wont be able to afford him, including RBNY. (MLS defenders rarely make big coin.)

This is bull. 1st, Backe had nothing to do with drafting Ream.That was Soler and Richie. And after that, I think Ream earned everything hes gotten just by his work rate, attitude, professionalism, and his skill.

 

So he owes being drafted to the GM and not the head coach, your point? Obviously players should train their hardest to get into the team. But as we all know following Yanks through Europe into South America and parts of Asia that talent alone doesn't always get you on the field. A bit of luck and lot of faith in a young talent is often the case.

What's bull is to accept what others are saying in this thread that the Red Bulls should let him leave on a dime if PSV or any other team comes knocking. This isn't the case. Ream has a contract. One he signed knowing full well that he could take the Soony Saad route and travel abroad trialing to no avail.

The Euro route is always something players should strive for. The competition is higher and the ceiling isn't made of CCL Glass. But he isn't going to leave for a pennies just to develop. The Red Bulls haven't poured millions of dollars into the leaking bucket of MLS investments to see a player off they could just as easily keep.

Everyone and anyone in this thread is mad to suggest that the Red Bulls owe a player anything. Just as we are mad to suggest Tim should stay to see his contract through for the good of the Red Bulls. Business will be business.

 

I'd look for him to leave when his contract is up. As a high performing, low salaried player he is a valuable commodity in MLS right now, while being a mid-level prospect for a European team. That doesn't bode well for a deal, especially with MLS usually pretty content to let players play out a contract rather than sell at a discount in the last year or so. But on a free, lots of team would be interested, which would also give Tim more options, something he may well be interested in waiting for. For the US national team's sake, I hope this is wrong as it would be much better to get him to Europe now so he can take a year or more to settle in and then build some experience before we go to Brazil. Waiting for his contract to be up could end up seeing him going through that adjustment period without a ton of playing time during our World Cup preparation year.

 

Whats his contract? Is it the 2 year + 3 option years or the 3 year + 2 option years or is that only for GA players?

 

There's a history of Euro clubs low-balling MLS in their offers for players........and MLS telling them to take a hike. Shalrie Joseph to Celtic is a famous example. Charlton's offer for Clint Dempsey being another, which if I remember correctly was about 1.5 million. Dempsey wasn't happy that MLS rejected that offer, but they're not going to give their players away for below-market value.

And we must remember that Garber has said repeatedly that MLS isn't in the business of selling their players for a profit. In other words there are clubs around the Western Hemisphere that have a business model which requires them to consistently sell players for profit. They need to do this to stay afloat. MLS doesn't need to do this.

I'm sure Tim Ream is interested in a move abroad. But we also know RBNY has stated repeatedly their desire to win silverware this season, and Ream is a key component of that plan. Maybe they'll tell him that he can leave in the January transfer window, or something like that. All I know is that if PSV wants the player, they're going to have to pay heavily.

 

Anyone good enough to play for the Nats should at least make double that. At least!

 

MLS baby.

 

50K in NY good luck Tim!