Earning his stripes: Timothy Weah at Juventus

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What should we name the thread?

Poll closed Jul 6, 2019.
  1. Where there’s a Lille, there’s a Weah! Tim at LOSC

    71 vote(s)
    56.8%
  2. Say hello to my Lille friend! Tim Weah at LOSC

    54 vote(s)
    43.2%
  1. ChambersWI

    ChambersWI Member+

    Nov 10, 2010
    Club:
    AC Milan
    Lille is reportedly taking over the Belgium club Moeskroen and plan to use it as a feeder club. So while I'm sure Weah will get another chance coming off of injury dont be shocked to see him in Belgium to get the rust off
     
  2. TimB4Last

    TimB4Last Member+

    May 5, 2006
    Dystopia
    In case that happens, I'll try to dream up a new thread title that won't make my foes groan.
     
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  3. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Weah down, down, Weah, Weah on down
     
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  4. FirstStar

    FirstStar Hustlin' for the USA

    Fulham Football Club
    Feb 1, 2005
    Time's Arrow
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Is he healthy yet???
     
  5. tomásbernal

    tomásbernal Member+

    Sep 4, 2007
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Weah: playing where the Moeskroen
    Weah, Weah down (hits own chest)....croak.
     
  6. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    our strikers have the worst luck staying healthy in Europe
     
  7. HockeytownHeel

    HockeytownHeel Member+

    Dortmund
    United States
    Jul 23, 2018
    pretty sure that is illegal per FIFA rules right? isnt that why RB had to dissolve the boards and have individual boards for each club?
     
  8. tomásbernal

    tomásbernal Member+

    Sep 4, 2007
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    How does City Football Group get away with it, then? Different boards, schmifferent boards. NYC is intended to be a feeder club for ManCity, and appears to be legit according to FIFA. Surely this would be no different in it's functioning.
     
  9. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Man City's owners bought Girona to use as a feeder club. RB Leipzig use Red Bull Salzburg.
     
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  10. Patrick167

    Patrick167 Member+

    Dortmund
    United States
    May 4, 2017
    I doubt Lille spent $10 MM on a player to loan him to a nothing Belgium club. If he needs a loan to get back up to speed, it would be to Anderlecht not whatever club this would be.

    He would not be able to go there for a few games. It would have to be a window to window loan.
     
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  11. The Irish Rover

    The Irish Rover Member+

    Aug 1, 2010
    Dublin
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    Nothing club they may be, but they're in the Jupiler League and playing against Anderlecht, Brugge and the rest. It isn't Holland but its Big 5 are more than good enough opposition for someone like Weah to "get back up to speed" by playing against them.
     
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  12. Patrick167

    Patrick167 Member+

    Dortmund
    United States
    May 4, 2017
    Do you have an example of a player who went on loan from a Champions League club to a mid-table club to "get back up to speed"? After a few games, and he is back up to speed, what would be the point of playing another 3-4 months there?

    He can't go there for a game or two and come back to Lille. Which is why when a player needs to, "get back up to speed", they usually spend a game or two with the club's reserve team. Rather than spend half a season somewhere else.
     
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  13. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    Girona aka the club Zack Steffen didn't join on loan.
     
  14. The Irish Rover

    The Irish Rover Member+

    Aug 1, 2010
    Dublin
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    I can recall hearing about loans to a mid-table club in the same league in the first half of the season, though I'm damned if I can recall any names. To a mid-table club in a much lesser league? I can't remember it at all and it'd make no sense for the reason you gave: once he's "up to speed" for Lille's purposes they'll want him back immediately.

    As for Tim going on loan there a) the French season is over, so he's entering pre-season in August and everyone will be a bit off the pace, and b) he did well enough at Celtic that if he's fit he'll be an attractive enough loan option for a Ligue 1 or top of Ligue 2 side and Lille will send him on loan because they don't think he's ready to contribute to the 1st team in 2020-21, not beacuse he's got some need to catch up with the rest of the squad.
     
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  15. The Irish Rover

    The Irish Rover Member+

    Aug 1, 2010
    Dublin
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    And Leicester City own Leuven in Belgian D2
     
  16. The Irish Rover

    The Irish Rover Member+

    Aug 1, 2010
    Dublin
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    In any case, I'd be very sceptical of this rumoured acquisition of Mouscron. The Ligue 1 reserve sides in the French pyramid play in the regionalized 4th division, which is closer to Oberliga than RL ball, so if Lille want Mouscron as a base to see if an academy grad can bridge the gap to senior footy, in theory it'd be better to have him playing in Belgium than in the reserve league. In theory. In reality, the Jupiler is a decent league and the step up from a Ligue 1 academy will still be so steep that no more than a handful of academy graduates would be able to go 90' week-in-week-out at that level. If it Mouscron were a Belgian or Dutch D2 side, it could make sense, but not at D1 level.
     
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  17. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    City loaned 10 players to Girona in 2018/19 but seem to have lost interest following their relegation.
     
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  18. Relegation?
    With all those top quality loans from Magical ManCity:eek:
     
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  19. Placid Casual

    Placid Casual Member+

    Apr 2, 2004
    Bentley's Roof
    A pedant writes.

    No they don't - King Power own both teams

    10 in one season ? You sure about that?
     
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  20. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    Anything is legal if the bribe is big enough.
     
  21. HScoach13

    HScoach13 Member+

    Nov 30, 2016
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Including sending the World Cup to a desert country that used basically slave labor to build facilities and moving the games to the fall...
     
  22. Jazzy Altidore

    Jazzy Altidore BigSoccer Yellow Card

    Sep 2, 2009
    San Francisco
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That would be shocking. It is not a reserve team, and they aren't going to loan him out to Belgium.
     
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  23. Rahbiefowlah

    Rahbiefowlah Member+

    Oct 22, 2001
    Las Vegas


    Who wants good news?
     
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  24. KALM

    KALM Member+

    Oct 6, 2006
    Boston/Providence
    That's very good news.

    But what are they training for?
     
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  25. TimB4Last

    TimB4Last Member+

    May 5, 2006
    Dystopia
     

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