Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? I have mentioned this before on other earlier threads. That the Red bullls would have been too stupid too not offer him a contract. Have seen him play many times. Has Altidore size( a bit more broader at this age). Is fast and has creative skill.
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? Even that I don't liked the Parke affair, I think was justified for the drug dilemma during the campaign of 2008 with him....The stupid move was, discharge him with out getting his substitute before....
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? I was wondering why Agudelo was nowhere to be found on any of our academy teams. http://ussda.demosphere.com/teams/17276140/17297104-17276233/TEAM.html
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? I applaud this decision to sign Agudelo. ergo, Agoos had nothing to do with this.
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? While I have not seen him play, I heard that he is the one people feel has the most upside potential.
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? Now, what kind of offer MLS or Red Bulls is giving to this Kid, 20, 30, 50 or 80 K, I'm sure the Europe teams Real Madrid or United are offering him more than 200K....Because Kessel, Baba and others wasn't for not having a offer that they don't sign with the Red Bulls, was because the offer was ridiculous that they look for something else....
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? We won't know until he signs. GAs I think have been anywhere from 65k a year to 150k. Either way he's "off the books" and doesn't count towards the cap.
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? One possible scenario keeps popping into my head and having me smile. We've already signed Chirgadze to a dev contract. If we sign Agudelo to a Gen Addidas contract, then draft Dukka, we'd still have a GA spot to give to someone on the academy team. Could it be that we might have 4 academy players on our roster next year?
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? Sweet eh? They could go Kassel, Cardona, Kinne or St. Cyr while still holding college draft picks. Here's to hoping that MLS continues to loosen up on some of the Academy rules as well as bringing back some form of reserves system and league.
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? thats the key, there's gotta be some sort of reserve matches setup to get them games constantly while training with the first team (and sometimes making first team appearances).
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? From Big Apple Soccer: ON THE TABLE: Red Bulls: Agudelo offered a contract
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? brian lewis had this yesterday, with the statement that he was deciding between us and Millonarios. Its got to be a nice GA deal I would bet.
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? guess he's gone...tho this site is dated 1/13 and it was reported locally that he was still deciding. Sucks if it came down to money and MLS wouldnt go high enough on the GA deal. http://www.millonarios.com.co/Noticias/Noticia.aspx?idnoticia=200
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? No deal yet.. according to Millonarios http://www.yanks-abroad.com/get.php?mode=blog&entry=67
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? good to hear, Soler and company securing this kid would be another nice step in showing we actually have a front office who knows what they are doing.
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? I would be really surprised if he signs there unless we've lowballed him with a $20K offer or the like. If he signs with us: He gets to live at home as a 17 year old instead of moving to Colombia (you don't think this would matter to his parents?) He gets to train on a daily basis with Angel (and possibly Henry), learning how to be a pro forward from 1(2) of the best there are and far better than anything Millonarios has to offer. He signs a standard 4 year contract, which means at worst he is available on a free when he is 21. Of course, if he becomes a star this franchise has shown the willingness to sell players overseas. Now if he were being offered a youth contract with Arsenal or the like, that would be a different matter entirely. But Millonarios? I have a feeling that this is a negotiating tactic to get RBNY to increase their offer.
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? I doubt Agoos is making this decision. His role has changed to more of the league rule expert. The youth coach and Williams probably had some say, plus I would not doubt that Soler and Backe both have seen a fair amount of film on him to have their input. Agudelo is not a big kid, but good technically from what I have heard. Soler himself is going to meet with him to get him to sign instead of with Millionarios. I think Agudelo is just being smart and making the Red Bulls know that he has real options. Again, as has already been said who cares if Agoos did have anything to do with this decision if it is a good decision.
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? . He is close to 6'0-6'1 and has a bigger frame than Altidore had at this age.
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? Agudelo is still deciding between Millonarios and RBNY. He is joining the Red Bulls in Spain tomorrow on trial. Juan Agudelo deciding between Red Bulls and Millonarios
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? This would be a big step up for the club. A real talent who is home bred. There's room on the roster for a GA player, if they want to give him a good deal. More to the point, if in a month, the new MLS player deal is signed and clubs are even free-er to sign their own players, not signing Agudelo will be a big mistake. And if the new rules are more restrictive, at least he's already there and grandfathered in. The only reason not to sign him is if he's not good enough. He just better not go all Oliver Oceann and leverage a Euro deal on the basis of training camp.
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? Thank you for the correction. Yes that is bigger than Altidore. For some reason I thought he was smaller.
Re: Agudelo Offered Contract? hopefully during training he's impressed with Backe and the talent level, feels were a first-class organization and signs. Its been posted several times but this is something Soler should push MLS on, getting the kid a nice GA deal to sign.