Allez Alé - Bedoya at Nantes

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  1. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
  2. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    I like this move a lot. My personal knock on Bedoya is that he's never had to face top-quality opposition with any regularity...that won't be a problem anymore.
     
  3. OWN(yewu)ED

    OWN(yewu)ED Member+

    Club: Venezia F.C.
    May 26, 2006
    chico, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    LOVE this move, great to have another yank in france. Nantes is a sleeping giant too, good time to latch onto them.
     
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  4. ChambersWI

    ChambersWI Member+

    Nov 10, 2010
    Club:
    AC Milan

    It's a good spot for him. Nantes are not throwing money around like Monaco is, but they've got a decent chance to stay up. Bedoya should get good playing time as well.
     
  5. Friedel'sAccent

    Friedel'sAccent Member+

    Jul 7, 2006
    Providence, RI
    Club:
    Reading FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Awesome! I can whip up a quick translation once I get through my morning work.
     
  6. Gorky

    Gorky Member+

    Jul 28, 2006
    NYC
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    According to Wikipedia, Gabriel Cichero (formerly of the Red Bulls) plays for Nantes now. Also, Mo Johnston played there from 87 to 89 (in between Celtic and Rangers).
     
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  7. Scotty

    Scotty Member+

    Dec 15, 1999
    Toscana
    Interesting move. I like it.

    Alejandro will also be able to speak Spanish with Nantes' 3 Venezuelan players on the squad.
     
  8. Tom Collingsworth

    Jun 14, 2011
    North Carolina
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Their current roster isn't good enough to stay up imo. They will need to a few more quality pieces this window if they want to avoid spending most of the season in the middle of the relegation scrap.

    With that said, if the owner does indeed have cash to spend I don't think it would take too many additions for them to pass up teams like Evian, Ajaccio and Bastia.
     
  9. Pl@ymaker

    Pl@ymaker Member+

    Feb 8, 2010
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    My stamp of approval:thumbsup:
     
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  10. keller4president

    Jan 5, 2006

    Either way, he'll still have a full season of Ligue 1 play going into next summer's World Cup. This move really could help push him over his competition for spots on the WC roster (Corona, Torres, Kljestan, Diskeruud, Gatt). He'll be playing in a better league than all of those guys.
     
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  11. ckl26

    ckl26 Member+

    Jul 21, 2012
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    good move
     
  12. Friedel'sAccent

    Friedel'sAccent Member+

    Jul 7, 2006
    Providence, RI
    Club:
    Reading FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Second part:

    The Seventh American to Play in Ligue 1
    There haven't been that many Americans to play in the French league. The midfielder will be the seventh player to stroll on the pitches in Ligue 1, and certainly the one one this season. Before him, only Carlos Bocanegra (99 appearances, 4 goals)--his teammate on the national team but also at Glasgow Rangers (2011-12)--really left a lasting mark, at Rennes and then at Saint-Etienne. The others can be counted on one hand: Greg Vanney (60 appearances with Bastia), Freddy Adu (9 appearances for Monaco), and the latest one, Charlie Davies (10 appearances, 2 goals for Sochaux). The two others are Franco-Americans David Regis (154 appearances) and Quentin Westberg (4 appearances).

    Alejandro Bedoya should arrive in Nantes tomorrow to sign a 3-year deal. Hopefully Carlos Bocanegra tells him the formula he needs to succeed in France...
     
  13. Scotty

    Scotty Member+

    Dec 15, 1999
    Toscana
    Anyone know when the season kicks off?
     
  14. dwsmith1972

    dwsmith1972 BigSoccer Supporter

    May 11, 2007
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  15. m vann

    m vann Moderator
    Staff Member

    Colorado Rapids, Celtic FC, & Louisville City
    Sep 10, 2002
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Celtic FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ligue 1 opens up this weekend. More specifically, Nantes open up at home, on Saturday, against Bastia.
     
  16. Scotty

    Scotty Member+

    Dec 15, 1999
    Toscana
    Wow! It's a shame he missed the entire pre-season. Hopefully it won't work against him too much.
     
  17. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
    What an awful song.
     
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  18. ckl26

    ckl26 Member+

    Jul 21, 2012
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Amazing song...Beirut is awesome
     
  19. kruck

    kruck Member+

    Jan 12, 2008
    Houston, TX
    Club:
    SV Werder Bremen
    Since I listened to this, I feel like you owe me one good song I've never listened too as well.
     
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  20. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    About damn time we've got another Yank to France.
     
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  21. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    The only question is will this get him to Brazil? Starting and playing well could leapfrog him over Corona, Shea, Kljestan.
     
  22. Scotty

    Scotty Member+

    Dec 15, 1999
    Toscana
    Prepare to be pestered. ;)
     
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  23. NotreDameFlamengo

    Jul 25, 2011
    Raleigh, NC
    Club:
    Flamengo Rio Janeiro
    Beirut. Deserves 10 reps.
     
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  24. Hobo

    Hobo Member+

    Apr 29, 2007
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Can I put "Big Soccer Translator" on my résumé? Friedel'sAccent ;)
     
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  25. Friedel'sAccent

    Friedel'sAccent Member+

    Jul 7, 2006
    Providence, RI
    Club:
    Reading FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'll allow it.
     
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