Boro have had a bidfor Demarcus Beasley rejected byChicargofire. full story on http://www.teamtalk.com/teamtalk/Team_News/0,1562,28,00.html along with news on boro signing TLF juninho back... Thebid was a small one like. Much smaller than many on here predicted. only £823,000 when many said between £3 -10 million
Chicago Fire does not own the contract of DaMarcus Beasley, the league does. Therefore, the offer was rejected by the league. MLS has a history of not accepting bids that low for players, Boro should have known better.
I agree. Far too low considering the types of money paid for young talent now. DMB has World Cup chops. He's not nearly as speculative as Robbie Keane was when he went from Coventry to Inter for 7m pounds, for example. 3-5 mil sounds about right and if DMB continues in good form, it will come sooner or later.
I don't know about that. In Keane's Coventry debut, my jaw dropped at how freakin' good he was. I don't think there was that much speculation in that trade. As for DMB... 3-5 mil dollars sounds right to me... not pounds. 3 mil pounds works. 5 mil. pounds is too much. You're absolutely right about the cost for talent though. Even Ipswich paid a lot for players like Matteo Sereni and Hermann Hreidarsson. Charlton and Ipswich both made the same bid for Claus Jensen (I always get his name confused with Claus Larsen of Leaetherstrip) as well. I think that was 3M pounds. No idea why anyone would pick London over the lovely Ipswich though. Oh... and a sell-on bonus is a necessity. I have a feeling that DaMarcus will move quite a bit during his career as he improves.
Re: Re: Bid Rejected I have complete agreement with you, the amount offerred IS AN INSULT! Those folks must really think we are extremely naive. The number 3 million seems fair as speed is a "born with" skill, and DMB has an abundance of it. However, if MLS is offerred 10 million for DMB, from anywhere, I'll help pack his bags!
Sigh. No, the kid is not fast at all. He's quick, but he's not fast. Watch him in MLS. He's learned his lesson for the most part, but last year, he'd kick the ball past a defender and then try to run around him, and he couldn't win a sprint longer than 8 yards. His turn and acceleration over 3 yards are great though.
Its a different market with big clubs having major financial woes. With the exception of the mega-Rio deal, things have been fairly low key. As a point of reference, Dwight Yorke was just sold for 2 mil pounds. DMB has a huge upside in comparison, but Yorke is a proven goal scorer. Because of the tremendous upside of DMB, I would think 2-3 million would be fair with a sell on clause.
i wouldnt go too far...boro have been spending for fun maccarone £8.15 million Juninho (around) £6 Queadrue £2.5 and we have been offering £5 for boeteng. although it has been slow. Liverpool and newcastle have also been spending a fair bit of cash....
True. I also just read that Birmingham sealed the Morrison deal for 4.25 million with more to come if they stay up. It appears Yorke was a bargain basement deal with United simply looking to dump his 40,000/week wages.