General Jozy Offseason Thread: To Villarreal and Beyond

Monaco would be great for him.





Seriously, please go to RC lens. Used to have some cool jerseys.

 

I don't know how credible this site is, but St. Etienne is interested:

http://www.foot01.com/ligue1/saint-etienne-veut-se-faire-preter-altidore,st-etienne,32933

EDIT - So does this site:

http://www.football.fr/footballfr/cmc/saint-etienne/200931/les-verts-cherchent-buteur_71101.html

 

St. Etienne would be a pretty good destination. They just sold their best striker to archrivals Lyon, so he could get some PT there. Perin is a pretty good coach and it is arguably the most storied team in France, even if they've down for a while.

 

I would love this move for Jozy. He would be a perfect replacement for Gomis and could end up thriving at St. Etienne as well as on a long-term transfer there. I think the style of the league is perfect for him as it requires both speed and technical ability...things that I think Jozy needs to improve on. In terms of upside, I see Jozy as a better player than Gomis, but Jozy has to improve his work rate, his timing of runs, his iffy first-touch, as well as further improving his body positioning. I think Ligue 1 will accelerate these areas of his game further than almost any other league (with only the Netherlands coming to mind as competition to that statement). Here's hoping that this deal can work out.

 

True, but with so much more money to be made later in his career, I think it'd be wise to take the paycut to become twice the player. In other words go down a little to become a lot greater, rather than find a happy realm of complacency...like, well... Adu . And with that, adieu!

 

It seems Malaga is discarding Altidore since he´s too expensive.

 

There's somebody over at the Adu thread that's talking about tax withholding rates too. Is Bigsoccer being invaded by tax attorneys prospecting for clients?

 

France, Holland or Greece are good destinations as he could work on improving technically and then possibly return to Spain next year sometime. If he goes to England, I doubt he will return to Spain at all. In a couple of years if he moves to the EPL, if it is still the big money league, he'll be in a position to walk right into the line up of a big time club. But for now I hope he gets as much polish to his game as possible.

 

Jozy didn't play against Bordeaux:

http://www.marca.com/2009/08/02/futbol/equipos/villarreal/1249240031.html

But neither did others, such as Rossi or Nilmar...

 

So theres a chance that Jozy is sold permanently?

 

It seems like he knows where he is going.

http://twitter.com/JozyAltidore17

 

Well if he really does know where he's going, good. At least he [and his agent + Villarreal] are working to insure that he continues to progress in his career.

 

Please Malaga, please Malaga, we´re of the 3 teams the one with less chances, but please Malaga!

 

I'm with you on this, I think Malaga would be a great destination; however, the rumors seem to be pointing toward St Etienne at the moment.

 

"Having lunch wit my boy Rossi tellin him he should have played for US! Hahahha"-I like this entry

 

I would have liked Malaga too, but hey St. Etienne is great too. Afterall I know Charlie would love to have Jozy in the same league so that he could take the crown

 

Ok, it seems Malaga won´t be the destination. radio revealed that the striker that is going to sign with Malaga is Marko Pantelic...

 

It just says he's going on a little trip.

 

Then he responds to someone asking him where he's going:
"cmon if i told u it wouldnt be a surprise! lol"

Not that I don't find re-posting tweets incredibly lame but I would say it's probably not a trip to Aruba he wants to surprise us with...

 

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@JozyAltidore17 yo jo...where you been?? everybody is asking for you.31 minutes ago from web in reply to JozyAltidore17