News: Houston Chronicle reports Ricardo Clark set to return to Dynamo

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by Art Vandaley, Jul 28, 2012.

  1. Art Vandaley

    Art Vandaley Member

    Feb 22, 2006
    New Hampshire
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  2. supercooper

    supercooper Red Card

    Jun 23, 2008
    Smart moneyball employed by Houston in the whole Cameron/Clark situation. Touche'
     
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  3. MLSFan123

    MLSFan123 Member+

    Mar 21, 2011
    Boston Area
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Does Clark have to go through the allocation process or does Houston automatically maintain his rights?
     
  4. Soccergodlss

    Soccergodlss Member+

    Jun 21, 2004
    Houston
    Club:
    FC Kaiserslautern
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Houston maintains his rights due to the high offer they made prior to him leaving.
     
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  5. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Okay so that's why Houston maintains Clark's rights, but they don't have to pay him based on that earlier offer, right? Because it would be hard to have a less significant / successful Euro move than Clark had had.
     
  6. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    I would assume they don't. Probably fresh negotiations.
     
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  7. troutseth

    troutseth Member+

    Feb 1, 2006
    Houston, TX
    No they don't have to honor the old offer . . . . the nature of making the offer when his contract is up "indicates" interest and allows them to maintain the rights to the player. It is a bit of an odd rule but is in place partially to limit a players ability to leave, then try to pick his destination upon return.
    Reports are he will be "essentially" replacing Cameron's salary budget number of around 300k (annually) so I would assume that is near what was offered in the past and less than he was making in Europe after he left.

    As a side note, I can list a bevvy of players with a worse move to Europe/elsewhere. :)
     
  8. holly nichole music

    May 3, 2012
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Good for Rico. He's a good defender and covers a lot of ground. Does not matter that he is not international quality. He is very good by MLS standards, and won't get pressed as much exposing his deficiencies. He could very well be the difference between defeating NYRB and not come playoff time
     
  9. crew2112

    crew2112 Member+

    Jan 25, 2008
    Dayton, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    See Pat Noonan.
    Good luck to Clark.
     
  10. DrLudicrous

    DrLudicrous Member+

    Jun 28, 2002
    Houston
  11. footballfantatic

    Mar 27, 2008
    Ontario, California
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If a club has the financial clout to allow a player to move overseas on a free transfer, then it seems to give them an advantage since they keep the rights to the player. If a player is doing it, then the ownership could ship him off for free and when he potentially returns to MLS, BAM, new old player. Teams wouldn't obviously want to allow their better players leave for free, but deals could be made behind the scene in my opinion. We have't really seen this yet, but this Clark deal got me thinking.
     
  12. footballfantatic

    Mar 27, 2008
    Ontario, California
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    MLS has severely missed this guy! :thumbsup:
     
  13. PabloDebarge

    PabloDebarge Member

    Jul 29, 2012
    Club:
    Fluminense Rio Janeiro
    Yes, definately Noonan.

    The Clark move to Europe was a poor one but I can think of many far worse and more significant. Add Kenny Cooper or even Josh Wolfe if your talking Bundesliga.
     
  14. yossarin

    yossarin Member

    Nov 4, 2007
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
  15. yossarin

    yossarin Member

    Nov 4, 2007
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
  16. lurking

    lurking Member+

    Feb 9, 2002
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Kinnear understood Clark the player better then most of his other managers. Just put him in front of your back 4, ask him to move the ball quickly, and not try and do too much and you have a wonderful player. Never understood why other managers have seemed to want him to be more of a dynamic 2 way player then he is, hes always gotten in trouble when hes asked to do more offensively.
     
  17. troutseth

    troutseth Member+

    Feb 1, 2006
    Houston, TX
    Except that most of these guys don't return. Furthermore in a league where the entire roster can be overhauled in a 4 year period, it seems like a big risk to let a guy go free if (and this is an if) you have an option to take the cash in the hopes he returns and you still NEED him 4 years later. I don't see this being any type of strategy that would ever be employed purposely.
     

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