According to Danish newsmedia, former Danish international Mads Junker is on his way to MLS, to negotiate with two different MLS club during the next two weeks... Junker came 3rd on the topscorers list in the Dutch league in both the 2009/10 and 2010/11 season, scoring 21 goals in 34 games in 2009/10 and 20 goals in 33 games in 2010/11 for Roda... this season has been a more modest one (7 goals in 34 games) and he will be a free agent this summer. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/DR-Junker-paa-vej-til-MLS .
the red bulls do need a dane to round out their collection of scandanavian players since brian nielsen was released
the EPL list of released players is now out: http://www.premierleague.com/conten...ations/other/premier-league-released-list.pdf (Paul Scholes signed a new 1 year contract after the list was published, but everybody else should be a free agent) a few highlights: American/Canadian Marcus Hahnemann: GK, 39, USA, Everton; 2011-12 0GP Zak Whitbread: CB, 28, USA, Norwich; 2011-12 21GP oG 1A Regional/Ex-MLS Ricardo Gardner: LB, 33, Jamaica, Bolton; 2011-12 6GP 0G 1A Ricardo Fuller: ST, 32, Jamaica, Stoke; 2011-12 18GP 1G 0A Hugo Rodallega: ST, 26, Colombia, Wigan; 23GP 2G 6A Hendry Thomas: DM/CM, 27, Honduras, Wigan; 2GP 0G 0A Ryan Nelsen: CB/DM, 34, New Zealand, Tottenham; 9GP 1G 0A Other Carlos Cuellar: CB/RB, 30, Spain, Aston Villa; 2011-12 21GP 0G 1A Emile Heskey: ST, 34, England, Aston Villa; 2011-12 29GP 1G 0A Vince Grella: DM/CM, 32, Australia, Blackburn; 2011-12 2GP 0G 0A Michel Salgado: RB/LB, 36, Spain, Blackburn; 2011-12 9GP 0G 0A Paul Robinson: LB/RB, 33, England, Bolton/Leeds; 2011-12 31GP 0G 2A Gretar Steinsson: RB, 30, Iceland, Bolton; 2011-12 27GP 1G 0A Ivan Klasnic: ST, 32, Croatia, Bolton; 2011-12 33GP 9G 8A Didier Drogba: ST, 34, Ivory Coast, Chelsea; 2011-12 37GP 15G 4A James McFadden: ST, 29, Scotland, Everton; 2011-12 8GP 0G 0A Bjorn Helge Riise: RM/CM, 28, Norway, Fulham/Portsmouth; 2011-12 6GP 0G 0A Andy Johnson: ST, 31, England, Fulham; 2011-12 34GP 11G 8A David Amoo: ST, 21, England, Liverpool/Bury; 2011-12 29GP 4G 3A Michael Owen: ST, 32, England, Man Utd; 2011-12 4GP 3G 0A Tamas Kadar: CB/LB, 22, Hungary, Newcastle (Res); 2011-12 9GP 0G 0A Peter Lovenkrands: ST, 32, Denmark, Newcastle; 2011-12 12GP 3G 3A Akos Buzsaky: CM/AM, 30, Hungary, QPR; 2011-12 21GP 2G 2A Danny Gabbidon: CB, 32, Wales, QPR; 2011-12 19GP 1G 0A Fitz Hall: CB, 31, England, QPR; 2011-12 16GP 0G 0A Clint Hill: CB/LB, 33, England, QPR; 2011-12 25GP 0G 2A Louis Saha: ST, 33, France, Everton/Tottenham; 32GP 6G 2A Keith Andrews: DM, 31, Ireland, West Brom/Ipswich; 34GP 11G 1A Nicky Shorey: LB, 31, England, West Brom; 26GP 0G 3A Paul Scharner: DM/CB, 32, Austria, West Brom; 30GP 3G 2A Somen Tchoyi: ST, 29, Cameroon, West Brom; 21GP 1G 0A Steve Gohouri: CB/RB, 31, Ivory Coast, Wigan; 10GP 0G 0A
Thanks for the list. Of the players on the list, the only one that would interest me as a potential Fire player would be: Ivan Klasnic Andy Johnson (a really underrated striker)-he'll stay in England and move to a team like QPR or Crystal Palace Michael Owen, if he is healthy, but he is never healthy. People say he is washed up but he did score 19 goals in only 49 games at Manchester United and over 300 goals in less than 600 games for his career. of course, Didier Drogba
Saha could be a great pickup for an MLS club if they're willing to pay. Also think Paul Robinson could be a great addition to an MLS backline. Very smart, experienced, tough guy with a few years left. Not sure he'd leave England though. Klasnic could also be a great pickup. Dude has talent and I've seen a few amazing goals from him. Maybe since Stu is a good friend of his, he'll whisper pretty haiku in his ear about how lovely Hou is in Aug, and come over.
i definitely think the two americans should be targeted by MLS. i also think that the regional/ex-mls should be targeted. especially Ricardo Fuller who is probably still got some goals left in him. i do doubt that rodallega or hendry would come here tho, probably both are targets for teams in the UK. of the others i'd agree with the others that Klasnic is a good DP target for an MLS team. i'd also really like to see MLS teams go after Buzsaky and Scharner who are both very solid players and would probably contribute very nicely in MLS.