That's pretty standard across MLS, for good or ill. Expect the golden boot winner to have another 30+ season. We also just offloaded a million dollar defender (at one point we had the highest-paid defense in MLS). I do think we're going to splash on a would-be starter at CB. I wonder if we waited for the CBA to go thru?
My scouts in football manager 2020 say that Franco would be a quality signing for us! I think they may have said the same about Jorgan Skittles back in the day tho....
That's what I thought too. You get three players who are in the millions, your starters are generally 300k+ and then depth is provided by younger players on their first contract or older journeymen there to get paid. ---------------------Chich(??m)---------------------- Pavon(1.2m)------------------------Katai(1.3m) ---------------------Lletget(300k)--------------- --------DosSantos(2m)------Corona(550k)------ Insua(??)-- Gonzales(650k)--Franco(???)-Feltcher(218k) ----------------------Bingham(375k)---------------- That looks about right. We've got some overpriced players and some bargains as reserves but it always turns out that way.
Yup. I think the key is that once you get close to 1 million dollars and up, they HAVE to deliver. That money can't be wasted. And in the last couple years we've had a couple players in that range who were straight out flops....
Yes, I would happy to have defenders that performed at a 300k/yr level. If we did I think we would be a top 3 team, with Cup aspirations.
Hearing #LAGalaxy improved their offer. There are meetings right now and if #Independiente accepts terms, Franco won’t play tonight in #CopaSudamericana @jguesman @kbaxter11 @GalaxyPodcast .. separate news: American Soñora will start this game .... #MLS https://t.co/WbopAM6oQa— John E. Rojas (@jrojasa75) February 13, 2020 All eyes on the line up for this game tonight then...
Funny story: one of the guys from the Squadcast (who tend to have some pretty good insider info at times; they broke the Zlatan news before anybody) said that he talked to a player who said Jorgan was amazing in training. Like "1st year Jelle" amazing.
Apparently he’s in the starting line up and we are not close to signing him. At least we’re targeting the right kinds of center backs. Too bad we are apparently cheap about it.
It's just brutal how MLS loses out on top talent they help develop. What's the solution? I have no idea.
It's a problem. We should get some training comp here since MLS changes their stance before he signed (but after Uly and Alex Mendez) but it's not a lot of money.
It's a crapshoot. As Galaxy fans, it really sucks we have now lost numerous talents for nothing. Any of those guys could have been in our team in the next few years, but they will be getting arguably much better training and preparation in europe. So as a USA fan, this is great for the nation especially considering how bad we are at developing talent here. But yea I don't like to see us lose talent like this. If I was garber, I'd make it a rule that if one of your youth players get poached for europe, you are entitled to another 500k-750k of cap space for that season. This way you at least get some benefit.
I’ve always wondered, if they come to MLS in the future, do we have their rights? If so there may be some pay off in the very long term. Small solace.
If we have made contract offers to them, yes. In the past, we retained Paul Arriola and Zico Bailey rights and we traded them to other MLS teams.
Update ... Independiente’s coach expressed opposition to the deal. Terms changed and is not done yet... Club looking to tie #LAGalaxy to buy the other 50% of rights in a year. Official offer today US$3 millons plus incentives. Player asked to be accepted @jguesman @GalaxyPodcast https://t.co/XoO3FFWfSj— John E. Rojas (@jrojasa75) February 14, 2020 Argentine press are saying LA Galaxy have met Independiente’s asking price of $3 million for 50% of Alan Franco’s rights (in other words, a 50% sell-on clause).Franco, a 23-year-old Argentine international CB, has asked the club to accept and will sign a 4-year contact. pic.twitter.com/NjEuhKy2Bi— MLS Buzz (@MLS_Buzz) February 14, 2020 It looks like we're moving in the right direction.
Update ... Independiente’s coach expressed opposition to the deal. Terms changed and is not done yet... Club looking to tie #LAGalaxy to buy the other 50% of rights in a year. Official offer today US$3 millons plus incentives. Player asked to be accepted @jguesman @GalaxyPodcast https://t.co/XoO3FFWfSj— John E. Rojas (@jrojasa75) February 14, 2020 Argentine press are saying LA Galaxy have met Independiente’s asking price of $3 million for 50% of Alan Franco’s rights (in other words, a 50% sell-on clause).Franco, a 23-year-old Argentine international CB, has asked the club to accept and will sign a 4-year contact. pic.twitter.com/NjEuhKy2Bi— MLS Buzz (@MLS_Buzz) February 14, 2020 It seems we're moving in the right direction.
You want to develop talent that want to be the best. The downside to that is someone who wants to be the best is going to want to prove it and MLS isn’t that place. The league suffers at larger scale what the likes of Southampton do in the Premier League. It’s not realistic to think we'll be able to retain those types of players, but the league as a whole needs to figure out a way to ensure compensation.
In the battle of anonymous twitter rumor sites, a different one claims Franco is not coming to the Galaxy Alan Franco will not be sold to the #LAGalaxy.— LA Galaxy Rumors (@LAG_Rumors) February 14, 2020
It won't actually be for free, as MLS and USSF opted back into the FIFA Solidarity Payments and Training Compensation mechanisms that they'd previously opted out of. As a result, we will receive a training fee based on his years in our academy, with additional fees every time he gets transferred before his 23rd birthday. Potentially even better, we'll get a percentage of every transfer fee paid for him for the rest of his career. https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019...g-compensation-claims-and-solidarity-payments
"LA Galaxy Rumors" is the twitter account that claimed Chicharito was signed one week before it actually happened, which as you'll recall, was nowhere near true as at one point it looked like the deal might fall through. It's worth noting that at no point did that account attempt to update or retract that statement. I'd give Jon E Rojas and MLS Buzz a little more credence, though as @Benny Dargle correctly notes, none of them are official. Sadly, it seems the best source remains noted LAFC entusiast, Kevin Baxter of the LA Times.
In Te Kloese we trust. Truth be told the expectation of players playing up to their pay grade is always there but the reality is, it is a roll of the dice. I am putting high hopes on Kljestan and Katai that they will unleash on teams this season but.... there is always that "but." This is on top of the guys that MUST perform this year like Pavon, Lletget, Jona and Chich. Not to mention the revamped back line. It's very stressing right now as a fan. Waiting to see what happens with the everlovin chemistry of this team.
This also states it's a 4 year deal. That worries me a little after the fiasco that was GDS and Skittles. Isn't 3 years a more standard contract?
Very different situations. All the evidence so far points toward DTK being a very good evaluator of talent, unlike Klein & clowns. Second both GDS and Skjoiok had warning flags in their histories that we ignored. GDS had failed to live up to hype at his former clubs and had poor club stats on both assists and goals. He got a lot of his rep from ooh and aah plays and a few high profile goals, not for his consistent production. Skjoiu's club had recently moved him from cb to lb because he wasn't working out in the former position. Add in the fact that neither of the players' clubs fought to keep them - that tells you a lot right there. OTOH this Alan Franco fellow is starting at cb on a top Argentinian team at age 23. That is impressive in itself - there is a lot of experienced competition for that spot. Plus his club is fighting to keep him unlike many of our recent disastrous pick-ups. And again the main point - I trust DTK a lot more than the Bermuda Triangle of Klein, Vagenas and Kiroski .