Re Beasley: MLS reportedly turns down PSV's bid too

How much are they offering? Is MLS wanted at least $3 million or something?

 

QUick whiners quick, lets do what Beasley wants.. Lets sell him for a dollar!!! C'mon whaaa whaa. He shoudl go if he wants.. Cmon quick, jump on the league for trying to raise the floor for the bids that are being recieved for American players. Shame on them for trying to make money and do the best for BOTH player and leagues. I raise a "substantial offer" of a middle finger to every foreign club that offers crap money for our players.

 

According to the forum on USsoccerUK, the bid was for about $1.5 mil, MLS is holding out for something in the neighborhood of $3 mil.

Note: Grains of salt sold separately

 

$1.5 million isn't enough. I agree with MLS. He's worth at least as much as Howard was, probably more. $3 million is what he should go for. He needs to score some more goals for the Nats to bump up his asking price.

 

so how many clubs around the world hold onto a player THAT DOES NOT WANT TO STAY.

Hey Szetela, stay the hell away form MLS. For your own good.

 

What was Convey's tranfer fee to Spurs last year?

It would seem that's the benchmark for young American players from MLS. And since Beasley is far, far, far, far more accomplished than Convey, one could presume his fee should be higher than Convey's.

Sachin

 

almost every club ........... if they think that they are being jobbed by the teams offering money. the funny thing is that it may be the whining of these players in the media that drives their price down. if these teams know that the players are crying to leave, they can offer a lower amount because they know that the players will cause a fit to be gone once they know there is ANY offer on the table.

 

I'm gonna say that this has nothing to do with the transfer offer, but heck, that's just my opinion.

 

Two million dollars.

 

does anyone actually know yet if his contract ends in half a year or a year and a half?

 

Maybe they've seen Beasley's fieldgoal-like shooting? I think 1.5M is a VERY VERY fair price for DMB.

Wouldn't this 1.5M pay the salaries of pretty-near a whole MLS teams' salaries for a year?

The thing with Garber's quote about him being better than he was 2 years ago---well, I don't think that's true. DMB's arc of improvement is rapidly leveling off, and going abroad MAY actually help DMB. And DMB wants to go.

How long is DMB's contract with MLS? Perhaps a club can get ANOTHER MLS player on a free in a year or two.

 

if Convey was 2 million, Beasley should easily be 3-4 mil

 

again, IF his contract is up in 6months then he is most likely not even worth 2m.

 

why. Convey has better technical abilities, better skill, and better vision. DMB has one thing on him. Explosion.

But you look European soccer Convey's game translates better because its not dependant upon him beating players 1v1.

 

DMB contract runs through to end of NEXT season.

 

None. All clubs, excepting MLS of course, let their players go whenever they like for whatever is offered to them. I wish MLS was as nice to their players as all the other soccer busines ... er clubs around the world are.

C'mon, you seriously think DaMarcus Beasley is only worth a $1.5 million transfer fee?

And if he doesn't want to stay in MLS, why did he sign a long-term contract?

- Paul

 

Yes, I do. I explianed in another thread how I think MLS players a huge risk to European clubs because there is no precedent with MLS field players. There is no proof that MLS can develop players that consistently play well in Europe.

And why did he sign a long-term contract? Because MLS holds American soccer playaers' nuts in a wrench. Its either play for us or waste away in 3rd division Germany. They offer immediate playing time and can FORCE young American's to sign long term contracts. This why Szetela needs to stay the hell away from MLS. All American's who are as talented as Beaser, Szetela, or Convey should learn from this case, and the case of Clint Mathis. You simply will not be let go until its almost too late

 

Because.....??

 

Convey would probably excel a lot more then Beasley in Europe purely because he will be surrounded by quality players who will actually be able to see the quality runs he makes and make the pass, unlike at DC where his runs go unoticed by everyone. Beasley is a great player but still has a lot of weaknesses that he needs to work on, 1.5-2 mil is VERY reasonable for a project, because thats what he will be where ever he ends up.

 

Lucy, explain me this. How does MLS force these guys. They can sign shorter term contracts and risk it if they want. It also does not seem that our higher profile youngsters are being tracked by third division clubs. Hell, Ned Grabavoy could have signed with Monoco this year. He chose not to. Szetela can sign a two year contract if he wants with options. I think you are making this out to be way too simplistic. If a player wants to risk it and go the Euro route (Gooch, Denny, Russell, etc) they can. If they don't, they don't. If they want to control their destiny abroad then don't sign the extension and see what happens. If they flop in Europe they can come back to MLS.
Have no idea why you have this big axe to grind with MLS. It's a business.
Don't like it...don't sign. Simple enough.
Again, please explain how MLS is forcing these guys to do what they want?
Remember this. THE PLAYER SIGNED THE CONTRACT OR THE EXTENSION. THE PLAYER. THE LEAGUE HAS THEIR RIGHTS. THE LEAGUE. PIECE OF PAPER. SIGNED OF OWN FREE WILL (YOU SEEM TO KNOW DIFFERENT).

Please call Yi, Gooch, Russell, etc. and find out how they dodged the MLS gun.
They aren't sleeping with the fishes yet. Then again, how the hell did Boca miss the bullets? He waited out his contract. What makes him so smart and confident? What's his secret.

Signed,

I have free will and I exert it without blaming others for my actions when I don't get what I want or something better comes along which I didm't know about.

 

DMB is worth 6 to 9 million dollars..

 

MLS is a good place for young players to develop. I think MLS will wait until the end of the season and the Jan. transfer window to sell him. This will keep him with the Fire for the whole season and make sure there aren't any club v. country problems during the Semi-Final round of WCQ.

 

yet Beasley is first string and Convey is third.

 

Isn't that just a little bit too much use of hyperbole?

Southampton has no real left wingers, and they complained that he would have made a big impact in England. Southampton is either truly taking a big gamble if NO MLS field player has ever produced (not quite true anyway) or they are really trying to steal him.

Yes, every young, talented player at some point in time has to go in front of Don Corleone.