RSL Player News/Rumor/Gossip Part IV

I did the same thing.. However, the quote looks like "newspeak" and not the posters own words.. Hard to know at this point..

 

I hope that this rumor is not true. Does anyone know what Cunningham's contract is currently like?

 

Its informed in many israeli sites.

 

Now there are sources in that thread..
https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showpost.php?p=10552295&postcount=4

It's not a done deal as the negotiations between MLS and the club there are not complete, it says..
Perhaps Cunningham's side of it was agreed to and now it's just the MLS end of it..

 

Do we really need any more reasons to have Ellinger fired? First, he tries to reunite the U-17 national team with RSL. Then he allows the League friggin' leading scorer last season to bolt!

What an arse!!!

 

Except the sources are all in hebrew! And there are no pictures of Cunningham. I refuse to believe it until I see a source I can understand with my own two eyes. Taking someone else's word for it, isn't credible in my opinion.

If it were the case, I would proceed to cry my eyes out.

 

someone enlighten me please...

If it's reported they're in negotiations does this actually mean there's some interest on RSL or Jeff's part. In the EPL there's interest in every player from every other team and it's always in the news. Just because there's interest doesn't mean it's being recipricated. Someone please tell me that RSL isn't REALLY interested

 

If any of this is true, it seems it is being reported that Jeff and the team have agreed on terms and now it's up to MLS to agree to sell him and at what price.. Again.. That is just what it appears those who can read the reports are saying they say..

The direct negotiations between MLS and the Israeli team are supposed to start tomorrow, again, according to what is being said..

 

Was JC out of contract? If so, he has every right to find the highest bidder and pursue it.

 

Cunningham was supposedly out of contract, but if that is the case, then why would MLS and the Israeli club need to agree to a transfer fee (as is being reported)? So if there is any truth to this, it would seem that either:

1. Cunningham has signed with Israel and it just won't be announced until this week (perhaps waiting to see what happens with the stadium?).

2. Cunningham signed quietly with MLS and just now received this offer (which would make you wonder what's wrong with the Israeli team that they let him sign with MLS if they were willing to pay a transfer fee for him. Why not just offer him half the transfer fee as part of his salary and save some cash?).

3. This is a negotiating tactic by Cunningham in getting a better deal with MLS, which is what I think may be the most likely scenario. In other words, Cunningham will say "Maccabi whatever will pay me $X, from you guys I want $x + 10% or I'm gone." So they have agreed to terms, but Cunningham is letting MLS come back with a better offer.

4. Maybe RSL is trying to unload him to save salary space for Beasley or some other DP. I will be seriously ticked off if this is the case, unless they bring in Thierry Henry or Ruud Van Nistelroy.

 

There must be a zero missing somewhere...

 

Our source in the FO says nothing to worry about.

 

more like two

How much did Dempsey go to Fulham for? JC is worth something similar to him, maybe a bit lessbecause he doesn't have the caps that Dempsey does, but not that much less.

 

Ewwwww.......

 

Israeli sports website One quoted the Maccabi Netanya manager Reuven Atar earlier today as saying the Cunningham deal was far from complete and that negotiations were very complicated and "time is not on our side."

Shortly after, the same site reported that Maccabi Netanya signed a 23 year old striker from the Ivory Coast who had been playing in Belgium, effectively ending the club's pursuit of Cunningham.

 

Thanks for that good news.. Let's hope it stays that way..

 

From SI.com today...

 

I think SI is behind the times on this one. As I said yesterday, my RSL source says that the offer that the foreign team made was "grossly" undervalued and "it doesn't appear that Jeff is going anywhere."

I think SI.com is just rehashing the initial reports that we were seeing on Sunday, reports that my source and current Israeli press have debunked.

 

where did you hear this from?

 

RSL waives three players!

posted at Are You Loyal?

 

I would like to point out that I called Nelson not being on the team this year.

Scott Palguta is in town training with the team. He is from Roch Rhinos. He trained with RSL for a week or so back in August.

 

If I understand right, the transfer window is closed now. Does this effectively mean we won't be using our DP slot this year?