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Obafemi Martins has moved to China in a multi-million dollar deal https://t.co/bHvCMTSX9K pic.twitter.com/Pni0FfTd2o— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) February 14, 2016
Martins is on a mission to play at least one season in every league in the world, and is well on the way to accomplishing it.
I'll miss watching him, he was one of the most magnetic players in the league to watch. And it's funny, when they signed Jackson Martinez, my first thought was "you know, take away all the babble about how big the fee was and what this means about the Chinese league, and Martins has had a better career than him." But it is good business for Seattle. Their team was too top-heavy (btw I have a feeling you can kiss that 4-3-3 goodbye), and the opportunity to sell a 31 year old forward for a big fee, even if he's your best, is not going to come around often.
There have been a few nice paydays for MLS teams so far....this, Miazga. I thought there might be a couple more. MLS....I mean the MLS....looks to becoming more and more part of the worlds soccer network.
Dear, Chicago. Took some time to compose myself and write down my thoughts in the attached notes! pic.twitter.com/kH0gG67Bhm— Harry Shipp (@championShipp11) February 13, 2016 How many teams do this? Really?
I should be happy about this. I should be happy for Mr. Martins. I should be happy for the Sounder's ownership. I should be happy about all the bloody Nouveaux Riche that ain't me..........But, ya know,......shoulda, woulda, coulda......
Nice job, Las Vegas. Galaxy and Earthquakes fans filled Cashman Field for an unofficial attendance of 7,500, and the rivalry bickering could be heard in concession stand lines. Many local fans attended and some made the trip from California. "The San Jose Ultras were already yelling at me as I was walking in," said Joe Turk about the Earthquakes' fan club. "They're just jealous because we have more championships."
Report: Seattle Sounders forward Obafemi Martins to join China's Shanghai Shenhua The Seattle Times When you're 40+ yrs old you got to look for one last fat paycheck.
Nemeth and Martins were around 3 million. Juninho was around 2, with Omar around 1.5, and Villifana at 1 mil. Include that 5 from Miazga and you are looking at around 15 million spent on MLS players this off-season.
I wonder if China will cause some changes in the foreign players MLS targets. For a variety of reasons I don't think China is setup to be a developmental league, and if they buy players at the end of their careers for large sums more MLS teams will just go the "19-23 year old" route in Central America/South America/Africa.
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Not that much this year for the most part. Outside of Gashi and Gruezo most players brought in this year have been for less than a million. Of course last summer Portland paid around 5 million for Melano and Dos Santos was bought for 7ish (I'm converting pounds to USD in my head so these may be off by a bit). Some years there is more spent on incoming players and some years it is received for outgoing players.