Feels like a loan won’t be till next summer. I imagine he goes to Chelsea in January, stays with them for the rest of the season, and is loaned out that summer.
I hope that’s what happens. I have no idea what their plans for him are personally, haven’t had much time to research properly. I just hope that he gets minutes somewhere, the higher the level the better obviously but as long as he’s facing shots from professional soccer players in official matches for a first team, not a reserve team, I’ll be happy I’m not totally sure what the precedent is for loan players and getting releases for World Cups. Maybe someone else does but would Chelsea or the club he’s loaned to decide his release? I feel like if it’s Chelsea the chances are significantly better
I like the transfer amount but don't like being bought by the Chelsea Loan Operational arm of Chelsea HQ. Never liked being bought by a conglomerate not willing to play for the main team, just to float away through the non-gravitational atmosphere of unknown future European Football.
don’t disagree but maaaybe they’re better with goalies? last four goalies purchases for serious amounts: Courtious Asmir Begovic (always found him playing time at least?) Kepa Mendy that’s since 2011. Idk just trying to be an optimist here.
Last Four they bought and initially sent out for loan, or just 4 of their GK in general? Do they still have GK on loan for years?
Plenty of goalies on loan looks like haha. No those are the four bought for serious $$ like slonina. Overall not a fan of this move but they’ve found loan arrangements for goalies looks like
How many of those keepers were extremely raw teenagers vs goalkeepers signed arguably in or close to their prime and immediately ready for their first team?
Courtois was 19 when signed by Chelsea and had been the starter for one year at Genk when he was signed, Sort of along the lines of Slonina. Mendy, Begović, and Kepa were way more experienced.
I think people forget that Courtois went straight out on loan when they bought him. For 3 years! To Atleti, of course, but still - it was a loan move to develop a player for the first team while Cech was still near the top of his game. Even when Courtois came back after playing in the Champions League final, it was still a competition between him and Cech, and Mourinho ended up going with Courtois for league games that year. I liken Slonina's situation to what Alphonse Areola's was. Owned by a mega-team, but loaned out to teams that recognize supreme talent, and mostly an every game starter at a fairly high level.
2003-born player rankings August update post from Marcus Chairez: https://chasingacup.com/2022-youth-series-top-20-born-in-2003/
Marcus Chairez continues his series ranking and evaluating the top 20 players at each age group. It's the '04s this time. https://chasingacup.com/2022-youth-series-top-20-born-in-2004/
My current 21 man roster. GK: Slonina, Brady, Dewsnup DF: Freeman, Cuevas, Gomez, Neal, Craig, Walls MF: Karumanchi, McGlynn, Alvarado, Leyva, Nyeman, O.Wolff FW: Pepi, Mitchell, Paredes, Aaronson, Sullivan, Clark Not all these players will be available, so the ideal 21 won't be able to happen. The two hardest for me to leave off right now are Dantouma Toure and Brian Gutierrez. As far as I'm concerned, Toure has jumped Cade Cowell for that athletic winger/CF spot. Toure has had a really good season. Cowell might be slightly better for now, but he's not having a good season, and I think that suspension factors into decision making. I still can't fit Toure anyway. Gutierrez I would probably have over Aaronson if it was a complete vacuum, but it's very close, and Aaronson played a key role during qualifying. I can't find any room for any 05's either. Just too many deserving 03's and 04's. We want to win this also. Can't consider that someone might be able to return next cycle when trying to build a team to win this tournament.
Just wild to think that the final roster won’t be announced for another 9 months. Just so much can happen in that timeframe!
The U20 team will play the Revelations Cup in September 2022. They will face Mexico, Peru and Paraguay. The only thing I don't know is if it will be a tournament for the current U20 team, or if it will be a tournament for the next U20 team (2005).
I'd call in 23 players that weren't on the qualifying team to this tournament. Leaving aside Pepi (who I think there's no chance will be part of this team), this would be the top 23 I'd call in for this team that weren't part of qualifying. GK: Slonina, Borto, Reyes DF: Freeman, Pierre, Walls, Che, Williams, Prince, Gomez, Wiley MF: Karumanchi, Morales, Chifamba, Nyeman, Wolff, Leyva FW: Paredes, Gutierrez, Mitchell, Freeman, Toure, Ikoba Why call in 23 new players? Because it's 11 months between qualifying and the U-20 WC. We have a lot of other players that need to be tested out. I also came up with a standby list that has many good players, who wouldn't even make it into this camp. Standby: Emmings, Sunderland, Reynolds, Orozco, Kinzner, Foster, Sorenson, Castilla, Gilman, Hot, Casas, Sarver, Koleosho, Sealy, Garcia, Roou, Otoya As I've said previously, I don't see any room for 05's in this cycle. Too many good players who won't even get a chance from '03 and '04. Can't afford to test out 05's.
I think Paredes will be a hard release. It's a FIFA window, so even though they can reject, I expect the MLS players to get a chance. Maybe Leyva, who has really solidified a starting spot.
Inbox: Colorado Rapids announce Yaya Toure has had surgery for a torn ACL, medial, and lateral meniscus. He's out for the rest of the season obviously and probably much of 2023. This was for the injury he sustained at the end of the Columbus game. #Rapids96 #COLInjuryNews— Matt Pollard (@LWOSMattPollard) August 23, 2022
Profile by @bshredder of Caleb Wiley over at ASN: http://americansoccernow.com/articl...-while-aiming-for-big-role-with-the-u-s-u-20s
While updating my tracker to note Fletcher's pro deal, I wondered: Have I missed deals for any of these guys? Booth Zach Downs Damion Guadalupe Quembol Van Deventer Jayvin Karumanchi is in college, along with Dade. They're the other two current U20s with callups but no pro deals yet.