SeatownJay
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Sounders have made an offer to Sebastian Blanco, currently with San Lorenzo in Argentina. Seattle also placed a bid for him last summer when it looked like the deal for Lodiero might fall through.
SeatownJay":3jw4dj9y said:Sounders have made an offer to Sebastian Blanco, currently with San Lorenzo in Argentina. Seattle also placed a bid for him last summer when it looked like the deal for Lodiero might fall through.
9 goals & 8 assists in 73 appearances for San Lorenzo. I wouldn't call him a goal scoring machine.Sgt. Largent":38hqany0 said:SeatownJay":38hqany0 said:Sounders have made an offer to Sebastian Blanco, currently with San Lorenzo in Argentina. Seattle also placed a bid for him last summer when it looked like the deal for Lodiero might fall through.
Blanco's a goal scoring machine, but I worry about his size in the MLS..........he's only like 5'6 or 5'7 and 140 lbs.
MLS and it's clumsy thuggish defenders aren't very kind to small goal scoring mids and forwards.
SeatownJay":3l09lhk5 said:9 goals & 8 assists in 73 appearances for San Lorenzo. I wouldn't call him a goal scoring machine.Sgt. Largent":3l09lhk5 said:SeatownJay":3l09lhk5 said:Sounders have made an offer to Sebastian Blanco, currently with San Lorenzo in Argentina. Seattle also placed a bid for him last summer when it looked like the deal for Lodiero might fall through.
Blanco's a goal scoring machine, but I worry about his size in the MLS..........he's only like 5'6 or 5'7 and 140 lbs.
MLS and it's clumsy thuggish defenders aren't very kind to small goal scoring mids and forwards.
Uncle Si":3vdvfv7p said:Does anyone care if I turn the thread into general MLS discussion?
Could be a nice move for the new MLS squad in my city
http://www.espnfc.us/story/3036419/minnesota-united-close-to-signing-rasmus-schuller-sources
I like moves like this for the MLS. Young player, international and opting to play in the MLS instead of one of the lower Euro leagues. More of these moves will see the quality of the MLS go up, and maybe keep more American's here instead of option for these other leagues (outside the 5/6 major ones...)
Minnesota youth player Jackson Yueill is one of the top prospects heading into the draft on Friday. He would be the 5th MN born player to play in the MLS and 12th overall to play professionally in the last 6 years.
Glasgow Seahawk":b5bjypi4 said:I have a feeling Minnesota may become Sounders East. Their ownership seems to be keyed in and I have a feeling they will be well supported. As for buying trophies...until Seattle has as many MLS cups as Galaxy I refuse to believe they'll be on a par with the Galaxy and NY teams and snap up any good foreign player wanting to come to the league. Foreign players will always want to go to those markets as they are more glamorous
The front office is "cautiously optimistic" he'll be available for the preseason.Glasgow Seahawk":iwnw11mu said:Any update on Dempsey? I hope they make a decision soon one way or another so we aren't sitting around last minute trying to replace him like Oba. Especially as they have to fill Valdez DP spot as well. I know he got called up to USMNT cap but i'm not reading much into that.
SeatownJay":2l03f8hc said:9 goals & 8 assists in 73 appearances for San Lorenzo. I wouldn't call him a goal scoring machine.Sgt. Largent":2l03f8hc said:SeatownJay":2l03f8hc said:Sounders have made an offer to Sebastian Blanco, currently with San Lorenzo in Argentina. Seattle also placed a bid for him last summer when it looked like the deal for Lodiero might fall through.
Blanco's a goal scoring machine, but I worry about his size in the MLS..........he's only like 5'6 or 5'7 and 140 lbs.
MLS and it's clumsy thuggish defenders aren't very kind to small goal scoring mids and forwards.
Glasgow Seahawk":2n30in7u said:SeatownJay":2n30in7u said:9 goals & 8 assists in 73 appearances for San Lorenzo. I wouldn't call him a goal scoring machine.Sgt. Largent":2n30in7u said:SeatownJay":2n30in7u said:Sounders have made an offer to Sebastian Blanco, currently with San Lorenzo in Argentina. Seattle also placed a bid for him last summer when it looked like the deal for Lodiero might fall through.
Blanco's a goal scoring machine, but I worry about his size in the MLS..........he's only like 5'6 or 5'7 and 140 lbs.
MLS and it's clumsy thuggish defenders aren't very kind to small goal scoring mids and forwards.
Feel like we should make this thread the Generic Cascadian MLS team thread since we get the odd Timbers fan and sometimes rare Whitecaps fan pop in. Apparently Portland have bid $4.5 million for Blanco. If this is the case, I wonder if they try and cash in on Nagbe rather than have 2 DP's on the wing positions. Nagbe has been linked with a move to Europe, so it may happen.
Uncle Si":3rg0rbor said:Isn't that effectively what the league did for Seattle and Dempsey?
Also, why would Nagbe choose Celtic over the MLS? The only thing they offer over the MLS is 6 Champs league games.
Celtic just signed Kouassi Eboue... not sure what impact that has on their pursuit of Nagbe. Not effectively similar players but both are money on the books.
Glasgow Seahawk":2qoejt2k said:Uncle Si":2qoejt2k said:Isn't that effectively what the league did for Seattle and Dempsey?
Also, why would Nagbe choose Celtic over the MLS? The only thing they offer over the MLS is 6 Champs league games.
Celtic just signed Kouassi Eboue... not sure what impact that has on their pursuit of Nagbe. Not effectively similar players but both are money on the books.
Celtic are a far, far bigger club than Portland and any MLS team that's why and have a coach who at the moment is getting the best out of his talent with Brendan Rodgers. They are just hamstrung by being in a small league/country but have a bigger support than most EPL teams. Plus if he does well there he is far likely to get a move to a top EPL team see: Van Dijk, Wanyama, Forster etc.
I don't think Celtic are still interested in Nagbe though, I think Portland were pretty firm in their demands...at least for noe.
Uncle Si":17qn28cs said:Isn't that effectively what the league did for Seattle and Dempsey?
Also, why would Nagbe choose Celtic over the MLS? The only thing they offer over the MLS is 6 Champs league games.
Celtic just signed Kouassi Eboue... not sure what impact that has on their pursuit of Nagbe. Not effectively similar players but both are money on the books.
Sgt. Largent":2nod9x9b said:Uncle Si":2nod9x9b said:Isn't that effectively what the league did for Seattle and Dempsey?
Also, why would Nagbe choose Celtic over the MLS? The only thing they offer over the MLS is 6 Champs league games.
Celtic just signed Kouassi Eboue... not sure what impact that has on their pursuit of Nagbe. Not effectively similar players but both are money on the books.
The league absolutely facilitates where DP's play, but it's a combo of cost and options of where the DP wants to play.
I highly doubt Blanco would choose Portland over Seattle..........this to me seems different, like the league REALLY wants that Nagbe transfer money so they're sweetening the pot for Portland by switching Blanco's destination from Seattle to Portland for roughly the same loan fees.