Tim Howard

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Joey66 said:
Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard could have priced himself out of a potential move to MLS outfit Colorado Rapids by demanding a lucrative four-year deal worth in excess of £14 million, according to the Sun.

The 36-year-old has lost his place as Roberto Martinez's number one stopper to Joel Robles in recent weeks, and has not featured in any of the club's last six matches in all competitions.

The USA 'keeper has been heavily rumoured to be looking to move back to his homeland at the end of the season with the player reportedly believing that his time as a first choice in England is up.

However, the Sun reports that Howard has shocked Colorado Rapids by asking for a long-term deal which would take him beyond his 40th birthday and see him earning an annual salary of around £3.5 million for four years.


Howard is thought to be looking to earn the roughly the same as he currently does on his wage of around £70,000 per week at Goodison Park.

I want his agent negotiating on my behalf at the next performance management review
what a joke!
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mmmmsnouts said:
Wonder if he's trying to force Colorado to give up their pole position so he can sign with a better MLS side. He can't be truly serious with that wage demand. He'd make more in a week than a lot of MLS players make in a year.
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He's probably factoring in the marketing potential, which I'm sure is one of the reasons MLS teams will want to sign him. He knows he's in a good negotiating position.
 

I think some explanation about our goofy domestic football league is in order.

Tim Howard is not free to sign with whatever MLS club he wants. Unlike the rest of the world, in our quasi-socialist league he is put on an Allocation Ranking List, which includes our top national team players who aren't already in MLS, plus players who have transferred out of the league for a fee of more than US$500,000.

All the clubs in MLS are in an Allocation Ranking. Every year it's set so the worst club from the previous year is at the top of the list, the next-worst club is second, and so on down to the MLS Cup winners. If a player on the Allocation Ranking List wants to come to MLS, whoever has the #1 position on the Allocation Ranking gets to sign him. Once you sign a player off the list, you move to the bottom of the list and everyone moves up one. You are allowed to trade up or down in the ranking. Colorado traded up from #2 to #1, so if Howard wants to play in MLS and Colorado meets his demands, that's where he ends up.

Colorado has never been a top side. If we had promotion and relegation here, they would have made the drop each of the last two seasons. They also have the lowest attendance in the league. It is not an attractive destination. I wouldn't blame Howard at all if he doesn't want to go there.

So what options does Howard have if he wants to play for another team? Ask for an outrageous wage and either force Colorado to pay it, or to drop out by trading their #1 position in the Allocation Ranking to a team that will meet his demands. I think his wage demand will slowly come down until some team is willing to pay it, and it probably won't be Colorado.

Or he could just wait for MLS to make up something on the spot like they did with Clint Dempsey. He was all set to go to the top team on the Allocation Ranking at the time (Portland) until MLS decided no, Dempsey is a Designated Player who can sign for anyone, and he signed for their arch-rivals Seattle instead.
 
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Don't blame him really because we'd all be doing the same in his position. He knows he would be massive asset to the brand of any MLS side and isn't going to commit himself to a contract for a new team this late into his career and throw his long set-in-stone retirement plans in the bin unless they make it worth his while.

From Howard's perspective he doesn't have to move, going forward he can simply sit on his arse here collecting his massive wages until his contract runs out where upon Martinez (if he's still manager by then) will probably offer him some other position at the club if he wants it. His standing in the States won't be harmed if he never goes back to play in MLS, over there he will always be viewed one of their best ever.
 
Here's what I predict will happen:

- Howard plays in Copa America in June and retires from international football after it ends.
- MLS conveniently takes him off the allocation list because he's not a USMNT player anymore.
- Another team swoops in and signs him as a Designated Player and Colorado gets screwed.
 
mmmmsnouts said:
I think some explanation about our goofy domestic football league is in order.

Tim Howard is not free to sign with whatever MLS club he wants. Unlike the rest of the world, in our quasi-socialist league he is put on an Allocation Ranking List, which includes our top national team players who aren't already in MLS, plus players who have transferred out of the league for a fee of more than US$500,000.

All the clubs in MLS are in an Allocation Ranking. Every year it's set so the worst club from the previous year is at the top of the list, the next-worst club is second, and so on down to the MLS Cup winners. If a player on the Allocation Ranking List wants to come to MLS, whoever has the #1 position on the Allocation Ranking gets to sign him. Once you sign a player off the list, you move to the bottom of the list and everyone moves up one. You are allowed to trade up or down in the ranking. Colorado traded up from #2 to #1, so if Howard wants to play in MLS and Colorado meets his demands, that's where he ends up.

Colorado has never been a top side. If we had promotion and relegation here, they would have made the drop each of the last two seasons. They also have the lowest attendance in the league. It is not an attractive destination. I wouldn't blame Howard at all if he doesn't want to go there.

So what options does Howard have if he wants to play for another team? Ask for an outrageous wage and either force Colorado to pay it, or to drop out by trading their #1 position in the Allocation Ranking to a team that will meet his demands. I think his wage demand will slowly come down until some team is willing to pay it, and it probably won't be Colorado.

Or he could just wait for MLS to make up something on the spot like they did with Clint Dempsey. He was all set to go to the top team on the Allocation Ranking at the time (Portland) until MLS decided no, Dempsey is a Designated Player who can sign for anyone, and he signed for their arch-rivals Seattle instead.
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Same as NFL draft?

Howard at a poor term would be comedy value galore.
 

zirc said:
i thought the draft was only for amateur players that are going pro?
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MLS has a proper amateur draft too - that's called the SuperDraft. The allocation list works like a draft, except for players who are already professional.

Oh, and I forgot this part. Teams can pass on allocation list players if they aren't interested in signing them. Then the next team on the list gets a chance, and if they don't want them it goes to #3, and so on. But since Colorado obviously moved up to the top of the list to try and sign Tim Howard, they're going to stay #1 until the summer window opens.
 
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If the rumours are true it sums up the mans attitude. He's nowhere near good enough anymore to be chucking those type of demands around.

Everton and its fans dont want you, Tim. Get a grip and realise you're absolute guff and go back to America. Whopper.
 

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