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Jamo Martinez
Player Valuation: £70m
This. In the same way Mirallas has been a key to getting a good start this season which in turn gave us confidence even when he's been out. It's all about balance imo. Having attacking options on the right aswell as the left changes things totally.
I've been banging the drum for Eliseu from Malaga for a few years. Generally plays on the left but can play either wing. Sh*t off a shovel, technically good, tracks back and has got a goal in him. Would give us the same kind of balance as Donovan.
On the plus side, he's 28 so a bit younger than Donovan. On the negative side, he's untried in the prem and don't know how much Malaga would want for him. Very important part of their team in the same way Pienaar has been for us.
20toffees
Player Valuation: £500k
im gonna go out on a limb and say his deal will be announced on the last day of the transfer window.
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Donavon and Beckham.
20toffees
Player Valuation: £500k
agreed. i bet he signs a 2 or 3 year deal. he wants time off so thats what hes getting. no point in bringing a burnt out donovan in. let him have 2 months of rest and then he'll be flying and fresh when he starts playing again in february
bluebottle
Player Valuation: £35m
I admire your optimism and i like your logic. For these reasons im in.
steken1
Player Valuation: £70m
With wages at 75% of our turnover I can't see any big name players coming in unless we lose two players minimum.
Barkley going out on loan is one as he won't be on peanuts and others say it's likely Heitinga will be the other.
I'd be made up with that considering the money he's on and how he's been playing this season. I can't see us getting much of a fee for him though.
For the same reasons I can't see a player like Lescott coming in. Surely he'll go to the highest bidder or the team willing to pay the most % of his wages. I can't see that being us.
Barkley going out on loan is one as he won't be on peanuts and others say it's likely Heitinga will be the other.
I'd be made up with that considering the money he's on and how he's been playing this season. I can't see us getting much of a fee for him though.
For the same reasons I can't see a player like Lescott coming in. Surely he'll go to the highest bidder or the team willing to pay the most % of his wages. I can't see that being us.
Christiffa25
Player Valuation: £35m
I think a lot is being made of the loss/wages per turnover but you have to factor in that around 5M of that loss was due to lower attendance and tv money for not being on live as often. How did that happen?? We sold important players and didn't reinvest till 6 months too late.
Better players/team means better attendances and TV appearances
20toffees
Player Valuation: £500k
Do you want to ring the Galaxy or should i ?
i talked to moyes. he said hes already rung them. LDs plane ticket has already been purchased. haha
steken1
Player Valuation: £70m
Very true. But we were only maybe 2 million off the previous years revenue's, sold a lot of players for money and invested very little in return without budging the debt. We don't have room for manouvre is my guess.
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He was crap when he got back from us through May 2012. (Partially because I think he was sad he had to go back to LA to be totally honest). Then he went to the national team and did well, and came back to LA rejuvenated. June - August he went on an absolute tear. He got injured playing Mexico for the National Team, then sat out a bit. Then he came back and went on another tear...then went out with a hamstring injury... Came back for playoffs and looked like bread and butter with Robbie Keane.
Finished with 14 assists and 9 goals in the regular season, then added a few more goals and assists in the playoffs - taking him to his first double double (goals/assists) season since 2005. Aka, even with his kinda stop and start demotivated year, he had a year most other players would be praying for. He is also the lead chance generator in MLS by nearly double the nearest competitor (which is Robbie Keane - not a coincidence).
When he is motivated, he is still the best player in MLS. This year saw a couple of injuries due to several weeks of 3 games/week (we end up doing this a lot more in MLS since we play the first team more than rotate) + national team play. Plus, he got burnt out at the end of the year. I don't think that means he's injury prone - just showing his age a little, but he's played a lot more than Mirallas with his hamstring injury.
If he comes back, it means he's committed and will stick it through after a nice two month break. It means he will be refreshed and ready to go - which bodes extremely well for whichever team he's with in Feb. At Everton he has had zero problems with motivation.
The key point: due to his age and experience he will be more like the player we saw in 2012 than the player we saw in 2010: a playmaker and an assist generator. He will still score a few - especially if we play him up top with Jelavic - but he likes assisting and creating. That is a good chunk of the reason why Robbie Keane had a tremendous year starting in June. Still has pace to out run defenders at key moments - the counter attack usually. But has less pace for the full 90. Played the 2nd half of the year at forward with Keane, and looked solid. Would be an interesting rotation option at wing or forward.
Still has a few more years in him, especially if we rotate through our players up top: Pienaar, Jelavic, Anichebe, Mirallas, Osman - all of them should see time. Being able to rotate between them would make our squad stronger and healthier.
Noises out of LA are that he is not retiring. As of yesterday this was the interview Bruce Arena gave to BeIn Sport:
FD: Landon Donovan?
BA: As we get closer to reporting date we’re going to finalize where he’s headed this year.
FD: Sounds optimistic?
BA: You never know with Landon, so we’ll see.
1/18 is when camp starts. Though that's a Friday, so not sure what that means for reporting date. That's this Friday. Interesting wording choice on Bruce's part as well.
LA still wants Lampard, and they are still (rumored) pursuing a 2nd DP, which they wanted to be Kaka. No idea what this means for LD.
At this point I'm pretty sure he's not retiring. My main question is if he'll be suiting up for us or LA come 2/1. Don't see him going anywhere else.
EDIT: Good lord, didn't mean to write an essay.
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Kay20
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That was my thought as well - gives him the longest time off as possible, which is what he wanted.
Regardless, we will know by 2/1, and we can finally put this to bed. Which I'm sure will reassure many of you here - the thread could finally be moved to World Football!
I don't care where he goes as long as he's still playing for the National Team, we need him badly. (Prefer him here of course).
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