Comments on: Freddy wants Europe … Does Europe want Freddy? http://rsl.theoffside.com/team-news/freddy-wants-europe-does-europe-want-freddy.html News from Real Salt Lake MLS team Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:43:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ian http://rsl.theoffside.com/team-news/freddy-wants-europe-does-europe-want-freddy.html#comment-798 Ian Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:10:56 +0000 http://rsl.theoffside.com/team-news/freddy-wants-europe-does-europe-want-freddy.html#comment-798 I'm not giving up on him. I think he can still be everything we thought he could be when he arrived in the US. I just don't think now is the time for a big move, when his stock is at its lowest. Opinions of the MLS are not very high in Europe, especially in England, so if he can't excel here, he won't be thought of as a serious consideration over there. I agree with you - I don't see him in EPL either. The endorsements talk is a good point - Nike will not be happy to see him go to a 2nd tier league in Spain. I’m not giving up on him. I think he can still be everything we thought he could be when he arrived in the US. I just don’t think now is the time for a big move, when his stock is at its lowest. Opinions of the MLS are not very high in Europe, especially in England, so if he can’t excel here, he won’t be thought of as a serious consideration over there. I agree with you – I don’t see him in EPL either. The endorsements talk is a good point – Nike will not be happy to see him go to a 2nd tier league in Spain.

]]> By: Brian http://rsl.theoffside.com/team-news/freddy-wants-europe-does-europe-want-freddy.html#comment-797 Brian Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:39:54 +0000 http://rsl.theoffside.com/team-news/freddy-wants-europe-does-europe-want-freddy.html#comment-797 I love how everybody seems to be giving up on an Eighteen-year-old. He should have never joined MLS to begin with though and a lot of it is their's and whatever sponsor's (Nike or Adidas) fault. They convinced him to stay in the US and not be exposed to higher level football and consequently stunted his growth. Sadly, it might be too late, mainly because I don't see a decent team taking him under the wings and trying to develop him this late in the developmental stages. If he can somehow convince a second division Spanish club to give him a chance, he should jump at it. I don't see him surviving in even third tier football in England, only because of his size. He's probably not good enough to play Ligue 1 (France) and any second tier club outside of England will not help him maintain any sort of endorsements. Then again, is this about him trying to become a better player or a richer boy? I guess that's for him to decide. A team like Ajax Amsterdam or PSV Eindhoven might take him on, but it would take a giant showing of desire on his part for them to do so. Either of those teams would have been perfect for him four years ago, but there's no way he would have made the same kind of money. Didn't he have a 'promising' trial with Man U last year? You can mark my words though, he will never play in the EPL and should put all his chips in La Liga. I love how everybody seems to be giving up on an Eighteen-year-old. He should have never joined MLS to begin with though and a lot of it is their’s and whatever sponsor’s (Nike or Adidas) fault. They convinced him to stay in the US and not be exposed to higher level football and consequently stunted his growth. Sadly, it might be too late, mainly because I don’t see a decent team taking him under the wings and trying to develop him this late in the developmental stages.

If he can somehow convince a second division Spanish club to give him a chance, he should jump at it. I don’t see him surviving in even third tier football in England, only because of his size. He’s probably not good enough to play Ligue 1 (France) and any second tier club outside of England will not help him maintain any sort of endorsements. Then again, is this about him trying to become a better player or a richer boy? I guess that’s for him to decide.

A team like Ajax Amsterdam or PSV Eindhoven might take him on, but it would take a giant showing of desire on his part for them to do so. Either of those teams would have been perfect for him four years ago, but there’s no way he would have made the same kind of money.

Didn’t he have a ‘promising’ trial with Man U last year? You can mark my words though, he will never play in the EPL and should put all his chips in La Liga.

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