RUMOUR - Gyasi Zardes

[PremAddict]

THE English are all retards. Most of you don't even know how to speak and it's a wonder we inherited the language from you. You are all Dave-Royals in waiting.

Oh and from one Yank to another: Fcuk off newbie.

[JimmytheJim]

Back on topic:

As zardes it is to accept, I gyasi isn't going to move to the reading any time soon.

[dogzbollox]

Ok .... I get it

[LoyalRoyal22]

Apparently an offer on the table for £3m from an unknown Championship club


http://www.lagconfidential.com/2015/11/ ... asi-zardes

[stl_royal]

Apparently an offer on the table for £3m from an unknown Championship club


http://www.lagconfidential.com/2015/11/ ... asi-zardes

"From a development standpoint, however, the English Championship is not all that better, if better at all, than MLS."
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[Crowbar6753]

Earlier in the season it was us and Brighton interested, would Brighton still be in for this. could it be us? it does say $3 million, and that's dollars so around 2.5 million UK Sterling I guess.
With where we are sitting in the league and the fact that our promotion challenge has gone somewhat sideways recently this could be an offer the Thai's would bankroll. I have watched a fair bit of the MLS this year and the standard of football and the whole soccer franchise in the US and Canada is really starting to take off. Seattle Sounders get 40,000 plus fans at their home games and have some crazy fanatical supporters.
A target player with real pace is something that we are missing, so this would be a good signing in my eyes.

[sandman]

Apparently an offer on the table for £3m from an unknown Championship club


http://www.lagconfidential.com/2015/11/ ... asi-zardes

"From a development standpoint, however, the English Championship is not all that better, if better at all, than MLS."
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[Royal Ginger]

$3m is just under £2m. Probably better if they avoid changing it up at the post office.

[Tommio]

LA Galaxy club president has admitted that there is interest in Zardes. Would love us to sign him.

[LoyalRoyal22]

Media in the US have confirmed we have made a bid of £2m


http://youtu.be/a6DoQWyNZRM

[JIM]

Good name for a SCRABBLE game

[RustyRoyal]

Good name for a SCRABBLE game

Proper nouns allowed now?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6DoQWyNZRM

Not sure if this has been posted before but he looks tidy. Keeping is a bit suspect though.

[Stevie G]

THE English are all retards. Most of you don't even know how to speak and it's a wonder we inherited the language from you. You are all Dave-Royals in waiting.

Oh and from one Yank to another: Fcuk off newbie.

I absolutely love Colorado, summer and winter has it all, buthaving passed throughthe actual South Park....'dey tuk ar dargs' is yocal for 'they took our jobs'

[CountryRoyal]

THE English are all retards. Most of you don't even know how to speak and it's a wonder we inherited the language from you. You are all Dave-Royals in waiting.

Oh and from one Yank to another: Fcuk off newbie.

I absolutely love Colorado, summer and winter has it all, buthaving passed throughthe actual South Park....'dey tuk ar dargs' is yocal for 'they took our jobs'

Colorado is the tits. Though I can only comment on Denver, Breckenridge, Beaver Creek and Vail.

On a side note would love Zardes here.

[From Despair To Where?]

Good name for a SCRABBLE game

Proper nouns allowed now?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6DoQWyNZRM

Not sure if this has been posted before but he looks tidy. Keeping is a bit suspect though.

Keeping and defending all looks a bit suspect, but be has a good strength, looks good in the air and seems to have decent anticicipation and an eye for goal

[RG7Fan]

Good name for a SCRABBLE game

Proper nouns allowed now?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6DoQWyNZRM

Not sure if this has been posted before but he looks tidy. Keeping is a bit suspect though.

Keeping and defending all looks a bit suspect, but be has a good strength, looks good in the air and seems to have decent anticicipation and an eye for goal

And with that hair he has to be worth it ...

[melonhead]

bring on the afro badger

he looks like a beast

[genome]

http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/footb ... s-10531695

[Sutekh]

[Sutekh]

This is a big one, folks. Goal.com is reporting that sources close to the situation have indicated that the LA Galaxy are about to re-sign Gyasi Zardes to a new and lucrative contract. This after Reading FC tabled their 3 million dollar offer on the player after the firing of their manager.

While there are all sorts of financial implications which the Goal.com article goes into, I think the implications for the Galaxy on the field in the years to come, are more profound. Quite simply, there is a reason that the LA Galaxy are having trouble selling a 24 year old forward with the speed and athletic ability of Gyasi Zardes, and one who scored 16 goals in 2014. It's the same reason offers on him thus far have been quite low.

According to the scouts who I have talked to, Gyasi Zardes simply isn't an impressive soccer player. As a forward, he lacks anticipation. As a winger, he lacks creativity. From a statistical side, the player is equally underwhelming and shows signs of statistical inflation as I have extensively written about, here, and here.

While there is a chance that the forward could develop these traits over time and become a truly spectacular player, given his age and how he compares to other forwards of promise in his age group, the indicators simply aren't there to warrant a major investment in hopes of such an outcome. That's why clubs around the world are staying clear of this prospect. The Galaxy, it seems, have another opinion on the matter.

If the Galaxy are indeed about to sink major money into Gyasi Zardes, they may be about to make the same mistake they made with Omar Gonzalez, all over again. When Omar was signed to a DP contract, there was a hope that if he were to continue to develop, the team would be able to sell him at a later date if needed. But things didn't exactly work out that way. Omar's form fell, and so did the market for him, leaving the Galaxy with an expensive player they couldn't unload. Of course, the Galaxy had no way of predicting Omar's decline. With Gyasi Zardes, the signs are everywhere, which is why the soccer market as a whole is so lukewarm on him.

Worse yet, the more minutes the Galaxy invest in Gyasi Zardes, the fewer minutes guys like Jose Villarreal and Raul Mendiola get. Both of these players scout really well, both in a traditional sense, and using data.

What do you think of this potential move? Happy to see Gyasi re-sign?