InglewoodJack Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 9 minutes ago, WestHamCanadianinOxford said: More likely agents than teams, for me. Teams don't want competition, they want to keep things quiet and keep the price down. That could very much be the case too. I think these insider scoops speak to larger conversations being held behind the scenes, so if a player playing for like the 40th best national team in the world does pretty well in a 2-0 friendly loss and that warrants a tweet about how "scouts are paying attention!", my guess is the attention he's getting extends far beyond the Norwichs and Sheffields of the world; as good as he is, I don't think Kone or his agent have the clout to get Fab Romano to tweet about a sold performance during a friendly unless there is a much bigger story bubbling beneath the surface. Also, unrelated, but was looking up some MLS expansion drafts, and Montreal actually kept Kone unprotected during the 2021 Charlotte expansion. Not sure if it would've made sense for Charlotte to pick him given who they got, but if he really does reach his potential, that'll be a nice bit of trivia. johnyb and WestHamCanadianinOxford 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 2 hours ago, InglewoodJack said: I don't think Kone or his agent have the clout to get Fab Romano to tweet about a sold performance during a friendly unless there is a much bigger story bubbling beneath the surface. I agree something is going on. Remember there are lots of agents out there not connected to specific players directly or even indirectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 4 hours ago, InglewoodJack said: Also, unrelated, but was looking up some MLS expansion drafts, and Montreal actually kept Kone unprotected during the 2021 Charlotte expansion. Not sure if it would've made sense for Charlotte to pick him given who they got, but if he really does reach his potential, that'll be a nice bit of trivia. That's definitely one of those "hindsight is 20/20" moments. When Charlotte made those expansion draft picks, Kone had yet to play a single pro minute. YorkRegionFan, costarg and The Real Marc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 51 minutes ago, RS said: That's definitely one of those "hindsight is 20/20" moments. When Charlotte made those expansion draft picks, Kone had yet to play a single pro minute. I know, it's just funny. In like every baseball expansion draft, a couple future hall of famers get passed over. Pretty sure you can point to a couple great players the Golden Knights took a pass on in their expansion draft 5 or so years ago too. But Charlotte's draft happened in December 21. 10 months ago, this kid wasn't even good enough to get noticed by an expansion team (let alone his own team), and now we're fussing over which elite european team should sign him. Crazy. RS, h coach and costarg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker911 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 I don't know if this has been discussed, but is there any chance that he gets loaned to Bologna in January? If I am Joey Saputo I would want to maximize this guys value. Right now he is somewhere in the 5-8 million range. However, if he goes to Serie A and gets a decent run of minutes he could double in value quite quickly. TGAA_Star, Corazon, Jack1997 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 6 minutes ago, Stryker911 said: I don't know if this has been discussed, but is there any chance that he gets loaned to Bologna in January? If I am Joey Saputo I would want to maximize this guys value. Right now he is somewhere in the 5-8 million range. However, if he goes to Serie A and gets a decent run of minutes he could double in value quite quickly. I hope he goes to Serie A too Vasi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Stryker911 said: I don't know if this has been discussed, but is there any chance that he gets loaned to Bologna in January? If I am Joey Saputo I would want to maximize this guys value. Right now he is somewhere in the 5-8 million range. However, if he goes to Serie A and gets a decent run of minutes he could double in value quite quickly. I've wondered how Bologna factors into the Kone sweepstakes because it seems that he's good enough for a Serie A team to take a chance on, especially a Serie A team that shares owners with the team that owns him it's just an obvious landing spot- but the same could be said for Mihailovic who is good enough for Bologna, I think, yet went to the Netherlands. Annoying watching Leeds effectively be America's premier league team, and all the while, the Canadian owner in Serie A won't sign any of our players, lol. TOcanadafan, Kadenge, YorkRegionFan and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treppy2 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Nice profile on him here: https://www.tsn.ca/video/cf-montreal-s-kone-making-a-push-for-canada-s-world-cup-squad~2541087 narduch, The Beaver 2.0 and Kadenge 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalTransport Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 10 hours ago, InglewoodJack said: I've wondered how Bologna factors into the Kone sweepstakes because it seems that he's good enough for a Serie A team to take a chance on, especially a Serie A team that shares owners with the team that owns him it's just an obvious landing spot- but the same could be said for Mihailovic who is good enough for Bologna, I think, yet went to the Netherlands. Annoying watching Leeds effectively be America's premier league team, and all the while, the Canadian owner in Serie A won't sign any of our players, lol. I think greed is the reason, he wants the transfer money from the sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker911 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 10 hours ago, InglewoodJack said: I've wondered how Bologna factors into the Kone sweepstakes because it seems that he's good enough for a Serie A team to take a chance on, especially a Serie A team that shares owners with the team that owns him it's just an obvious landing spot- but the same could be said for Mihailovic who is good enough for Bologna, I think, yet went to the Netherlands. Annoying watching Leeds effectively be America's premier league team, and all the while, the Canadian owner in Serie A won't sign any of our players, lol. I suppose Johnston and Miller could also fall into this category. Right now on transfermarket they are 3 and 4 million, which to be honest is probably actually a bit more than they would actually be sold for. Why wouldn't they also go on a 6 month loan at a higher level to see where they stack up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costarg Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 On 10/13/2022 at 9:57 AM, InglewoodJack said: I've wondered how Bologna factors into the Kone sweepstakes because it seems that he's good enough for a Serie A team to take a chance on, especially a Serie A team that shares owners with the team that owns him it's just an obvious landing spot- but the same could be said for Mihailovic who is good enough for Bologna, I think, yet went to the Netherlands. Annoying watching Leeds effectively be America's premier league team, and all the while, the Canadian owner in Serie A won't sign any of our players, lol. Loaning is one thing, but I believe CFM wants to become a farming team, grow and sell players. Moving Kone to Bologna would kinda be like us taking $5 from our left pocket and putting it our right pocket and convincing ourselves we just made a deal. Onboarding players and making them fit quickly isn't all that easy, convincing a coach to play him and get onboard with the project is even more difficult. Selling to another team in a higher league is instant profit. Kone has already proven himself and has interested teams. Moving him to Bologna is kinda risky cause it might not work out as well and hurt Joey's pockets as well as Kone in the long run. johnyb, Dominic94 and Sal333 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 1 hour ago, costarg said: Loaning is one thing, but I believe CFM wants to become a farming team, grow and sell players. Moving Kone to Bologna would kinda be like us taking $5 from our left pocket and putting it our right pocket and convincing ourselves we just made a deal. Onboarding players and making them fit quickly isn't all that easy, convincing a coach to play him and get onboard with the project is even more difficult. Selling to another team in a higher league is instant profit. Kone has already proven himself and has interested teams. Moving him to Bologna is kinda risky cause it might not work out as well and hurt Joey's pockets as well as Kone in the long run. I get what you are saying but you are also ignoring the Bologna side of the economic equation. They could be getting a solid Serie A player with excellent potential for resale profit at basically no net cost to the whole organization. If you are only looking at the lack of net profit from the CF Montreal side of things, you are really only accounting for half the equation. MtlMario 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhoops__ Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 (edited) …. Edited October 14, 2022 by jhoops__ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 1 minute ago, jhoops__ said: David has been unbelievable this game! Could have had 4 goals my goodness… Wrong thread 😁 jhoops__ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Crazy to see how far Kone has progressed in just 1 season. He's been a maestro in mid field so far. Some sublime touches on the ball NVsoccer, Xavier., GasPed and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally McCoist Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 (edited) He's been the best player on the field so far in this Montreal game imo. His touches are a league ahead of everyone around him. He should be getting the ball passed to him more often. Edited October 17, 2022 by Ally McCoist Acid-Tone and An Observer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally McCoist Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 KONE SCORES!!!!!! dyslexic nam, Xavier., Obinna and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Kone with the Goal!!!! prairiecanuck, jhoops__, MCa and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 EPL move incoming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCrTFC Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 He's so good jhoops__ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Iceman II jhoops__ and Obinna 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid-Tone Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Hell yeah! What a cool finish too. The goal came just as the commentators on the ESPN broadcast were finishing up praising how well Kone had been playing! jhoops__, Sal333, PegCityCam and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 I am so fucking glad this kid is ours. I look forward to watching for the next decade. canucksfan, grigorio, DeRo_Is_King and 9 others 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Kid looks fantastic Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Not sure I would have subbed him off. Ally McCoist and DeRo_Is_King 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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