frmr Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Wow what a transfer window. Canadians taking over Ligue 1. costarg, Obinna, Shway and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 (edited) Lyon must be cheesed with all their posturing and haggling over the fee and then Nice was like "k we'll take him." Edited August 13 by VinceA DeRo_Is_King, Obinna, Sal333 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Massive for us and Bombito. Really excited for him. A great place to develop and hope he continues to do so! Shway, Dominic94, Obinna and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 (edited) The dude is literally going from Community College ball to Ligue 1 in less than 4 years. That's insane. Edited August 13 by VinceA Bikerack, ahmedou, Obinna and 11 others 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Approve My Account Pls Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 I This is getting purchased as soon as his number is announced ahmedou, cronaldo7, Corazon and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerack Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Loving the League One/Ligue1 > NCAA>MLS Draft/MLS > Europe Pathway Between Larin/Johnston/Buchanan and now Bombito, something really seems to be working Obinna, ahmedou, cronaldo7 and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 5 minutes ago, VinceA said: The dude is literally going from Community College ball to Ligue 1 in less than 4 years. That's insane. Maybe he can go on to have Solari type moves DeRo_Is_King 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmedou Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 17 minutes ago, Approve My Account Pls said: I This is getting purchased as soon as his number is announced #64 TOcanadafan, jdheid, cronaldo7 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 1 hour ago, ahmedou said: I FEEL LIKE Two Canadian CBs in Ligue 1. That's definitely a Thriller! Canuckia, Mattd97, ahmedou and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Direct route to United if he does well at Nice. johnyb and Olympique_de_Marseille 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 4 players to Ligue 1 in one window… insane. One window probably tops our entire transfers from 2000 to 2015. ahmedou, Kadenge, johnyb and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Paging @red card Any news on Ligue 1 broadcast in Canada? johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 It's interesting. When Davies transferred to Bayern Munich and had such immediately success, I thought the Bundesliga would become the "top 5" destination for Canadians. Especially since we'd already had other players go there and succeed (Stalteri, Friend, De Jong, etc). Instead, it suddenly seems like League 1 is the spot. Which isn't bad (thought it's definitely #5 of the top 5) it's just not how I thought it would go. Obinna, ahmedou, Shway and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 6 minutes ago, Watchmen said: It's interesting. When Davies transferred to Bayern Munich and had such immediately success, I thought the Bundesliga would become the "top 5" destination for Canadians. Especially since we'd already had other players go there and succeed (Stalteri, Friend, De Jong, etc). Instead, it suddenly seems like League 1 is the spot. Which isn't bad (thought it's definitely #5 of the top 5) it's just not how I thought it would go. These things are always in flux. For a while the Bundesliga was THE destination for Japanese and Americans, but now Americans have kind of shifted to Italy, while the Japanese are spreading out more evenly across the top 5 leagues. For us we are building a concentration in France. The dynamics will shift with time, hopefully for the better, but for now I will enjoy having a sizeable concentration in a top 5 league. Sal333 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Obinna said: These things are always in flux. For a while the Bundesliga was THE destination for Japanese and Americans, but now Americans have kind of shifted to Italy, while the Japanese are spreading out more evenly across the top 5 leagues. For us we are building a concentration in France. The dynamics will shift with time, hopefully for the better, but for now I will enjoy having a sizeable concentration in a top 5 league. I remember Germany was the destination for American players because it was a favorable VISA situation for them vs the other leagues, but I'm not sure if that's still the case. Yeah, I'll take Canadians in any of the big 5 leagues (and even at the biggest clubs in mid-tier leagues). I just think it's interesting Davies went to Germany and had success and there's essentially been no Canadians of consequence since then. (Kennedy maybe?). Davies turned out to be the anomaly, not the first of a wave of players. Edited August 13 by Watchmen Free kick and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 32 minutes ago, Watchmen said: It's interesting. When Davies transferred to Bayern Munich and had such immediately success, I thought the Bundesliga would become the "top 5" destination for Canadians. Especially since we'd already had other players go there and succeed (Stalteri, Friend, De Jong, etc). Instead, it suddenly seems like League 1 is the spot. Which isn't bad (thought it's definitely #5 of the top 5) it's just not how I thought it would go. Germany could be the next step, but we'll see how our players perform. I think average salaries still jump a fair bit from Ligue 1 to Bundesliga. The German top flight is full of young French players that did well in Ligue 1, but the opposite isn't really true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 12 minutes ago, Watchmen said: ...Davies turned out to be the anomaly, not the first of a wave of players. Maybe he was the very end of a wave? Stalteri, Legerwood, Friend, Simpson, Nsaliwa, Canizalez, de Rosario, Straith, etc Ivan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 21 minutes ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said: Maybe he was the very end of a wave? Stalteri, Legerwood, Friend, Simpson, Nsaliwa, Canizalez, de Rosario, Straith, etc Maybe, but that's what's weird. A great player arrives and then the league stops looking for players from that country, despise there already being a precedent of players from here already having various levels of success? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 33 minutes ago, Aird25 said: Germany could be the next step, but we'll see how our players perform. I think average salaries still jump a fair bit from Ligue 1 to Bundesliga. The German top flight is full of young French players that did well in Ligue 1, but the opposite isn't really true. Sure, and that would be fine. I just thought they might bypass Ligue 1 entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 3 minutes ago, Watchmen said: Maybe, but that's what's weird. A great player arrives and then the league stops looking for players from that country, despise there already being a precedent of players from here already having various levels of success? The league stops looking? Too much MLS on the brain. The teams have sophisticated scouting networks and everything is circumstantial. No one is going out of their way to sign a player of a certain nationality. Acid-Tone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 5 minutes ago, Watchmen said: Maybe, but that's what's weird. A great player arrives and then the league stops looking for players from that country, despise there already being a precedent of players from here already having various levels of success? Maybe there was a change in their labour laws with regards to visas for non-EU passport players? Or turning it around another way maybe fewer of our best players have EU passports by ancestry now? Another one for the wave although it will be a sore point for many on here is Owen Hargreaves. Maybe he was part of what made Bayern take a Canadian player from Alberta seriously when Alphonso Davies was emerging on the scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 1 hour ago, narduch said: Paging @red card Any news on Ligue 1 broadcast in Canada? DAZN is showing the league in their major markets like Japan, Germany & a few other Euro countries. It's on regional broadcasters in other Euro countries. But nothing listed for Bein outside of France/Monaco/Andorra. Even nothing for TV5 ex in Africa/Asia. So, it looks like we're waiting on a deal with Bein. narduch and johnyb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Watchmen said: Sure, and that would be fine. I just thought they might bypass Ligue 1 entirely. I understand what you're saying, I just don't think one teenage phenom is a good thing to base expectations on. Players often have to climb the ladder and Bundesliga is closer to the top than Ligue 1. What we're seeing this window is a huge improvement. 47 minutes ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said: Maybe he was the very end of a wave? Stalteri, Legerwood, Friend, Simpson, Nsaliwa, Canizalez, de Rosario, Straith, etc I thought the conversation was about players skipping Ligue 1 to go to Bundesliga. If I recall correctly, half those players didn't even make it to that level, and the ones that did had to climb their way up. They're also at least a decade older than Davies Edited August 13 by Aird25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 2 hours ago, frmr said: Wow what a transfer window. Canadians taking over Ligue 1. Macksam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Now I am even more annoyed that Topps didn’t issue a Bombito Topps Now card… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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