Report: FC Dallas Rejects Schalke 2.5m Pound Bid for Brek Shea
by Daniel Robertson on Oct 10, 2011 11:18 AM CDT
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Take this for what it's worth, but Goal.com and Sky Sports are reporting that FC Dallas has rejected a 2.5m pound bid for Brek Shea from German Bundesliga giants Schalke 04. The same articles mention that both Liverpool and Manchester City were in Miami on Saturday night tracking Shea who earned the assist on Clint Dempsey's game winner for the United States.
Pretty much all the reports on his performance were positive and it looks like Dallas could have a real fight on their hands to keep the kid past this season. Brek Shea is represented by Santio Sports and agents Barry MacLean and Spencer Wadsworth. MacLean threw some water on the fire mentioning that Shea is under contract with FCD for a long time.
I do know people are asking me about Brek as he is the premier talent in America," MacLean toldskysports.com.
"There is a real buzz around Brek as he is a real quality player.
"He has a contract with the MLS and FC Dallas for another three years so at this point it is premature to talk about a move."
While 2.5m pounds(around $4million) is about 1/3 of what it will likely take to sign Shea, to see clubs like Schalke making bids for the 21-year-old gives a lot of legitimacy to the reports of the top Premier League clubs tracking him.
Edit(Thanks Wes): Greg Seltzer set things straight on his blog this morning. I knew I should have checked it first...
Yes, Schalke was the "big German club" Rob Stone correctly referenced as coming in for Brek Shea just before the recent transfer deadline during the Belgium friendly broadcast. However, there was no offer. Basically, it went something like this...
(riiiing) Schalke: Hello. How much would Brek Shea cost us to acquire now?
FC Dallas/MLS: (some dollar figure nobody's telling)Schalke: Oh... okay. Maybe talk to you later. Tchuss.
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FC Dallas/MLS: (some dollar figure nobody's telling)
I’d bet that figure has 8 digits. Not saying that a European club will pay that right now, but FCD won’t sell without a huge amount coming back.
by fennsk1 on Oct 10, 2011 12:30 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
I'm telling you guys
FCD doesn’t sell until after the 2012 Olympics. His price could skyrocket after that.
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by Daniel Robertson on Oct 10, 2011 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions
oh, i agree
The only way FCD sells this offseason is if a big club offers absolutely humongous money, and I don’t think that will happen.
Do the olympics next year finish before the end of the summer window?
by fennsk1 on Oct 10, 2011 2:33 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
By the way....
….I TOLD YOU SO!!!!
He will be gone soon. I called it 4 months ago.
>implying we didn't know he was going to talked about alot
Yea, I figured in a year or two a big name club will go after him. He’s just too damn good to let go.
A man from Dallas who bleeds red, not silver and blue.
the problem with selling on marquee players
…is that the Dallas local support and club payroll is insufficient to really capitalize on the one-time influx of a cash windfall. We have a great stadium, with ample parking and easy access, and world class local development and sports medicine support. The aforementioned Pizza Hut Park is rarely if ever full though, so there’s not a lot of additional infrastructure needed that we should pour funds in to. So then one focuses on bringing in big talent – but Dallas isn’t LA – even if we could afford to bring a Robbie Keane or a Landon Donovan here, we couldn’t keep them here. The sellout crowd that David Beckham drew to PHP might be a good argument that we need a celebrity on our side to boost attendance from the ridiculously poor gameday support that FC Dallas gets now, but the current norm is that our money goes to players like Fabian Castillo – big transfer ticket, but relatively miniscule salary requirements.
Dallas is a club in a financial position that requires it to constantly search out youth talent in the hopes of finding future star potential at bargain prices, or undervalued aging players like Daniel Cruz. Oscar Pareja and Schellas Hyndman have done that masterfully – they’re so good at finding underpriced value, they should be managing a billion dollar mutual fund instead of soccer players.
But when it comes to Brek Shea, we find that the model of buy low/develop/sell high doesn’t apply. The money isn’t worth the performance (and versatility) lost, because we can’t use the money as effectively as we can use Brek Shea. So the question then becomes…how long is Brek Shea going to be content remaining at Dallas while MLS/FCD deflect juicy offers from overseas? I give it a year – two tops, unless the young star really just loves his home state that much…
disagree
There may be good arguments for Brek to stay, but this isn’t one of them. If FCD is offered, say, $10,000,000 for Brek, they have to take it because they can’t earn that much even if they win a CONCACAF treble. USOC award is around 500k, and MLS + CCL < $9.5mm. None of those trophies are guaranteed with him around anyway.
They can’t get the attendance they need with Brek here. Why would they stick with the status quo when millions are on offer? Especially playing in a league with many clubs that lose money. With $10mm, it’s definitely possible the FCD could attract a marquee player. Almost all the NY & LA DP spaces are taken now anyway.
I do think Daniel’s right that the price is likely to rise after Brek rips the Olympics apart. At some point (probably next summer) the fees offered will be so high that basic economics will dictate a sale.
Oh, and only people with psychological problems love their home state more than millions of dollars and international acclaim. Besides, the sale will be the best thing for the club.
by fennsk1 on Oct 13, 2011 7:01 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
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