George John Sale to Blackburn Rovers Nearing Completion
by Daniel Robertson on Aug 22, 2011 3:10 PM CDT
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As Ives tweeted earlier the George John deal to Blackburn Rovers is nearly done, but not closed yet. I've spoken to John's agent, Ted Philipakos and the skinny of the situation is that George is currently headed to JFK and on to Athens to pick up his Greek passport. While John is a Greek citizen, there is some formality of picking up his passport/ID card that will make him eligible to work/play in the EU.
John hopes to have that formality done by Wednesday morning at the latest and then fly on to England to agree to personal term with the English Premier League side. Once those two things are done, the deal is official and George John will be a Blackburn Rovers player.
While this sounds bleak for Dallas fans, the deal is not done yet and Philipakos notes that Blackburn is rumored to have other center backs in their sights. These things can break down but the fact of the matter is we should know by Wednesday evening or Thursday morning if the deal goes through. If something falls apart, George will be back in Dallas and committed to the team, Ted says.
I'll have a full analysis of this move once it goes down as I have a lot of thoughts on it, but right now I think it's best to just wait and see how things play out. It's clear that MLS and Blackburn have agreed to the deal, but it is not done and dusted.
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Best wishes to George John
His progress over a couple years in Frisco has really been amazing. I was just reminded that he played midfield in college and SH set out to convert him to CB right after the draft. To see him blossom into a clear defender of the year candidate is impressive for George and the organization. I’ll be rooting for him in Blackburn.
This certainly hurts efforts this year, and best of luck to SH and Gorman in finding a suitable replacement quickly. Big CBs with John’s skills don’t usually come easily.
Even so, FCD only needs to grit out 2 games in the USOC to get a trophy this year. Even as depleted as they are in the backline, two wins is a definite possibility.
In the CCL, they just need 7 pts in the remaining 5 games. I’m not worried about that, yet.
The rest of the MLS season is worrisome, though. The Supporter’s Shield is clearly out of reach, so they just need to scrap to maintain the 3rd seed, with it’s bye. If they can do that and re-develop backline cohesion in time for the playoffs, who knows?
While all three of those competitions got harder, none of them could yield the $2,000,000 Blackburn was allegedly offering in transfer fee, anyway. As a fan I am glad that the club will be financially stronger than they were yesterday.
Well said
Correct on all fronts, although not sure the SS it out of reach just yet. If SH thinks so, I am fine with that and let’s start getting some key players some rest in MLS. I’d think we need 4 points from our next 2 games to stay alive for the SS, depending on other results. Going to be a fun run in to the end of the season.
Congrats to GJ and really hope you are able to continue kicking butt in EPL!
If I thought GJ would get good playing time at BBR I'm not sure I would be quite so sad.
But what if he rides the pine a lot? Then we lose him and then don’t even get to watch him clobber Rooney.
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2 million pounds and 2 million dollars which I’ve seen reported elsewhere are a big difference.
If Dallas gets 2 million POUNDS, that’s an absolute boatload of money.
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by Daniel Robertson on Aug 23, 2011 9:27 AM CDT up reply actions
So that's like $2 million...
What does that mean for FCD bottom line? Does the c lub get half of that? I can never remember how it all works….MLS is confusing.
Side note
Jeremy Hall played very well, IMO. I read he hadn’t even practiced yet but got a quick pep talk kinda thing from SH before the game as a just in case. Just in case happened and he stepped in and did well I thought.
Any word on Loyd’s knock from Sat nights game?
by Timothy Winning Voyles on Aug 23, 2011 9:09 AM CDT reply actions
tweet concerning Loyd:
From: @robertmcasner
Sent: Aug 23, 2011 10:30a
Zach Loyd is jogging around the practice field this morning. No limp and appears to be walking fine.
sent via Twittelator
On Twitter: http://twitter.com/robertmcasner/status/106010382023393280
by fennsk1 on Aug 23, 2011 9:44 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
thanks
I guess refusing to not look at twitter is keeping me uninformed lol
by Timothy Winning Voyles on Aug 23, 2011 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions
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