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Predict where Zlatan ends up next season.

Posted on 3/14/16 at 5:31 pm
Posted by Bout_Dat_Lyfe
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Posted on 3/14/16 at 5:31 pm
I'm pretty knowledgeable about futbol, but even I can't tell where Ibra might end up. What do you guys think?
Posted by stlslick
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Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 3/14/16 at 5:34 pm to
Usually a guy is fit for a few teams, but seriously, he could go anywhere.

I have this weird feeling an MLS team might try a Beckham deal for him. (if possible, i know they have a cap)

Posted by GeauxTigers2020
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Posted on 3/14/16 at 5:38 pm to
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Posted by Mr Personality
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Posted on 3/14/16 at 5:46 pm to
Zenit
Posted by WarSlamEagle
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Member since Sep 2011
24611 posts
Posted on 3/14/16 at 5:54 pm to
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(if possible, i know they have a cap)

If he's a Designated Player (the rule that made Beckham happen), the cap doesn't matter.

LINK

ETA: I know you're reading this, Arthur Blank.
This post was edited on 3/14/16 at 5:55 pm
Posted by EastNastySwag
Member since Dec 2014
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Posted on 3/14/16 at 5:58 pm to
LAFC You heard it here first.
This post was edited on 3/14/16 at 5:59 pm
Posted by SwaggerCopter
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Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 3/14/16 at 6:32 pm to
He is so old. Dude should fall apart almost immediately wherever he ends up. I think it will be at Manchester United.
Posted by St Augustine
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Posted on 3/14/16 at 7:02 pm to
No idea what the MLS order/rules for him coming but I'd guess he'd want to be in NY or LA if he came here. His personality doesn't seem like he'd want to be in Atlanta. This isn't meant as a dig on Atlanta, but I just see him being more of an international city type guy. Zlatan in SEC country would be great though.... Would make a great reality show.
Posted by SwaggerCopter
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Posted on 3/14/16 at 7:06 pm to
I fear that the MLS will have a hard time shaking the retirement league label. Europeans love to come play in America after their careers wind down in the top leagues. And from what I've heard, it is a plan that is forming in these players' minds in their early twenties.
Posted by joey barton
Member since Feb 2011
11468 posts
Posted on 3/14/16 at 7:16 pm to
Up his own arse

Hopefully United to team up with Mourinho and spite Pep
Posted by glassman
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Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 3/14/16 at 7:18 pm to
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Wenger wouldn't buy him.


More like rent him for a year. He has one good one left. Ibra isn't going anyplace without Champions League for his last hurrah. If he goes to the EPL it will be to Arsenal or Tottenham, who are both almost guaranteed top 4. Plus, it will be in London.
Posted by WarSlamEagle
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Posted on 3/14/16 at 7:22 pm to
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I fear that the MLS will have a hard time shaking the retirement league label.

Yeah, but more DPs nowadays are players in their prime like Giovinco. Lot of younger South Americans getting big contracts, too.

It's not like only old guys want to come play here. But it doesn't help that some of the biggest clubs (LA and NYCFC, specifically) continue to load up on that type.
Posted by WarSlamEagle
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Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 3/14/16 at 7:24 pm to
quote:

His personality doesn't seem like he'd want to be in Atlanta. This isn't meant as a dig on Atlanta, but I just see him being more of an international city type guy.

Yup.

That's why Plan B is Balotelli in Atlanta. The headlines write themselves.
Posted by glassman
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Posted on 3/14/16 at 7:25 pm to
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Lot of younger South Americans getting big contracts, too.


Central Americans too. The domestic situations with relatives being kidnapped and held for ransom. Being anonymous and having your kids go to good schools. It is a no brainer if you are just not quite good enough for the big 5 in Europe.
Posted by WarSlamEagle
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Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 3/14/16 at 7:27 pm to
Mmhmm.

I also like the Young DP rule, too. Lets the league get and keep the young talent that will help the league get better longterm without damaging their cap space.
Posted by glassman
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Posted on 3/14/16 at 7:38 pm to
The slow crawl MLS has made is the right move. TV money is going to get bigger and bigger. The game is almost ready to really take off here. In some markets it already has.
Posted by WarSlamEagle
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Member since Sep 2011
24611 posts
Posted on 3/14/16 at 7:41 pm to
It's just going to take time, and the explosion of expansion is a good-sized gamble the league. (Although they're talking about getting rid of the expansion draft, which would help the existing franchises keep momentum.)
Posted by TheZaba
FL
Member since Oct 2008
6196 posts
Posted on 3/14/16 at 7:41 pm to
Put me down for one of those teams in Qatar or some shite
Posted by St Augustine
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Posted on 3/14/16 at 7:45 pm to
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That's why Plan B is Balotelli in Atlanta. The headlines write themselves.





I REALLY want Balotelli down here in South Florida when the team takes off. Mario on South Beach... A match made in heaven
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Member since Oct 2008
88509 posts
Posted on 3/14/16 at 8:32 pm to
He did leave a qualifier that he could be back at PSG next year, I could see one more year in France ahead of his MLS move.
This post was edited on 3/14/16 at 8:33 pm
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