Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Good point, well made. Is he single?
Photo taken at -5? Where the feck are the tattoos?
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[Albion] Moises Caicedo - New contract signed until summer 2027 with 1 year extra option.
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Good point, well made. Is he single?
Photo taken at -5? Where the feck are the tattoos?
Has there been a delay? All reports appear to say it's announced on Thursday
Does anyone know what Moises mum or dad does for a living?
Another loophole is if child prodigy's parent happens to be in an industry for which we have a skills shortage.
Parent can get a job in the UK, say as a computer programmer.
Come over with child.
Child is then available to join a UK academy.
It's the same system as giving parent a bogus scouting job, just in reverse.
Another loophole is if child prodigy's parent happens to be in an industry for which we have a skills shortage.
Parent can get a job in the UK, say as a computer programmer.
Come over with child.
Child is then available to join a UK academy.
It's the same system as giving parent a bogus scouting job, just in reverse.
He'd wear a coat - virgin for life!
- Jan 3, 2012
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Maybe he’s more in to conversation.
portslade seagull
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They will blow our wage offer out of the water. More money always makes it warmer
Ooh it’s a corner
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He might watch us against City tm though - we need the Lion of Judah to roar!
I don’t know where that assumption that if singed, Caicedo will be loaned out to USG has come from. I’ve been following this on twitter for about the last week. The first tweet I saw with this rumour was from a Manchester United fan, within about an hour, it was being re-tweeted as gospel by all the moody ‘Transfer News’ sites, and the the Mail online picked it up and ran with it.
When this possible transfer first broke cover, and the Mancs dropped their interest, one of the original Ecuadorean journalists whe broke it said that the appeal of us over United, was we could offer first team football immediately, United couldn’t commit to that. The boy is an International footballer with massive potential, he is only 19, my take on it is, he wants first team football in the PL over money etc, at the moment. If he makes a huge success with us, he knows the riches will come with his first contract with a stellar club.
We are just a stepping stone, but, a hugely important stepping stone for him.
He won’t go out on loan to anyone, if he joins us. Lamptey was only about 9 months older than Caicedo is now, when he came to us, and Potter put him in the team within about 10 games of joining, and look at how his stock has risen. Caicedo also had more experience than Lamptey , in top flight football.
When this possible transfer first broke cover, and the Mancs dropped their interest, one of the original Ecuadorean journalists whe broke it said that the appeal of us over United, was we could offer first team football immediately, United couldn’t commit to that. The boy is an International footballer with massive potential, he is only 19, my take on it is, he wants first team football in the PL over money etc, at the moment. If he makes a huge success with us, he knows the riches will come with his first contract with a stellar club.
We are just a stepping stone, but, a hugely important stepping stone for him.
He won’t go out on loan to anyone, if he joins us. Lamptey was only about 9 months older than Caicedo is now, when he came to us, and Potter put him in the team within about 10 games of joining, and look at how his stock has risen. Caicedo also had more experience than Lamptey , in top flight football.
The Fits
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- Jun 29, 2020
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Exactly. He's just played in the S American equivalent of the Champions League and internationally against Uruguay, Colombia and Argentina (qualifiers NOT friendlies) in the last few months.
Not a chance in hell he'd go to USG.
albionalex
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Depends how much you value the Ecuadorian League, I don't think that it counts as much 'top flight experience'. Also, whilst he has played in the Copa Libertadores, that is not comparable to the Premier League.
I'm not saying he won't go straight into the first team, just that it will be a big jump.
Not as big a jump as Lamptey
albionalex
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The same Lamptey that was training with Premier League players each day and had played a Premier League game before joining us?
CaptainDaveUK
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- Oct 18, 2010
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Exactly. Playing Lamptey has set a precedent. He was sitting on Chelsea’s bench but came to us because presumably Potter convinced him he could be play in the starting XI. UTA.
Very old photo?
Yes the very same one who hadn't played full international football and only one first team game. That'll be the one.
albionalex
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So playing in the Ecuadorian league is the same as playing in the Premier League? I guess we should sign some strikers from the Ecuadorian league.
The same Lamptey that came to us cos we took the risk to offer him guaranteed first team football, and, if the early tweets from the Ecuadorean sources are true , exactly the same risk we have offered to Caicedo.