So my dude Pebble told this funny story about RBNY's Austrian midfielder Markus Schopp once...
An older couple was watching RBNY practice. The older gentleman knew all of the players, their strengths, their weaknesses, and where they fit best. The older woman knew soccer well enough but wasn’t too aware of who the players were.
The woman turned to one of the young men that was running around and said, “What is your name, son?” To which he replied, “Marcus Schopp.”
“Well, hello there Marcus,” she continued. “Where are you from?”
“Austria.”
“Oh, Austria,” she said with a smile, “Well I wish you the best of luck and I hope you make the team.”
The husband nearly fell over with laughter as he had to explain to his wife later on that Mr. Schopp was the captain of the Austrian national team and was an already established professional footballer.
Turns out that he's no longer a professional footballer as he's decided to call time on his lengthy career. A mid-season acquisition in 2006, he only played played in 3 games in 07 and never really made an impact. Except on the club's bottom line where he was on the books for 175K (and allegedly more off the books).
But with Schopp, Ronald Watereus (200K), and Clint Mathis (410K) gone in 2008, Red Bull has a nice chunk of cash to rebuild with. If Osorio is smart enough to jettison Santino Quaranta and his 105K salary New York has close to $1 million to augment their side with a quality central attacking midfielder and back-line help...2 things they need desperately.
Bearing in mind the league's salary cap rules, who do you think they should pursue? Let me know below.
8 comments:
Ah, but Mathis didn't hit our cap for 410, didn't he just cost 100k towards it? So you add 200+175+100=475. Plus you add the amount that the cap went up...
If Quaranta is gone, then that's antoher 105k. So you have about three quarters of a mill to work with, eh?
I'm pretty sure we got a Brazilian midfielder you can have.... really. You know you want some of the big D.
Remember Altidore was GA last season and thus, cap-exempt. Not so for next season. That's at least a $100k hit on the cap. More if they've given him a raise.
put that money towards a new GM/Managing Director!
MDG - this isnt hockey - keep out!
Sami Hyppia.
Should there be a Salary Cap in English Football?
Personally I think there should be! It’s just getting to be stupid money in football at the top of the premiership!
It’s always the same teams at the top proving that football success is based purely on money which ruins the idea of it being a sport! They’ve done it in rugby, basketball, hockey and American football and it makes the sports more competitive and better to watch!
I do a little Spread Betting from time to time and most matches don’t hold much surprise who is going to win, its boring! I want to see a team at the bottom pulling off an amazing season beating last seasons winners in a close fought battle!
Make things fair! It shouldn’t be about money!
Plus!
All there is all that money in the premiership and barely any of it stays in the UK so it’s not even helping the economy!
From my Spread Betting, if I ever win big (which is never, I’m unlucky) it’s still nothing compared to the average premiership players weekly wage!
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Well, once a person has decided to retire, he must have done all the things he can for his career. I wonder what kind of life he's living right now, since he's been retired for more than 3 years now.
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