Fulham's Winter Window: Guess who's in or out..

I think my head might explode if we get both of them. It's a chance I'm willing to take.

 

4 American's on one team. New team deal with American Airlines. CC seen at a few MLS games. Fulham is working mighty hard to get their name out in the states. I know the FFC Club shop already has a bunch of my USDs.

 

Unless he has failed the medical it will be down to the bean counters to sort out the deal. Once the medical is over there is littel gained by waiting around.

 

I really don't think he will sign for us. There is also reported interest from AC Milan and this deal now sounds as though we may not of offered enough money or a team like Milan offered much more than we offered. I mean didn't Real Madrid offer like $10M for Gooch, but only didn't get him because they couldn't find a replacement in time? Would Mo actually spend 6M pounds on one player? I really don't think so, but I hope he can prove me wrong though.

 

Just read that we agreed a deal for Hayden Mullins. Good signing if true.

 

where did you read that? who the heck is he?

 

Mullins plays for West Ham, used to play for Palace. Is a defensive midfielder.

 

He plays for west Ham and is a defensive midfielder. I think its on Eurosport.

 

ok...i had heard of him before

 

Regarding Gooch, *if* he agrees to a deal with FFC (not counting any chickens yet), would we have to go through the same work permit appeal process as Dempsey? Does he have the required caps and/or is it a simpler process because he's already playing in Europe?

 

looks like we can add Vincenzo to the fold...
http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hli ... n+Montella


come on Gooch....come on Tribunal. then i'm all smiles!!!!

 

Work permits and immigrations are different throughout the union. The Eurpean Union allows and individual from any member state to work in any other member state but he would still need a work permit to work in the UK.

Gooch has played in 17 international matches since his debute in 2005, as long as the US has played 22 matches or less in that time he qualifies as playing in 75% of international matches.

The work permit rule in the UK revolves around the idea that the person who is being employed is bringing skills that are unavailable from the pool of EU employees, that is what they have to prove with Dempsey. Dempsey or Gooch being a better deal than a comparable midfielder/defender plying their trade in Europe is not a compelling enough reason to gain a work permit.

Added:

For more information on the working permit application for footballers see:

LINK

 

Latest:

ONYEWU BID REJECTED BY STANDARD
http://www.yanks-abroad.com/content.php ... ws&id=2589

 

I started laughing to myself about this rumour much earlier today. No way 1 million pounds was enough.

So now is when I tell the Fulham brass to, "GET YOUR HEADS OUTA YOUR ASS!!!!"

(For a few moments I tricked myself earlier today, when the little voices [on FFC, TFI, Twofif, and others] just wouldn't stop. What a fool I am for that.)

 

I hate this time of year!

But that doesn't mean I won't add to it!

Fulham after Chelsea's Diarra (I can confirm a definite interest from FFC)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... ge_id=1779

 

For real Gooch for 1mil would be an absolute steal. It costs you about 1mil to get a good leauge one or leauge two player and Gooch has far better pedigree than that. My guess is 2.5-3 million would be reasonable.

Does anyone have an opinion on this Montella? 3 goals in 5 apperances this season but he's not young.

btw mlsnet.com has an article on Dempsey deal

http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp ... &fext=.jsp

This is not a confirmation from the league but simply an article from one of the sites writers reporting on the reports. Says the NYtimes puts price at 4million USD so 2 million pounds. This is a good price and I am very happy about this deal!