For some dang reason, today’s a slow one for news - or at least super-swell and insightful commentary. Yes, it seems that everyone has trades on the brain. With a fair number of trades floating around, and with other sites providing better analysis on individual trades, it seems wise to just lump’ all the moves and potential moves into one post - and, for shits and giggles - to rank them in order of significance.
By way of criteria for ranking, the staff (of one) got together and opted to start the rankings with trades already confirmed; from there, the list will rank the rumors and long-shots with one eye on the odds a trade will 1) happen, or 2) matter (when the last name appears, you’ll get this distinction).
- DC United signs another Argentine, this one by the name of Matias Donnet. He’s got an impressive-for-MLS resume, including stops at Argentine Big Boys Boca Juniors and a goal scored against AC Milan in the World Club Championshp (see here). The blog DCenters provided a solid, DC-United-centric analysis of the move.
- Marvin Tarley returns to MLS, this time to the Colorado Rapids. Um, no one seems particularly nervous about this one, or, really, to care much about it. Prove ‘em wrong, Marvin. Prove ‘em wrong.
- The Deseret News is telling people that DaMarcus Beasley wants to return to the States; his desire to play for Real Salt Lake coach John Ellinger poses a two-fold challenge to the trade - especially given the August 31 deadline. The first question is whether Ellinger will have the job (signs, and RSL’s current run, point to yes, but...). Second, there’s RSL’s fourth-place ranking in the allocation lottery; three teams would have to pass on Beasley to make this work.
RSL blog, Are You Loyal, figures this won’t happen till next year - and he makes sense.
- The Clint Dempsey/Taylor Twellman/Pat Noonan situation, of which the Dempsey situation seems hottest. Bigsoccer.com has a thread devoted to a rumored trade to England’s Charlton Athletic (which, I suppose, would make this a “rumoured” trade). Maybe they’ve figured out what’s going on since I last checked, but most people on the thread seem to agree that the reported $2 million offer was too low. My Soccer Blog provided a good analysis of this one - especially with regard to the issues of contracts and timing.
- Paul Dalglish, who is the son of a legend (Kenny Dalglish), may be Houston-Dynano-bound. Dalglish currently plays in Scotland and that’s where this one got started.
- Metrofanatic passes on the juiciest rumor of the day (and admits it’s a rumor), which would send Italian striker, Christian Vieri, who is nearing the crest of the hill at the very least, to Red Bull New York. OK. I’m not seeing this one. Still, it’s a fun story. In spite of an illustrious playing career, I can’t say a Vieri trade would excite me; he’s old and, like some old people, he seems cranky.
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