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Djurgardens close to acquiring Agbossoumonde on six month loan

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By FRANCO PANIZO

Gale Agbossoumonde's future looks to finally be taking a turn for the better.

According to a Swedish report, Djurgardens IF has been impressed with Agbossoumonde during his two-week trial and is ready to sign the U.S. U-20 national team defender on a six month loan from Traffic USA/Miami FC. At the end of the loan, Djurgardens has an option to buy Agbossoumonde for a fixed price in August.

Djurgardens has already agreed to terms with Agbossoumonde, and club sporting director Stefan Alven said all that is left to be worked out is small details.

Here's a video that includes translation of Alven talking about the all but completed loan:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWyRl0ES0S0] 

What do you think of this development?

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  1. Thanks for help with spelling – now the pronunciation guide please? Since if Gale sticks some of us will be trying not to mangle name?

    dyoor-garden – is that close enough for Americans, who don’t do little o’s over vowels? : )

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  2. It’s either DjurgÃ¥rdens IF or DjurgÃ¥rden (no “s” if there is no “IF”). This was my favorite team growing up. I’m glad they’re getting an American.

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  3. Gale didn’t like the low-ball Generation Adidas contract he was offered by MLS at age 18…so he got a somewhat better salary from Traffic. Oops.

    The price was wandering here and there while Traffic tried to extract a big fee from clubs for – an 18 year old prospect.

    Gale should play his way out of the mess his naivete on contracts – and MLS’s not recognizing the kid was MORE special than the average 18 year old prospect – got him in to.

    So imho, blame is on the kid and his advisors…and equally on MLS for not recognizing real major league talent when it’s right in front of them.

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  4. I am of the opinion that Boss is the best CB prospect for us in the long term. Yes, more so than Ream, Gonzalez, etc. Opara is close as well. I think it says a lot that Bob capped him in SA even though he’s basically been in soccer exile for a year, AND was coming off an injury at the time. Very unusual move from BB, he see a lot in him as well.

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  5. Yes. Traffic has paid Gale much more than the market would, probably 2-3 hundred grand a year for a few years. The only way they make that money back is the transfer fee. For a man so critical of the MLS rules to bot read his contract is, well, dumb.

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  6. This comment should probably belong on Kickette, but it seems to me that European collars get taller as the fohawks grow.

    Great news for Boss though, he needs a team bad. And living in Stockholm cannot be a bad thing.

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  7. I can’t believe how ignorant of the rules of grammar this commenter is. The letter I should be capitalized when used as a pro-noun. Anybody can and should capitalize the letter i. Please go another website and stay there.

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  8. He went on trial last month with a Czech team. I think he’s still there, though I don’t see his name on their site. On the other hand, I don’t read Czech

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  9. I guess one of the top teams in Sweden is a step up from USSF Div2 — right?

    Maybe even better than MLS? Probably a better place to learn the professional game.

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  10. (said in Rick Ross voice) BOSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    and on a sidenote, damn…Boss is lookin very Rick Ross-ish in this photo. hehe. Maybe that time off with no club is hurtin the old waistline.

    “I’m da I’m da biggest boss dat you’ve seen thus far.”

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  11. i can’t believe how ignorant of the basic rules of the soccer market the readers are. Transfer rights can be owned by clubs, investment funds, agencies etc. Registering a player can only be done by clubs. Please go to the FIFA website and educate yourselves.

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  12. “Djurgardens close to acquiring Agbossoumonde on six month loan UNTIL TRAFFIC UPS THE PRICE AT THE LAST MINUTE AND CAUSES THE DEAL TO FALL APART”

    there. fixed.

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  13. Stefan Jerome is with Traffic, correct? Last I heard, he was trialing with a team somewhere in Eastern Europe. Does anyone know anything about his current situation? Ives? When I saw him with the U-17 team, I liked his talent; good speed and a nose for the goal. Since then, he has dropped off the face of the earth, it seems.

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  14. Traffic must have been thought up by someone from the music business! The big record labels operate the same way; they “sign” you, record and promote you, then either recoup their costs out of you pocket or drop you and take the (deductible) loss before you become a bigger liability. They certainly don´t have the “talent´s” best interest in mind.

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  15. 6 months of solid playing time should do this kid some good. He should be able to ride his talent to a transfer, and then he will be free of Traffic’s bs.
    Wish him all the best.

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  16. I believe Traffic pays you a salary to join them, so it’s like an instant money thing. They own your rights, and they also own a couple of teams (miami fc, estoril praia, etc) they assign you to if they can’t find someone willing to make an offer they like. I think the problem is that any offer has to be profitable over the cost traffic spent to market you, plus the money they pay you. Since many of the players they get are young, if they don’t sign quickly, it’s easy to get forgotten trialing at club after club.

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  17. From what I can tell they buy players, pay their wages, decide where they get to play, and take a big chunk of then sell the players as they see fit. The big problem is that they don’t seem to have the players best interest in mind.

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  18. With that in mind, what exactly is Traffic USA? Is it an organization/situation similar to the that of Carlos Tevez when he was “signed” by West Ham?

    Anyone with more info on what exactly they are/how FIFA sees them?

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  19. Hopefully these “small details” get worked out and I hope he does well enough to warrant Djurgardens buying him outright at the end of the loan so that he never has to deal with Traffic again.

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  20. How did he end up with Traffic in the first place? Is this a cautionary tale about young players signing with the first “team” that waves some bucks in front of their face?

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