The summer transfer window was a chance DaMarcus Beasley needed for a change of scenery. It was clear that Glasgow was not the place for the winger if he hoped to resurrect both his club and country career. Unfortunately for Beasley, rumors of a switch from Rangers to either Germany or Spain failed to come through today.
With the window now come and gone, Beasley must wait until January. Making matters worse, Rangers acquired left winger Jerome Rothen on a season long loan from Paris St. Germain. Not a good sign if the manager adds another player on the same side as Beasley, who has yet to feature for his club in the SPL this season.
Another American struggling for playing time, Eddie Johnson, was adversely affected by Fulham's signing of Swedish striker David Elm. The injury to Andy Johnson had temporarily provided the American with a brief chance that Roy Hodgson may have closed.
Those two moves could leave both Johnson and Beasley out in the cold until the transfer window re-opens.
Elsewhere, the transfer window failed to close with the same drama of last season when Robinho switched to Manchester City.
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What do you think of these developments? Is Beasley's national team career over? Does Johnson have a shot of playing time with Fulham? What did you think of the lack of transfer action? Share your thoughts below.
I’d welcome Beasley, he can come to the Union! He’s played alongside Peter Nowak during his Chicago days, so perhaps…
Highlights of other American players including Davies, Cooper, and Altidore scoring for their new teams: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPcioXnBoGM
The music is from YouTube sensation, Ronald Jenkees.
this is just what happens when you get the wrong injury. Look at Convey, and look at Beasley. Obviously Beasley has the better resume, but Convey was certainly instrumental in Reading getting to the EPL. One bad knee later and he is back in the MLS. I assume the same will be true for Beasley. I don’t see any problem with him collecting his paycheck and riding the bench. Beasley probably knows after his shocking performance in the Confed Cup that his USMNT days are over.
I think the corner kick at the Confeds Cup left a burning image in a lot of club managers minds.
Hope Beasley’s negotiating a buy out as we speak!
You know what they say, never quit your job unless you have something else lined up. I’m sure DMB is thinking of his footballing career as a whole before his USMNT career (and rightfully so).
Posted by: Coach | September 01, 2009 at 04:36 PM
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I hear you Coach but is it truely a career if you are riding the pine for most of it?
At the end of last season, Walter Smith said anyone and everyone was for sale due to financial concerns. Apparently no one was interested.
Perhaps DMB could have taken more initiative and asked to be released. However, there is no guarantee he would be picked up by anyone and/or make nearly as much money anywhere else.
You know what they say, never quit your job unless you have something else lined up. I’m sure DMB is thinking of his footballing career as a whole before his USMNT career (and rightfully so).
Lets be brutally honest. sadly, DMB has been finished for at least 3 years and arguably longer. His game never matured; still kick and run but he has lost the speed so it’s just kick. His soccer IQ never materialized. I am not sure he could even make it in the MLS today. It is amazing with all the opportunities, coaching, experience, the soccer brain never evolved. Yet another mistake by the USSF. In his last 25 games with the Chicago Fire he had one (1)goal!!!!! thats one more than me! So why all the money? time? investment? Many talented US players lost opportunities because of DMB. And only last month did the USSF cut the cord. A little slow, no?
Sad to see Beasley in this state. He was absolutely flying less than two years ago, man of the match against Lyon in the CL (Oct 2007), scoring goals, and easily one of rangers best players. Then the cl game against stuttgart where he injured his knee. Talented player who just doesn’t have the same physical tools anymore. Its sad to see this happen to a guy that should be in his prime.
I’m not going to go as far as to call dude a bad player. In fact, I like what he has to offer when he’s on form – he’s got pace and is one of the few honest 2 way players we have. I think most of what is going on with Beas is mental. Remember he didn’t leave Holland on the greatest of terms (you know the drink-drive charge and the never driving there again thing). Then he comes to Rangers and get’s obliterated by vicious thugs who pass as footballers and does not get the protection a guy like him needs.
The injury was a mjor set-back and could very well have robbed him of a step or two (along with his mojo). But mojo can come back. He just needs PT. He may not regain his speed, but I refuse to think that a guy who has, what – 4 Champions league goals – is a bust at age 27. Let’s not get nuts here now.
The thing is he needs to get out of Rangers and play somewhere, any where, right now if he really wants to play for his country. I’m thinking even he has to know that the daily mantra of “I’ll stay and fight for my place” is not doing the business right now. He needs out. The question is how? Missing the window has roaylly screwed him, and I’m not so sure if eating his contract is even an option at this point.
This is some tragic, tragic s**t.
Looks like we’ll need another John-Paul Pittman for the USMNT thread:
“Jon-Paul Pittman with a brace today in the LDV Vans Trophy match vs Northampton.”
4 goals in 3 games. With this being his first full season at Wycombe I think he will score a lot more.
Question for the group that thinks MLS is up next for DMB.
If you were a MLS GM would you pay Beasley a DP salary? I say no way. What do you think?
Hey,
So why would Rangers hold on to DMB if they have no intention of playing him? Is is a case of no one else wanting him and he’s under contract? Anyone? Beuller?
Looks like we’ll need another John-Paul Pittman for the USMNT thread:
“Jon-Paul Pittman with a brace today in the LDV Vans Trophy match vs Northampton.”
I agree with Tony in QL. Beasley was one of the best players in the US pool for a long time. He’s simply not the same player he was from just a year or two ago. I’d like to think he’ll be able to regain his form if he gets meaningful playing time, but it is amazing how quickly he’s gone from a lock starter to an after thought.
At his best, Beasley is still a starter in the Nats, but he’s a long way from his best right now.
Yikes. Not a good situation right before the WC. It looks like Beasley’s chances to make the sqaud just took a huge hit.
Props to Rangers for getting Rothen though, he’s pretty good (and much better than Beasley).
I’ll say it again, he’s done. What does he bring to the table?
Robbie Rogers is just as good as he is with more upside, and I don’t even really rate Rogers. There’s probably 4 or 5 players who should play before he steps on the field again. Other than experiment he offers very little at this juncture in my opinion.
Toumba,
I agree – it’s sad. He simply has completely stagnated. His touch is no better than it was 5-6 years ago. He still has no real moves other than trying to run by the defender. His ball-striking is woefully inconsistent. I think that last aspect is the one area that he could still improve at age 27+. The ability to strike good crosses from the left would make him a valuable addition, even if it’s only at the end of games to seal the deal. Time is running out, though. Once his wheels go, he’s virtually useless.
Having watched his development from a teenage, through his emergence in MLS and on the national team…I find it shocking how rapidly he (and Bobby Convey for that matter, although I never particularly rated him) has declined. It’s simply staggering.
Beasley is done?
Come on people. 1st, we have to qualify. So, let’s worry about what is in front of us right now. 2nd, after we qualify, so much can happen between now and June 2010.
Players could get injured. Beasley finds the right situation. He could be starting come June. The point is, no one knows what is going to happen in June 2010.
This is a temporary set back. This acquisition from PSG could get injured or not prove to be effective.
As for Johnson, it is bad news. Beasley does have a track record in Europe, Johnson does not.
DMB’s biggest problem is that he has not evolved as a player. He pretty much offers the exact thing he has always offered since he came on the scene, skillwise. And, we have not seen his experience reshape him the way it has Landon or Dempsey. His lack of growth has been a disappointment for me. I remember the fearless little sh!t that was a terror in the 02 WC. Somewhere along the line he lost the fearless attitude and did not replace it with some veteran’s guile.
Let this be a lesson to all young players….You must evolve…..ADAPT OR DIE. You must replace the quickness you lose with football intelligence. You must learn from your experiences and use it to your advantage. And if you don’t…the rest of the world is busy making players that will.
how much longer is he under contract with the Rangers?
he has no choice now but to fight and perform every day in practice for his place… even Beckham was benched at RM at one time and told he’d never play there again- he won his place back through hard work and some injuries to guys ahead of him….
Philly Union in 2010?
Just bring him back to MLS… His talent is near godlike in our Mickey Mouse league.
If he gets released by his club he could then move to MLS….
David Elm will not be playing ahead of EJ… once they see hom play.. he is substandard… a very poor mans Brian Ching honestly…
Eddie will get his chances this season…he just needs to get hot…
Beasley should have just asked to be released… obviously not in there plans and salaray may be too high for some teams liking… if you aint gonna use him…why pay him?
How is Beasley going to come to MLS if the transfer window it closed? Get a clue people.
beasley could pull a ljungberg and both parties could chose to terminate the contract. If Beasley wanted to im sure he can break the contract tommarow and become a FA , but its hard to walk away from a good amount of money showing up in your direct diposit every other week
Awful, awful, awful news. I don’t get it. He’s making decent bank. Why don’t the Rangers loan him to anyone, just to get some salary relief – even if they have to eat part of his salary? Why eat his contract, when they clearly have no intention of playing him?
Beasley is still young enough that he could feature in the 2014 World Cup if he can get his career back on track, but his chances of making the 2010 roster is slim to none.
I listen to the song ‘Eye of the Tiger’ and it somewhat reminds me of DMB’s career. He needs to get his mojo back.
anybody who says Beasley was never that good is either an idiot or a 12-year-old who only dimly remembers the 02 World Cup and didn’t have cable when PSV made its Champions League run.
Crappy players do not start for a team that makes it to the semis of the Champions League. Beas also was a starter for PSV when they won the Dutch league. (Dutch league is not as good as EPL but never heard anybody sane say that the better players on the big clubs of the Eredivisie aren’t that good).
He was playing well in the Champions League for Gers as well. In fact, his injuries – and his decline – began with an injury right after he scored a goal at Olympique Lyon.
So clearly he is no longer the player he was. And he may never regain form. But we should hope that he does get to his old level, because that was pretty high, rather than saying he was never that good.
Wow. Beasley should be entering the prime of his playing career. He’s 27, same age as Landon. Going in completely opposite directions.
Maurice, this will happen to you if you stay at Rangers. Get out as soon as you can.
Please let news about DB only be Rangers related from now on! The last thing Bob Bradley should do is try to squeeze him into the US team again. Disaster would be sure to follow.
I’d be interested to know if he ever lifted a weight in his life. I mean, in a tough physical league where one of your weaknesses has been exposed to be your…well, WEAKNESS…..wouldn’t you want to improve your overall fitness?? I don’t get it.
Beasley can always come back to the Fire. Mapp still hasn’t scratched his potential and doesn’t even start these days, and Banner is a nice little player with some potential, but I don’t know if he’s a everyweek player. I know Pappa plays out on the left alot, but he’s naturally a right winger.
Maybe when Blanco presumably walks away at the end of the season.
I’m thinking Galaxy as Arena searches for more youth.
RIP beas. You can look out like a proud father and see where you and donovan have brought this team
I disagree on Elm’s affect on Eddie Johnson’s playing time and it possibly leaving EJ in the cold. I believe Elm is a target man and so is more likely a back-up to Zamora as Zamora is Fulham’s only target man right now. When EJ has played, he does not play the target man role.
Sushant Rao — a loan is a temporary arrangement, while a transfer is permanent. On a loan, the player is still the “property” of the team loaning the player out and the player returns to the loaning team after the loan expires unless a permanent deal is worked out. On a loan, the salary issue can be negotiated, but typically the team taking the player on loan pays the player’s wages, but not a transfer fee. A transfer is a permanent deal, where the player becomes the “property” of the new team. There are numerous reasons why teams and players decide to go with a loan over a transfer or vice versa.
hopefully, having presumably failed to offload him, he might just get released….
Or, if not, MLS knowing the ball is in their court now, might offer a low ball number to Rangers and see if they bite.
MLS does look kind of inevitable now.
This is the reason you have to take hold of each opportunity you are given because chances and 2nd chances are not limitless. (Unless you are Freddy Adu)
DMB…I will never forget the 02 WC …thanks for the memories.
M: You don’t get signed by Rangers if you were never “that good”.
Who cares? He was never that good anyway. He was exposed at the last World Cup and the Confederations Cup
Beas is Scah-rewed!
His move to the SPL never made any sense to me, to be honest. That is probably the most brutal and thuggish of leagues out there, and it ain’t like Beas ever had the physical tools to handle such abuse. I mean you can only escape a nasty one so many times, but the one time one of thier many hard-tackling-no-talent-A-clowns gets a hold of you…well that’s it. Sucks too, because dude’s career was on on upward trend. I guess sometimes the money ain’t right.
Elm is a target player, I don’t think he’s competing for much time with Eddie Johnson. The do have a glut of strikers now, though.
Unless he gets outa there in the winter and has some crazy successful 5 months before the world cup…I’d sadly say his days are numbered
Beasley is done.
Cn someone explain how a “loan” works? Who pays the player’s salary? Why a “loan” and not a transfer?
So after the window closed can we get a WC squad projection – September version
I have to say this but “MLS here I come.”