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Landon Donovan's loan move to Everton has been completed, sources confirmed to SBI on Thursday.
The U.S. national team star and Los Angeles Galaxy captain will join the Liverpool-based club when the transfer window opens on Jan. 1.
Donovan is being brought in to provide cover for an injury-depleted Everton offense that has struggled to produce goals this year. He will join U.S. national team goalkeeper Tim Howard on an Everton side that will be competing in the Europa League and FA Cup during Donovan's loan spell.
No details on the deal were available, but Donovan is expected to join Everton on a short-term loan deal that would see him return to the Los Angeles Galaxy in time for the start of the 2010 MLS season.
What do you think of this move? Think Donovan will make an impact at Everton? Anxious to see him match up against teams like Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal?
Share your thoughts below.
haha, for the guy who said Steven Pienaar is nowhere near LD, I can’t wait to see LD play…. who is he… Ronaldo? Messi? Pienaar is utter class. I’m an Everton season ticket holder and really hope that LD is better than Steven Pienaar because if he is.. we’ll have one hell of a player…
Good luck to both!!!!!!
COYB
The point to being on the win is to serve in quality balls and to keep the backs honest, by your example no cross lennon is the best wing player on the planet just cause he’s fast… please….there goes lennon loads of pace but ooooh who was that final ball to??? happens everytime.
Yeah real FOOTBALL like the kind wigan and hull city play!!! give us n f’n break,. I’d rather watch colorado vs toronto then watch wigan vs anyone in the prem anyday of the week. We all know the only good games in the prem are played by teams 7 and up the rest just kick and chase.
WHAT!!!! Pienar is no where near donovan, you are delusional, Fellani, rodwell they don’t even play the same position as donovan just becuase you’re in the midfield doesn’t mean you’re battiling everyone. I bet he plays on day one, he comes in as a sub. For all your arguments this is the same team thats played dan gosling, who looks like wind could blow him over.
Shut it man! Did he or did he not come back from Bayern Munich a better player than he has ever been from? Yeah that’s what I thought
Raul? Yawn…just another Euro looking to cash in.
Or he wont play at all. 1. Cahill 2. Bily 3. Fellaini 4. Pienar 5. Rodwell 6. Osman …. not to mention when Arteta gets back. I’m not sure where Donovan fits in here. He could push Pienar for the right winger spot… but I think Pienar is a better player.
If you dont think the pink and blacks are awesome than I feel bad for you.
Onyewu – AC Milan at the beginning of the season.
Bradley – for a period of time this season
Donvan with Bayern last loan period – he lead the team in goals during the winter break friendly games – but was never given a chance when the season started back and the other players were not scoring.
Adu – Plenty of times with all three teams that he has played with in europe.
Edu – with Rangers in the beginning.
Dempsey for a period at the beginning of last season after having already proved himself the prior season.
On and on and on with examples (you may not agree with all of these, but they are examples)
I think the point is if they just do with Donvan what Bayern did last season and only bring him on for the last 10 minutes of a game it is going to be difficult for him to prove anything.
Cody Arnoux and Anton Peterlin are two other americans in the Everton team. So LD will be the fourth american in the current team.
LD will not be a lone yank in the team
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They televise matches from the English premier league on the net.
I’m an Everton suppoerter from Norway. I believe LD could make it in the EPL, and I’m glad it is Everton he’s going to play for.
Good luck, yankee
I’m not really feeling the ‘short term loan’ aspect. I’d like to see him get on with a team and stay for a year or so to truly get acclimated. You can’t really expect him to have an impact when he’ll only be there for 3 or 4 months.
He’s not going to be out of form if he takes the rest of the winter off and starts training again in February/March when the Galaxy start training camp. The World Cup isn’t until June.
And I don’t care how great his training habits are, all professional atheletes need significant time off to let their bodies recover from the toll taken during a long season. It appears to me that Donovan isn’t going to get that.
David Beckham, is that you?
Agreed. His 90th minute workrate is consistently outstanding. I’m not concerned about his fitness in June. His form, on the other hand… see 2006.
I agree. And thats a great point about Donovan being an unselfish player. One of his more overlooked qualities I think.
Definitely. On the professional level I think the risk of a lack of form is worse than a risk of exhaustion.
Six weeks is more than enough off time. He’s a big boy. I think he and his handlers have a good enough grip on his fitness that they don’t need our advice.
Haha. TRUE!!!
Give those scurvy limeys hell, Landon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even as a Donovan fan I see this loan having little or no impact on Everton’s performances. Everton need CD’s first, FB’s second, and Target Striker third. Donovan can’t help them where most needed but he will add some attacking mid-field play.
“If he plays as a winger in england he will fail miserably” thats what your mom said about u! woooooooooooooooooo!!! (does the bender dance)
and the crowd goes wild!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (louds chants and cheers for donovan from yank fans and donovan fans [people that may not like the USA but like donovan]) usa! usa! usa! usa!
Um, he wouldn’t be able to compete on the highest level if he wasn’t in amazing shape. Athletes never stop training. He should be able to handle it.
I figured. I was just pointing out that I knew he didn’t have a number yet.
congrats landy-cakes!
Lol, you fanboys can be deluded all you want, but I’ve been watching him for years.
He is not pacey enough to play as a winger, on the international level or in the Premier League. He is quick, but lacks the skill to utilize that to beat defenders one on one. The man has NO skill moves – in fact, Charlie Davies puts LD’s dribbling to shame and he plays as an out-and-out striker!
If he plays as a winger in England he will fail miserably.
“He’s been off since the MLS season ended”
In other words, two and a half weeks.
“and will be off for another month…”
It’s only 3 weeks until January. And who knows whether he will go there earlier to start training again. But in any case, the maximum time he will have off is 5 weeks or so. He’s just going to be dead exhausted in June.
Wow. New candidate for “Most Blinded by Hatred” post of the year. Lacks pace and dribbling – astonishing!
I guess when you’re the head football coach of ACC champion Georgia Tech, you can say whatever you want!
Wow. Phobic much? Nice.
He lacks the pace? Seriously?
Quality insight!
Great…now the useless Donovan fanboys will think he’s an even greater talent because he went on loan for 3 months with an English outfit.
The fact of the matter is, this is good for USMNT, Donovan and that’s it. It really all depends on how Moyes uses him – if he is used in an attacking midfield/SS role, he has a chance to do some good things. If he is used as a winger…forget it – he lacks the pace or dribbling skills necessary to beat Premier League fullbacks as will be asked of him on the flank.
Everton’s season is far from over. Not only are they still in the FA cup and the UEFA knockout round, but there’s still more than half a season to claw their way back into a European spot for next year.
Everton has to contend with the African Cup of Nations in January, a busy fixture schedule, and injuries, so I think Donovan will get his chance to play.
ding, ding, ding.
He’s not going to play forward. 4 reasons. 1. Moyes prefers five in the midfield. 2. Saha. 3. Yakubu. 4. Jo.
AMEN!!!!!
Also one of the reasons why I would prefer to see him in Serie A since he would improve his thinking in regards to breaking down defenses and Landon’s smart at it to begin with, so it would only make him better.
Max Respect JPC for calling it.
It actually should be good for him to play with teams that are as quick as he is. It will hopefully force him into becoming more creative and possession skilled, not that he isn’t already. Landon seems like the type of fierce competitor, at least at this stage of his career, that will try and figure out what he needs to do to get his advantage back.
Just getting him into the experience of the Liverpool derby is worth this loan. I would venture to say he’s never experienced an atmosphere like that in his club time and probably the only closest thing to it is the USA-Mexican games.
3 month loans are as gay as liverpool
This is a great opportunity for him, but I kind of worry about guys not having an offseason heading into the world cup. I am amazed that Beckham has managed to stay on the field given how much soccer he has played over the past couple of years.
Don’t get injured!!!!
Something not mentioned is the pressue Donovan will face in England.
First I need to say I’m a huge Donovan fan and always have been. He’s my favorite player on the MNT behind Timmy. But the English media are hounds. They are crazy over their soccer, especially in the Liverpool/Manchester area. They know nothing about Landon, but hear everything about him. They will finally get to see what he is all about when he arrives at Everton. He will have so much attention, I wonder which Donovan will show up. Will it be the pressure loving Donovan we saw in 2009 who seems to thrive off intense situations, or will it be the Donovan who totally scuffed his PK in the MLS Cup and has failed to show up in big games for the MNT years past? Just something that has been in the back of my head.
My answer is he will show up in top form and light the field on fire. He has never been a player to try and do everything himself. By distributing the ball and gaining confidence against chippy players, he will slowly build steam and eventually play like himself.
Come on Donovan.
He may flop, I don’t know, some players just never adapt well to Europe. However, I think that people in Liverpool and London know that there are Americans that can play in the EPL, no matter how well Landon does.
If he really wanted to he wouldn’t say he is 50/50 on whether he is going to make the jump. I think he likes being the face of MLS. There is nothing wrong with that. Having the “greatest american player” in the US league is a good thing. But if he really isn’t into going to Europe perminently he should just stop making cameo appearances.
Donovan to Everton is the best news I’ve heard all year!
Donovan at Bayern should be erased from your memory. It was a nightmare of a season under Klinsman. Lot’s of political S*$! and the completely wrong fit for Landon.
If he sucks at Everton, he may never get another offer, unless he lights it up at the World Cup, which he will.
Wow, I only see two or three guaranteed wins out of that schedule. They will be lucky to get into the top 10 this season.