U.S. Men’s National Team centerback Matt Miazga’s loan spell at FC Nantes has been an unsuccessful one to say the least and looks to be nearing its end.
Nantes manager Vahid Halilhodzic claims that Miazga faked a back injury while also stating the defender is back in England with Chelsea, Goal reported. Miazga joined Nantes on a season-long loan spell last summer but only made eight appearances for the club in all competitions.
He recently started Nantes’ 4-0 French Cup win over Chateauroux back on Jan. 4th but has since failed to see the pitch. It was also reported that Miazga was seeking to terminate his loan early after failing to earn first-team minutes with the club.
🎙 Vahid Halilhodzic : "Le chantage dont je parlais hier, c'était à propos de @MattMiazga3. Il m'a assuré qu'il avait mal au dos. Après examens, il n'y avait pourtant pas de problème… Il voulait juste quitter le Club."#ESSGFCN
— FC Nantes (@FCNantes) January 21, 2019
“The blackmail I was talking about yesterday was about Matt Miazga,” Halilhodzic said. “He assured me that he had a sore back. After exams, however, there was no problem… He just wanted to leave the club.”
“This morning Miazga was in England, in Chelsea,” he continued. “He didn’t warn anyone. These things bother me. But it has to be done with, even if it disappointed me a lot.”
With the end of the January Transfer Window just 10 days away, Miazga still has time to seek a move. Despite a $5 million move to Chelsea in Jan. 2016, Miazga has only made two first-team appearances for the Blues.
His most successful spell came with Dutch outfit Vitesse Arnhem where he totaled 55 appearances in two seasons, while lifting the 2016-17 Dutch Cup and scoring three goals in total.
Miazga has also won 11 caps with the USMNT but was unable to be a part of Gregg Berhalter’s first camp in charge due to domestic play.
Go back to red bulls
I don’t see a Chelsea future for him, not unless he dramatically improves, and setting aside who is telling the truth, this is the sort of sequential loan hell players can face if they sign over their heads and then basically spend their contract term going to a new home every year. One year maybe you like it but they pull you back anyway. Next year is hell and the reward for escaping is they send you out on the roulette wheel again. People knock someone like young Harkes for signing where he did but he chose his home and scored on his debut. And he isn’t going to be passed around like an unwanted fruitcake for his contract term. There is something to be said for calibrated ambition and signing directly someplace that will actually use you.
I mean, there was never a Chelsea future for him. Sounds like he has a terrible attitude. Hopefully he can end up in a lower league team as I imagine that’s where his future lies
You all gonna be mad but I do believe Miazga did this. Smh
20% of the population believes that the sun revolves around the earth (you can look it up). You should try to base your beliefs at least on some facts. Here is one to consider. Miazga played 2 seasons in Holland and started most every game. He did well enough that Chelsea thought he merited promotion to France a better league. This manager is the first I have seen to complain about him.
The manager, on the other hand, has already been fired once for lack of communication and losing the confidence of his team.
Miazga the player who grabs crotches to distract players and call people tiny. He did it was like bye felicia. How is that for fact. Next time you are going to be a pompous clown try harder to make me laugh.
Dude, in the eredivisie last weekend there were games with scores like 5-1, 4-4, 4-2, etc. Defense there is optional and he probably fit right in. Vitesse last season was 6th place with 47 goals allowed in 34 games.
Hi Mysterious: you dont like that he grabs crotches , right? Just that he’s will grab your ass , right? But You’ll love crotches…
I don’t what you believe. I care about facts which you’re not going to get out of that coach.
To my detractors, I probably would have been inclined to believe the charge except that when I found out about the history of the coach, he loses all credibility to me. I’ve always thought Miazga is bit of a bush leaguer in attitude, but that doesn’t make him a slacker. As far as the quality of the Dutch league defending, an awful lot of former Eredevisie defenders are now playing in the EPL. And, as I pointed out a couple of weeks ago in a post, Holland went into a couple of World Cups with mostly defenders from the Dutch league and managed to do well anyhow.
At least he’s still very tall.
In other semi-related news that Lainez kid made his La Liga debut with Real Betis this weekend.
How did he look?
@don lamb
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not great, but i’m sure he’ll grow into it.
…..like he belongs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpIxzka4qLc
Short
Lainez is the new Messi. Actually, Messi is the pre-Lainez. We will all have to bow down to Lainez’s god-like talent. There’s nobody better than him.
“The Japan Football Association on Friday took a stand against former Japan head coach Vahid Halilhodzic’s claim that it defamed him in a news conference following his dismissal just two months before the World Cup finals.
At the first hearing in the suit filed with the Tokyo District Court, the JFA contested the complaint by Halilhodzic that it damaged his reputation and gave a negative impression of his personality. Halilhodzic is seeking a public apology and ¥1 (about 1 cent) in symbolic compensation.
At a news conference held on April 9, two days after the dismissal, JFA chairman Kozo Tashima said that Halilhodzic, 66, was fired because he lacked communication skills and did not have the confidence of team members.
The Bosnian said in his complaint that Tashima’s remarks implied there was a problem with his character and his reputation as a soccer coach was seriously damaged.”
Look, I don’t know much about this coach, and maybe Miazga was faking an injury, but this article from his last gig in 2018 doesn’t paint him in a flattering light. Sounds like he has a tough time playing nice with others…
Thanks for posting this. One thing to keep in mind is that it is pretty extraordinary for a national team coach to be fired right before his team is about to play in the World Cup. That fact that the Japanese FA cited lack of communication skills and that he didn’t have the team confidence probably tells us what we need to know. If you know anything about the Japanese character (i,was in Japan for 2 years while in the service) it is practically unheard of for team members to have complained about the manager. It is a very hierarchical society that prizes conformity. He must have been truly awful if he lost the confidence of the Japanese team.
Thanks for the info about the culture, Gary. Anytime a coach rips on a player, my radar goes off. You’re supposed to be professional, even if some 25 year old is not meeting your standards. Rip him a new one in private, but going on twitter is beneath any coach.
I dont believe or trust those Croatian-Serbian-Yugoslavian M.F. Something happen with those two guys and now He’s trying getting even with Miazga.
We have a word for that in English: racism.
hopefuly you drop dead… M.F. Its not ,, is identification, ash hole..
If? then tell your m.f mother to stop making tricks.Piece of Sh–t..M.F.
Btw If? then you M.F DROP DEAD..In the liberation of Bosnia You kill so many people that garbage like you you dont want to talk about. talking about racism… p.o.s.
You have anger issues. A good therapist can help.
One of the best exchanges from the original Godfather:
Jack Woltz: Now you listen to me, you smooth-talking son-of-a-bitch, let me lay it on the line for you and your boss, whoever he is! Johnny Fontane will never get that movie! I don’t care how many dago guinea wop greaseball goombahs come out of the woodwork!
Tom Hagen: I’m German-Irish.
Jack Woltz: Well, let me tell you something, my kraut-mick friend, I’m gonna make so much trouble for you, you won t know what hit you!
Regardless, take it easy Hernando. Come back with new posts without the MFers and fake cursing. We are all better than that here at SBI. Then let people get angry about your misspellings.
If true, why would anyone want this guy on their team. Grow up, bro. I guess he can always go back to MLS.
“If true.” You’re telling Miazga to grow up based on something that may not even be true. Maybe you need to do some growing up.