Things will get quiet around here for a couple of days, so I will round up some stuff for you now and drop that promised third Top 5 List on Friday. As for the Americans-to-Europe transfer article I mentioned... I had lost the quotes... and now I've found them. That will also go up Friday, but at S365.
So Ho Ho Ho, fa la la, I have a little dreidel and all other appropriate holiday song hooks. I hope everybody gets what they wished for, because I know I did...
#1 - NSC pal Chris Courtney calms the mini-furor over Sacha Kljestan's presence in Milan this week. No, he's not in talks with the Nerazzurri/Rossoneri - we think. Turns out the Chivas USA midfield ace was picked to play in a benefit match at San Siro.
#2 - I had a chance to talk with new Örebro attacker Alejandro Bedoya, who seems very eager to make a rookie splash in Sweden - and he has Hammarby star Charlie Davies to help get prepared... must be nice.
#3 - In case you missed it, MLS has inked an eight-figure international broadcast contract. I wonder what countries will be showing the wares and how foreign audiences will react. This should be interesting.
#4 - Luis Bueno gives us the scoop on another young American at Pachuca over at The Touchline: Jonathan Barron.
#5 - I missed this initially: Soccer Insider Steven Goff reports that a pair of teams have apparently passed on signing out-of-contract Ghana star Steven Appiah.
He would be a major coup, an immediate MVP candidate. Frankly, I didn't even think he'd consider MLS at 27 years old (he turns 28 tomorrow).
Good grief, someone get this done. Chivas USA? New York? RSL? Somebody?
#6 - Seattle Times scribe Jose Romero gets the high sign on Freddie Ljungberg's surgery. All went well, but he is still in doubt for their opener.
#7 - It seems Aston Villa second teamer Eric Lichaj is weighing a contract extension offer from the club. The young American defender has started a handful of games this term for the Premier League Reserve South division tabletoppers.
Hopefully, I can get him on the line if and when he signs on the line.
#8 -First, the Crew named field-to-sideline stalwart Robert Warzycha as their new boss, and then Steven Goff reports that they've made an offer to combat Mainz 05 interest in Defender of the Year Chad Marshall.
Will Columbus remain the team to beat in 2009?
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I hope SOMEONE signs Appiah. He's worth DP money as far as I'm concerned, and is way younger than your typical MLS international star. If DC could find a way to jettison Gallardo and grab Appiah, they'd have no excuse not to.
I think he'd fit nicely on Dallas or the increasingly African Revs too.
Have you seen much of Alejandro? Is he a guy that can develop well at Hammarby and turn into a national team player down the road?
I've only seen bits of Alejandro in BC clips, nothing where I could watch him closely - so for now I'll defer to Örebro (not Hammarby), who seem really excited about him.
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