- This is actually not a transfer note, but... I have learned Aston Villa's American reserve defender Eric Lichaj will sign a two-year extension to his current contract on Tuesday. I will have a story up at Soccer365 by the top of the hour.
UPDATE: Ta-da! By the way, I forgot to mention earlier that Licahj could go out on loan in 2009. Some teams are very interested.
- My Turkish birdie scored on the Bobby Boswell tip, and now he says that's all but a done deal. Unfortunately, I could not track down my English speaking contact at Antalyaspor before the close of business. We try again tomorrow, unless Glenn Davis or Bernardo Fallas gets the confirmation in Houston.
UPDATE: Expect Boswell to start in the club's Friday friendly against FC Nürnberg. The team will then square off against Heerenveen on Sunday as part of the Antalya-Cup, which features decent Super Lig side Trabzonspor as the fourth.
Who might he run up against tomorrow? That would likely be some combination of Greece hero Angelos Charisteas, Switzerland's Daniel Gygax, Slovakia playmaker Marek Mintal and Ghana strike understudy Isaac Boakye. It should be a good test.
I may even be able to catch a game or two on my lone Turkish TV station. Ahhh, cosmopolitan cities...
- I have a Marcus Tracy lead. As I'm sure you know by now, the Wake Forest power forward has rejected an MLS contract. I can't say anymore yet, but know I'm on it as if it was a lost pizza.
UPDATE: Since it seems to have caught the wind in Denmark, I'll go ahead and spill. It appears Aalborg BK are about to beat German interest to sign the forward. I hope to speak with the club's technical director around lunchtime on Friday for some confirmation.
UPDATE UPDATE: AaB exec Lynge Jacobsen would not comment. It seem they are trying to get this done as quietly as possible to avoid a bidding war with other interested clubs in Germany and Norway. I've been trying to get someone at Aalborg to talk about this for three days now.
- Villarreal have reportedly laughed off an Everton offer for Jozy Altidore. And when I say 'reportedly', I mean by UK sources... so... take that for what it's worth. This version had them ready to offer the Yellow Submarines a handsome six-month return.
- Lorient midfielder Andrew Jacobsen is on trial with Tally Hally's club, Esbjerg.
- NSC pal TJ Boyce reports over at MLS Daily that D.C. United are the MLS team after Kamani Hill. Hmmm. They just re-signed Quaranta and are about to re-sign Namoff, so perhaps they want right-side cover.
- Soccer By Ives has a juicy MLS pre-draft trade talk sheet up today.
- As I expected, Joe Cannon will stay with San Jose. Meanwhile, Center Line's Jeff Carlisle also gives us an idea of what to expect with three other Quakes question marks: Francisco Lima will probably be back, Scott Sealy probably won't and Trinidad & Tobago midfielder Chris Birchall probably isn't arriving soon.
More later, hopefully much more. This day of hunting will go late.
UPDATE: Okay, no more for today. Darn.
Everybody say it with me... "We try again tomorrow."
Oh... and if you're wondering what on Earth the post title means. here ya go. Don't ask me why, I'm half delirious.
- Greg Seltzer
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Any new updates on Marvell Wynne? Sacha Kljestan? DaMarcus Beasley? Jose Francisco Torres? Heath Pearce?
Is Oguchi Onyewu definately staying through or is OM ready to make an offer Liege can't refuse?
Everton apparently turned in a bid for Altidore that Villarreal turned down pretty quick i would think. Article is on Sky Sports
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