Fee agreed and deal expected to be wrapped up Monday pending medical. Its on his website and his official twitter page just retweeted the news. Come on.
http://jozyaltidore.com/news_media/category/general-news/ Nowt here like?? https://twitter.com/JozyAltidore Or here??
I looked earlier and it was there on the website mate. I imagine someone announced it before everybody was happy to do so. Will come good on monday.
Probs the club request it removed for official announcement, we are an arsey club like that. I'm far from convinced by the lad, but if he's one of us, i'll back him, and he's young enough to improve, of course.
Time will tell mate. I trust our scouts more than I do alot of tbe posters on here that watched a 19 year old foreigner playing for Hull!
People also watch the Dutch league lad, I think it's a bit wrong to assume people don't actually watch foreign leagues, I watch ****ing everything. I'm watching Peruvian football as we type.
Some media here reported the move with his website as source. The more reliable football news sources remain silent here on the news and just post a regular article again quoting the website. That's all I can say right now on the matter as the twitter and website press statements have been taken down. Which suggests that someone pushed the publish button a little too early.
Half twelve here, people are either celebrating the weekend or lying in bed. Nothing to do till tomorrow morning I'm afraid. Got a family gathering in the evening but I'll keep you posted throughout the morning and early afternoon if anything develops.
Wrote this report yesterday on an earlier thread: http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/218364-2nd-Altidore-bid-rejected/page2?p=4967924#post4967924 Okay, I estimate a transfer fee between 6.5 and 8 million pounds. He has played two whole seasons in the Eredivisie now and after a rocky start he did really good from the second half of the 2011-2012 season on. Because of his good streak of last season I think it could be somewhere around 7 million. * mil being tops and 10 would be silly money. He is a Wilfried Bony like player: very strong, decent technique and he is a fighter. He has the 'American' attitude style of playing. Never quits and he always tries to give his all on the pitch. Manager Gert-Jan Verbeek put him on the bench in the first half of his first season because the gaffer thought he was not accustomed to the Dutch style of playing and that he had to work on his technique and his tactics first before he could be a first eleven player again. After 3 months on the bench and a couple of subs Verbeek brought him back in the starting team. And Verbeek was in his right to do so. Altidore was brought up with the English/Spanish playing style which involves just slotting as many goals as you can and disregarding the team in it's process. Verbeek tought him the Dutch way of playing: a striker is part of the team and has to do more than just scoring. Altidore improved massively in his technique and vision on the pitch. Transforming from an inconsistent and mentally unstable player to a rock solid forward with good technique, passing, tactics and positioning. His pace is just above par, nothing too special, but he is ball secure and he is now very agile and I've seen him score some goals that require a lot of flexibility. His determination and and mentality in the game are outstanding, up to a degree that he can carry the weight of leading a team and push his team mates to higher levels if it is required. The concern I have though is that it took him quite a while to adapt to the Dutch way of footballing and he didn't settle well in his first season. And I don't think he can be an instant hit if he transfers to the EPL but give him time and games, and proper guidance by a manager and he will be a football star over time. And that concludes my report.
Im not some kind of mug, I come on here and get on witn everyone but please dont take that as a weakness!
