Ives: Philadelphia Union Set To Sell Sebastien Le Toux To A European Team
by Scott Kessler on Jan 18, 2012 12:13 PM EST
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Soccer By Ives is reporting that the Philadelphia Union are "preparing" to sell Sebastien Le Toux to a European club. The American soccer news site indicated that a full story will be released soon on Fox's soccer site.
Le Toux has been the star of the Union since debuting with the then brand new franchise during the the 2010 MLS season, accumulating 25 goals and 20 assists (70 points) over two seasons with the Union. The 28-year-old forward was much maligned last year until a late goal scoring burst brought him into double digit goals after a nearly scoreless half season. The Frenchman officially became the face of the team and its sponsor, BIMBO, during the past season as well, when he signed promotional deals with sponsors of the Union.
The Frenchman did recently tweet that he was flying to England, perhaps to discuss contract terms on a deal with a team.
More on the story as information becomes available.
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Not only is he one of our best players, among the best in the league, he’s also one of the best people in it.
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Business-wise it makes a lot of sense
His value is not going to be any higher. OTOH, there has to be a damn good replacement lined up, and there’s going to be serious questions about how this team will score goals.
Agree 100%
Where is the production going to come from if he leaves? Yea we have a ton of young talent up top but its largely unproven. Didn’t Le Toux account for something like 40% of our offense the last 2 years? If this is the Union allowing Le Toux to pursue his European dream than I can understand that, but you HAVE to have a proven scorer coming in to replace him. Maybe they have high hopes for Martinez? I dunno… but I don’t think this is good at all for our already fairly anemic offense from last season.
by Domin8ing the Big Ten(11) on Jan 18, 2012 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
I'd imagine
it would be tough for them to tell Le Toux he can’t go, given his age and the nature of the opportunity.
If Le Toux has an EPL team that wants him
I’d be shoving him onto the plane, as much as it would hurt us. It’s a great step for him and a validation of MLS scouting and overall quality. Like it or not, even a relegation-threatened club in the EPL is quite a bit beyond an MLS side.
Welcome to the world of fans of every team out there with a few high profile exceptions. Recall that Bolton themselves had their best player plucked, as well.
They have to bring in a veteran striker
If we don’t count Old Serby Bastard as part of the forward contingent, our oldest strikers on the roster would 21, and neither of them (Hoffman, Martinez) have played a single minute in MLS.
You've got to be happy for the guy...
He started in USL, worked his way onto an MLS team, went from expansion draft fodder to MLS star forward, and is now going to the EPL. That’s an amazing accomplishment, and we all know how hard he’s worked. We’ve seen it on the pitch every game. Congrats to Seba!
by Thomas Rzucidlo on Jan 18, 2012 12:53 PM EST reply actions
Amen
Good for him in so many ways.
That said, I kind of feel bad for Bolton since it seems they’ve already accepted that they will be relegated.
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eh..
there are 5 teams with under 20 points in the EPL table, I don’t think that with trying to land le toux and ream they are planning on surrendering a relegated season I think they may be fighting for consolidation. If that is the case Le Toux will have a great time playing in difficult and important matches for the rest of the season.
If they were really trying to avoid relegation
They wouldn’t be signing 2 MLS players (even if they are stars). Definitely seems like a way to help them keep most of their team together to push for promotion next year.
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I don't think "resignation" is how I would put it
but they probably feel like they need to plan for the highly probable, and investing in players who won’t storm the exits makes more sense, all else roughly equal. One could also see a Le Toux signing as a bit of a Hail Mary — low cost (by EPL standards) and, hence, low risk, but a guy whose work rate will translate to any league.
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