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I believe he is 26 and Vålerenga I.F. offered a 5 year contract meaning he will still
be a relatively young (for a keeper) 31 when his contract expires... he has
trials with Bolton and Everton but as you say Kevin work permit issues would
certainly be a problem in England. A lot of our Canadian guys go to Norway
for this reason as well hoping to establish themselves in Euro jobs which makes
getting an EU work permit a little easier even without the national team
appearances.
Bill
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Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 2:54
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Subject: Re: [nas] Perkins to
Norway
I would assume that DC Utd. would want to keep Troy. He
is a very good keeper. I don't know how old he is. Maybe he feels
that time is running out on him getting a shot at going to Europe.
The problem he might have is the number nat. team caps he has, if
any. In order to play in England, for example, he would need to
obtain a work permit. To do this he would need to get a certain number
of caps, ( I am not sure what that number is). There is only a handful
of leagues in Europe that don't require any caps or EU citizenship that count
against the roster. I would tend to think that the Danish league would
be one of those leagues. That might have been his only
outlet.
Kevin Lindstrom <klindstr@flash.net> wrote:
Don't
you think the fact that good young goalkeepers are easy to find might hurt
the market for them?
Just a thought.
Roger Haines
<rhhaines@yahoo.com> wrote:
He
is one of the premier keepers in the league! It really has to make
you think if, arguably, our best domestic based American keeper can make
better money in NORWAY than he can make in the MLS, there is something
wrong with our league. An agent ought to get in Troy's ear and tell
him to stick here and have another good season and a premier team might
come calling.
This bothers me. I hate dc utd!! But I
hate it even more to see our players jumping ship to go to 3rd rate
leagues in Europe for more money because our owners will spend money to
get a 32 year old player for millions and don't give a crap about the
American players.
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