You Say Training, I Say Trial
By: Abby | January 17th, 2008Sources are indicating that Bryan Arguez is all but signed for Hertha. As I mentioned before, Arguez was supposed to (according to US sources anyway) be in Berlin/Tenerife only for a training session, but he’s impressed so much that it looks as if he’s going to be signed up anyway. Transfer fee is supposed to be in the $350,000-$400,000 range. With the exchange rate that’s probably about twelve euros. 
I kid, I kid. But if that is the transfer fee being paid, it makes me happy on several levels. As a fan of American soccer, it means that another young kid is getting a chance to go abroad and participate in one of the major leagues. He’ll learn a lot more with Hertha than he will at MLS (sorry, MLS fans). Additionally, as a Hertha fan, gaining a young, talented, strong defensive midfielder for under €500,000 is pretty awesome. If we’re going to reduce our debt and gain a future that doesn’t involve more deals like the Sportfive one that was just renewed, this is the way to go- unearthing unknown players for fairly inexpensive fees.
The other probable new signing, Ljubomir Fejsa, is allegedly having a medical test as we speak and should be announced as a signing shortly- in Germany it’s being reported that it’s already done, but I’m superstitious and I’m not saying anything until it’s declared.
Also, Dieter Hoeness is saying that we could have had Pato a year and a half ago, if we’d had €3.5 million to spend on him. Just to cut any of us down who might have been feeling optimistic about things bei Hertha.
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The story about Pato is so awkward. What does he want to say with this?
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No idea. Prove he has connections? Make people talk about him a little? He confuses me at the best of times, so…
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“What does he want to say with this?”
I am a manager who is very insecure about his legacy. My greatest fear is, that my Hertha days could be considered a failure. I could have gifted the Bundesliga a second Diego, if only someone other than me hadn’t wasted those €3.5m. And don’t anybody tell me, I continuously waste those €3.5m on players like Andre Lima.
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I think you’ve hit it, Jan.
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[...] You Say Training, I Say Trial. (Hertha Offside) [...]
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