TexasGers 96 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Livorno president Aldo Spinelli is confident Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan will move to the Stadio Armando Picchi. Landon Donovan could be set to move to Italy. (AP) Spinelli has been in talks with Donovan's agent and sponsors with a view to signing the 26-year-old. However, any deal would likely be a short-term one. ''I think at this point it will be done for next season only, seeing as the sponsors don't want the player to leave America now,'' Spinelli told Tuttomercatoweb. If the move goes through it could pit Donovan against his LA Galaxy team-mate David Beckham, who looks set to return to AC Milan in January. The pair recently had to hold clear-the-air talks after Donovan publicly criticised the England midfielder's commitment to the Galaxy. Would be an interesting move for Landon to say the least. If he were to leave MLS, he could choose a plethora of clubs to go to, so this is an odd choice to say the least. Personally, I think he would fit in well with a French or mid table Spanish side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warden90 0 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Livorno president Aldo Spinelli is confident Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan will move to the Stadio Armando Picchi. Landon Donovan could be set to move to Italy. (AP) Spinelli has been in talks with Donovan's agent and sponsors with a view to signing the 26-year-old. However, any deal would likely be a short-term one. ''I think at this point it will be done for next season only, seeing as the sponsors don't want the player to leave America now,'' Spinelli told Tuttomercatoweb. If the move goes through it could pit Donovan against his LA Galaxy team-mate David Beckham, who looks set to return to AC Milan in January. The pair recently had to hold clear-the-air talks after Donovan publicly criticised the England midfielder's commitment to the Galaxy. Would be an interesting move for Landon to say the least. If he were to leave MLS, he could choose a plethora of clubs to go to, so this is an odd choice to say the least. Personally, I think he would fit in well with a French or mid table Spanish side. I think he could do a job for a team mid table in the premiership Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
super hans 55 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 FFS we're bigger than Livorno! Does anyone know the wages he was on at LA Galaxy? Surely we could nip in with an offer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_glasgow 2 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 this fucking pisses me off when teams like fucking Livorno can pull of signings like this and we get................ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amac9 2,060 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Donovan is a jealous wee cunt anyway! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WerderBremenThenGers 0 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Livorno already have 7 forwards and have recently resigned Lucarelli so I have no idea why they would want Donovan when they also have Danilevicius and Tavano within their squad he probably won't make an impact at Livorno at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasGers 96 Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 Livorno already have 7 forwards and have recently resigned Lucarelli so I have no idea why they would want Donovan when they also have Danilevicius and Tavano within their squad he probably won't make an impact at Livorno at all. The article says next season, so I'm guessing if he were to sign, it would be in January. Maybe Livorno will get rid of some of their forwards between now and then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WerderBremenThenGers 0 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Well they just signed Lucarelli and Danilevicius is their captain so I don't see them dropping him somehow? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Donovan was dreadful at Bayern. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott-RFC 308 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Fantastic player though, would love him at Ibrox Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Newells Sexist Army 2 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Don't think he could hack it in Europe mentally, decent player but has a massive ego and i don't think he could handle not playing at a bigger team or not being one of the major players. Flopped twice already which would put off quite a few clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allzo 91 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Would love Landon to come to us - I reckon he could do it at a club in Britain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 54,391 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Donovan is among the most over rated players in the world at this moment in time and I truly believe that if he wasn't such a high profile name then people plenty more people would be saying the same rather than greeting and winging about how we can't afford him. He's flopped in Europe twice already and he isn't even that great in the MLS either and the simple reason for that is that he doesn't have the talent to back up his massive ego. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_RFC87 761 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Donavon was good in the Confederations cup and that boosted his profile. As said, he was pretty poor at Bayern but I suppose it would be to fit in with such world class players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasGers 96 Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 Donovan is among the most over rated players in the world at this moment in time and I truly believe that if he wasn't such a high profile name then people plenty more people would be saying the same rather than greeting and winging about how we can't afford him. He's flopped in Europe twice already and he isn't even that great in the MLS either and the simple reason for that is that he doesn't have the talent to back up his massive ego. That's a bit harsh I think. He's played under 20 games in Europe over the course of his career; about half when he was a teenager, and a few more on loan at Bayern, a club probably too big for him, as well as the fact they already had an embarassment of riches in attacking players. He's also won US Player of the Year 5 times, led the Galaxy in scoring the last 4 years whilst playing as an attacking midfielder primarily, and is the all time leader in caps, goals, and assists for the national side. As somebody who's watched nearly all of his 100+ games for the US and watches about 15-20 Galaxy games a year, he's clearly one of the best Americans playing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 912 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 And he's the one that was mouthing off at Beckham for going on loan? Couldn't make it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 And he's the one that was mouthing off at Beckham for going on loan? Couldn't make it up. He's clearly jealous that Beckham's loan move to a big club worked out while his didn't! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right_To_Censor 1,951 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 are we the only club in the spl that hasn't signed anybody? if that's true that really is depressing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 912 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 are we the only club in the spl that hasn't signed anybody? if that's true that really is depressing. We're also the only club in the SPL that are Champions. Still depressed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right_To_Censor 1,951 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 are we the only club in the spl that hasn't signed anybody? if that's true that really is depressing. We're also the only club in the SPL that are Champions. Still depressed? fuck no, as a matter of fact i've seen go through the bad times, the worst times and even the down right shocking times, this is a minor blip compared to the past, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancedeangers1 287 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Would be the type of signing we need commercially. Like Nakamura done for them. Would fit in nicely with Beasley and Edu and as he's the USA's most famous footballer it would be fantastic for us commercially. The benefits from merchandise sales, increased exposure / interest from new sources etc would pay his wages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
getfunkywithamonkey 0 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 He's pish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 54,391 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Would be the type of signing we need commercially. Like Nakamura done for them. Would fit in nicely with Beasley and Edu and as he's the USA's most famous footballer it would be fantastic for us commercially. The benefits from merchandise sales, increased exposure / interest from new sources etc would pay his wages. It didn't work when we signed Reyna and he was the most high profile American player at that time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 9 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 And he's the one that was mouthing off at Beckham for going on loan? Couldn't make it up. Thought his rant was about Beckham's conduct at Galaxy? Seeming uncommitted? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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