Blackdude Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 According to Duane Rollins, it is AC Omonia. Then again, he could be spitballing a name like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barthez-Battalion Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Rollins is reporting it is AC Omonia in Cyprus. Not too happy about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi Oakey Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Agreed. Omonia is going through a financial crisis last I heard. Saying that, they tend to get Europa at least. So he can get some serious exposure there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 So this is weird: John Molinaro @JohnMolinaro 7m7 minutes ago Vanney says Doneil has been sold to a team in Cyprus or somewhere in Europe. Has been on loan with #TFC this season. This may be the strangest TFC news ever, and that's saying something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DontPanic Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 At least this team can't be accused of being "same old- same old" Some new crisis every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob.notenboom Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Truly bizarre if true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazlo_80 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Best of luck going forward to him, might explain more as to why Hagglund was starting at the end if Henry is leaving soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Best of luck going forward to him, might explain more as to why Hagglund was starting at the end if Henry is leaving soon. but apparently hes leaving then coming back for the 2015 season? does the kid ever get a break. im confused. TFC is a joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addona Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 All this TFC news (every year, month, week, day) would be f**king hilarious ... that is, if they weren't a Canadian team whose success at developing players would help the national team. Apparently, the MNT would be better off if TFC hated Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodgkiss Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Maybe this is a Nelsen vs Bezbachenko thing... Henry was never in Nelsen's starting XI and he preferred Hack-lund. I can see Nelsen selling Henry and someone at TFC telling them that the fans would be upset if they knew Henry was sold. Could also explain why the media had such a hate-on for this guy - it probably started from the club. I always thought it was funny how Henry could make the starting XI CMNT team but couldn't make a losing TFC starting XI. What a joke. I wish Doneil all the best. He has answered the call for his country and shows a passion for his city, their fans and has played some really good football. Everyone makes mistakes (see de Guzman, Occean, Hainault, Edgar etc..) but Henry deserves better - I hope he plays well in Europe and when a team like TFC wants him back in a few years, they will have to pay a hefty price to do so - just to show their stupidity of putting players like Hack-lund in front of him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffian Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Maybe this is a Nelsen vs Bezbachenko thing... Henry was never in Nelsen's starting XI and he preferred Hack-lund. I can see Nelsen selling Henry and someone at TFC telling them that the fans would be upset if they knew Henry was sold. Could also explain why the media had such a hate-on for this guy - it probably started from the club. I always thought it was funny how Henry could make the starting XI CMNT team but couldn't make a losing TFC starting XI. What a joke. I wish Doneil all the best. He has answered the call for his country and shows a passion for his city, their fans and has played some really good football. Everyone makes mistakes (see de Guzman, Occean, Hainault, Edgar etc..) but Henry deserves better - I hope he plays well in Europe and when a team like TFC wants him back in a few years, they will have to pay a hefty price to do so - just to show their stupidity of putting players like Hack-lund in front of him! Most of the season Henry was the starter. Hagglund started when Henry was injured or on red card suspension. It was only at the end of the season when Vanney decided to start Hagglund over Henry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Is it April 1st already? How the time flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yohan Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 well, I hope Henry's Euro adventure turns out better than Gale Agbossoumonde's. (if Joorachian rumour is true) Because putting your trust in 3rd party agency is always dangerous, and you no longer control your own career. Plus isn't UEFA cracking down on 3rd party ownership, along with a lot of Euro leagues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWFC Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I honestly have no idea how anyone could carry on supporting this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion26 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I'm hoping it's a better league and not Cyprus. Rather he steps it up but I'm not familiar with the Cyprus league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yohan Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I'm hoping it's a better league and not Cyprus. Rather he steps it up but I'm not familiar with the Cyprus league. right now, it sounds like a ploy to get Henry an EU passport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 My prediction: Henry to Lissamol or APOEL until next season -> he gets an EU passport, Sometime in the 2015 season, Henry sold to West Ham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barthez-Battalion Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Overall I'm not psyched about this move. Henry apparently isn't even leaving TFC in 2015. Cyprus isn't a better league than MLS, and I don't like the fact third party ownership is involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 And then of course, there's the spin from TFC Doneil Henry was on the verge of fulfilling a lifelong dream. A trial with English Premier League club West Ham went well last summer. The 21-year-old from Brampton was a few formalities away from playing professional soccer in Europe. An offer from the Hammers didn’t come, but Henry didn’t relent. His hard work eventually paid off. Shortly after Henry’s trial, Toronto FC was approached by a club from Cyprus. The club sat down with Henry and his agent, Courtney James, to discuss a potential deal. Henry opted to pursue his dream, and TFC agreed it was the best course of action. “I think this is a win-win for the player and club,” said General Manager Tim Bezbatchenko. Henry stayed with TFC on loan from the currently unnamed Cypriot club in 2014 and could do the same in 2015, depending on individual talks between Toronto management and the player. Those talks are expected to occur next week, with a decision coming soon after http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2014/10/training-notes-update-doneil-henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Gagne Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Overall I'm not psyched about this move. Henry apparently isn't even leaving TFC in 2015. Cyprus isn't a better league than MLS, and I don't like the fact third party ownership is involved. What's with the 3rd party ownership? Is that confirmed? If so who's confirmed it and ownership by whom? @pullen: it's an interesting theory, as that's what's stoping him from getting into England or a more major European league. But how is going to Cyprus a back-door to an EU passport? does it have lax citizenship requirements? Or a "fast track" route to citizenship if you "invest" your money their... I know several countries (e.g. Portugal) will have differential requirements/timelines for getting citizenship if you put up a certain amount of money/have a certain amount of assets in the country. Does Cyprus have anything like this that would potentially allow him to get a passport within a couple of years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Narcotic Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I honestly have no idea how anyone could carry on supporting this team. This isn't that much different than what happened with Davide Chiumiento and Vancouver, where his agent set up the deal and the Whitecaps were the last to know. This whole way of doing business is pretty common in Europe in any case, so the 'purists' should be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Humberlands Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I honestly have no idea how anyone could carry on supporting this team. No other Div 1 teams in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Humberlands Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 What's with the 3rd party ownership? Is that confirmed? If so who's confirmed it and ownership by whom? @pullen: it's an interesting theory, as that's what's stoping him from getting into England or a more major European league. But how is going to Cyprus a back-door to an EU passport? does it have lax citizenship requirements? Or a "fast track" route to citizenship if you "invest" your money their... I know several countries (e.g. Portugal) will have differential requirements/timelines for getting citizenship if you put up a certain amount of money/have a certain amount of assets in the country. Does Cyprus have anything like this that would potentially allow him to get a passport within a couple of years? Considering they recently (few years back) went through a terrible financial crisis, maybe some extra money on the table can get you a passport quicker. Just saying. I wouldn't know though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barthez-Battalion Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Considering they recently (few years back) went through a terrible financial crisis, maybe some extra money on the table can get you a passport quicker. Just saying. I wouldn't know though. No. It has been reported that you can buy property in Cyrpus and they will give you a passport. Juan Agudelo has been apparently trying to do that to get into England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Considering they recently (few years back) went through a terrible financial crisis, maybe some extra money on the table can get you a passport quicker. Just saying. I wouldn't know though. I remember that Agudelo was trying to get a Cypriot Passport to play in England, because they wouldn't give him a work permit. Although, you need to spend 5M euros there to get it or maybe 2.5M if you buy 2M in Cypriot bonds and .5M in Cypriot Research. I highly doubt that Doneil has that kind of dough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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