Chad_Impact Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 I don't understand how some of these players live here until their early teens and feel no attachment to Canada. Blackjack15, Kadenge and MtlMario 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yothat Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 snakes in the grass ... i tell u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 4 hours ago, PopePouri said: Are you serious? haha, I like how when you quoted him you left out the part that pretty obviously confirmed he was being sarcastic, and then questioned whether it was sarcastic or not. jpg75 and footballfreak 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialK Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 3 hours ago, Chad_Impact said: I don't understand how some of these players live here until their early teens and feel no attachment to Canada. He probably does. But it's no personal it's business. playing for Belgium would give him a bigger profile, He would play more games and against world class competition, better chance in playing in big tournaments. Qualify for the World Cup almost every time. Also Canada has a stigma in world football. Also because he's now a Belgium citizen he can play in any league in Europe without restrictions. Also if he plays well for Belgium he could get a big pay day by a club. Your young teams system needs to change and be bettter or we gonna keep losing good players. I don't blame the kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 11 minutes ago, SpecialK said: Also because he's now a Belgium citizen he can play in any league in Europe without restrictions. He can play for Canada and still carry a Belgian passport, it's not contingent on him repping Belgium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialK Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 1 hour ago, jpg75 said: He can play for Canada and still carry a Belgian passport, it's not contingent on him repping Belgium. Your so right, totally forgot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 johnyb and SpecialK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 (edited) Has transferred to Cercle Brugge https://t.co/fMWE2rCbtq Edited January 29, 2019 by jordan Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Good move for him. Especially if his hearts with Belgium not us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Seems like a quicker route for first team football. maccaliam and jpg75 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 16 minutes ago, Obinna said: Seems like a quicker route for first team football. Most def. Their other LB is on loan from Monaco, so he should have a chance to win the spot. Real question is will we see him in camp next month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 10 minutes ago, Jahinho Guerro said: Most def. Their other LB is on loan from Monaco, so he should have a chance to win the spot. Real question is will we see him in camp next month? I would hope so, although I read back through the thread and saw he played for Belgium U19. Would he have to file a one-time switch now to play with us? If so, I would that would dampen my optimism for us cap-tying him next month. Seems unlikely that he'd commit now considering this move to the Belgian top flight - I would obviously love to be wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HochelagaFC Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 I’m really not sure but I think he didn’t play in any competitive game with Belgium so he wouldn’t need his one time switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Obinna said: I would hope so, although I read back through the thread and saw he played for Belgium U19. Would he have to file a one-time switch now to play with us? If so, I would that would dampen my optimism for us cap-tying him next month. Seems unlikely that he'd commit now considering this move to the Belgian top flight - I would obviously love to be wrong though. I believe since it was an unofficial U19 match and the fact the he was born in Toronto he will not have to. I also believe next month is a U23 camp...so he cant be cap tied there as well. Edited January 29, 2019 by Jahinho Guerro Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 An article in French that sums up his path until 2018: https://www.losc.fr/actualites-foot-lille/formation-à-la-découverte-de-zorhan-bassong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuicyHam Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 If Herdman can win this dude over I will have no doubt about his charisma and certainly whatever hope and aspirations he is selling is working because Bassong seems pretty dead set on Belgium at this point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 2 hours ago, JuicyHam said: If Herdman can win this dude over I will have no doubt about his charisma and certainly whatever hope and aspirations he is selling is working because Bassong seems pretty dead set on Belgium at this point Tough task to make the #1 ranked team in the world right now....and we have the 2026 carrot. HochelagaFC, Corazon, JuicyHam and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad_Impact Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Herdman should be on the phone with this guy right now considering how the gold cup went at full back SpecialK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 The tihng is that he hasn't played against pros regularly. This season will be his first. The club has given him the #7 shirt, so I assume that he's going to get some playing time. Then again, I look at where ZBG was when he was getting his first call-ups for us and he's at a higher level than him. The question is whether he wants to sacrifice Belgium this early in his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 Plays center back, don’t know how he helps fullback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, jordan said: Plays center back, don’t know how he helps fullback Thought he played left back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialK Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 51 minutes ago, Blackdude said: Thought he played left back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 3 hours ago, SpecialK said: Maybe these last few friendlies.... but was a center back for Lille 2. Went back through some Lille reports he played center back from the start and left back off the bench. Brugge he’s been left back so far this pre season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoginess Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 so.... anyone actually heard him talk about his national team future? BuzzAndSting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 9 hours ago, Yoginess said: so.... anyone actually heard him talk about his national team future? His last comments were about repping Belgium was something he dreamed of or something along those lines Addona and Yoginess 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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