Olympique_de_Marseille Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 (edited) When people talk about Bassong playing for Belgium, they need to calm down. It was a friendly tournamnent. He played in a friendly tournament for Canada too. It was likely good exposure. Despite the huge sacrifices made by his family...http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1053519/soccer-zorhan-bassong-longueuil-lille-desert-fifa ... almost 2 ½ years later, I'm not sure he is better than a CanPL level player. He is a '99 so still eligible for:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_UEFA_European_Under-21_Championship_qualification_Group_9 but not playing at anywhere near the level needed to make that team.http://www.rbfa.be/fr/equipes-nationales/espoirs/selection-de-lequipe-nationale-des-espoirs The current starting left back in this team ishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thibault_De_Smethttp://www.transfermarkt.us/thibault-de-smet/profil/spieler/340177 ____ His club, Cercle Brugge, were bad last year but are now even worse. -They are last in the league -In September they got knocked out of the Belgian Cup by 4th tier R.U.S. Rebecquoise Despite how bad Cercle Brugge are, Bassong has ZERO minutes so far:http://www.sport.be/fr/jupilerproleague/player.html?player=784790&team=2641&season=54539 Recently he has been on the bench but before that it seems he was not even making the bench! I mean, if you can't even get a few sub minutes for the worst team in the league... ____ I have doubts that he is good enough to play U23 for Canada; he is certainly very far from the #CanMNT. For left-back depth at U23 level, he is behind Miller, Gutiérrez (if he files is switch), Langwa & Abzi. Edited December 28, 2019 by Olympique_de_Marseille Ivan, CANMNT_SUPERFAN, Obinna and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 No one has mentioned him in months..... I am not saying he should be called up, and he may not even be interested, But since you focus on his playing time, he does have quite a few minutes for the U21’s and was out injured for a 3 week period. He is not involved with the U21 team when he’s with the first team....just about all this month. A 20 year old on the fringes of the first team, and out of all the players you say are ahead of him he is the only one playing right now. CANMNT_SUPERFAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colliedor Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Eh, teams fighting for relegation might be a lot more hesitant to play young inexperienced players at this point. Hard to say. Obinna and Olympique_de_Marseille 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANMNT_SUPERFAN Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Certainly, I am aware that Herdman has him in mind as one of his potential targets for the national team!!!!.... He mentioned it on an interview in Sportsnet last year, shortly after the men's Fifa WC!!!!..... He did not specifically named him, but he was talking about some of the young players and the environments they were in and mentioned the club system he was involved in at the time (Lille) along with Olympic Lyonnais & Auxerre!!!!.... Good to see that he is finally making the 18 for his club, albeit not playing yet for the senior squad!!!! Where were you able to find that he has been getting significant playing time with the u-21s Jordan? When, I last googled up his name and looked him up in both transfermarkt & soccerway, that information was not readily available ,it displayed as though he was not playing at all whatsoever! I did figure he had an injury, though! For those hesitating if he will opt for the CANMNT (once he earns it), He does have the Canada flag listed in his Insta profile and first on the list : Zorhan Bassong ▪️Joueur professionnel du Cercle Brugge #29▪️@nikefootball athlete 📍🇨🇦🇧🇪 Again, take it with a grain of salt and this is irrelevant, but just thought I would share!... Plus he was really into the whole Raptors' championship run and saw he posted a couple of stories wearing Raptor-related gear! I think the best suited guys at this time we should pursue are him & Kadioglu, not to mention they seemed to be on top of the list from Herdman's radar! Getting him started in the Olympic team should be a good start to involve him again with our national team set-up!!!... Worth monitoring his progress nevertheless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colliedor Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, CANMNT_SUPERFAN said: I think the best suited guys at this time we should pursue are him & Kadioglu, not to mention they seemed to be on top of the list from Herdman's radar! I still think Yankov is a way more realistic possibility than Kadioglu. Bulgaria are really poor and Canada is guaranteed a world cup appearance (at least, we should be). Canada should be more appealing. Edited December 29, 2019 by Colliedor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 23 hours ago, jordan said: he does have quite a few minutes for the U21’s and was out injured for a 3 week period. I did not know he was playing for the U21 team. In terms of the level of play, how does a U21 team in Belgium compare to playing in CPL though? @Colliedor , your point stands. However you do have to take some risks when you are at the bottom of the table or you will likely stay there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 On 10/4/2017 at 8:21 PM, SpecialK said: It makes me happy that a Canadian kid is turning heads in Europe, but it pisses me off at the same time because it shows a lot about the failures of Canadian soccer/CSA and it seems we have lost once again another young talented player to a European power house. #freezingcoldtakes Kyle_The_Hill, longlugan, Olympique_de_Marseille and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 On 12/28/2019 at 10:42 PM, CANMNT_SUPERFAN said: Certainly, I am aware that Herdman has him in mind as one of his potential targets for the national team!!!!.... He mentioned it on an interview in Sportsnet last year, shortly after the men's Fifa WC!!!!..... He did not specifically named him, but he was talking about some of the young players and the environments they were in and mentioned the club system he was involved in at the time (Lille) along with Olympic Lyonnais & Auxerre!!!!.... Good to see that he is finally making the 18 for his club, albeit not playing yet for the senior squad!!!! Where were you able to find that he has been getting significant playing time with the u-21s Jordan? I went through every match report I could, available on the official site. It took an hour or so. CANMNT_SUPERFAN, Kyle_The_Hill, BuzzAndSting and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top cheese Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 On 12/28/2019 at 9:51 PM, Colliedor said: I still think Yankov is a way more realistic possibility than Kadioglu. Bulgaria are really poor and Canada is guaranteed a world cup appearance (at least, we should be). Canada should be more appealing. Who is yankov?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 28 minutes ago, top cheese said: Who is yankov?? Ludogorets on loan to another top Bulgarian side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) Kadioglu is only realistic if Holland pass on him and then Turkey pass. Hopefully it isnt drawn out ala tomori/hoilett/cistante etc. At the point of both the Dutch and Turkey passing on him is possible he wont just walk into our team anyway. At least it's an area of the pitch we have players currently and in the pipeline. He is certainly the biggest dual national catch out there if we could somehow persuade him. Playing at a good level. Edited January 5, 2020 by toontownman Corazon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 Iankov is next for me, played 15 or so loan at Botev, can play Am, CM, or on the left in front of Davies;). Comes from a team expected to win, and has worn Canadian colours prior to getting calls from Bulgaria Corazon and toontownman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 U21, played 90 in a 1-0 loss to Mouscron last week https://www.cerclebrugge.be/nl/news/beloften-met-kleinste-verschil-onderuit-op-moeskroen Kyle_The_Hill and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 7 minutes ago, jordan said: Played 90 in a 1-0 loss to Mouscourn last week https://www.cerclebrugge.be/nl/news/beloften-met-kleinste-verschil-onderuit-op-moeskroen That's his first team debut then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 4 minutes ago, Obinna said: That's his first team debut then? Sorry this was U21, I don’t no why I didn’t write it, I’ll edit my post Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Shame, thought he had broken through. Hopefully soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Was on the bench 4 times with the 1st team of Cercle Brugge in the 2019-20 season but never entered a match On Transfermarkt contract is listed as ending this year yomurphy1, JuicyHam, N1ckbr0wn and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Thanks for the updates Big M. Thanks for trying to bring the conversation back to soccer. Aird25, Club Linesman, nolando and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikmacdo Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 A free agent. If I'm TFC and I needs young left back to groom I'd sign him. Nate3322, N1ckbr0wn, Ivan and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Mikmacdo said: A free agent. If I'm TFC and I needs young left back to groom I'd sign him. Agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) The writing was on the wall when he was allowed to go play with Canada in January. That's a telltale sign the club has no plans for him. I wonder what happened. He didn't even make one appearance for the team and they aren't anything special in the First Division. Edited July 8, 2020 by VinceA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 he never played pro before cercle brugge so no surprise there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Maybe a year or 2 in the CPL would be good for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Disappointing, but not surprising. He needs to go somewhere to get minutes. I am not sure that is MLS and CPL is kinda unnecessary when he can probably get a contract in the Belgian First Division B off the strength of his resume. OH Leuven? johnyb, N1ckbr0wn, Nate3322 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, VinceA said: The writing was on the wall when he was allowed to go play with Canada in January. That's a telltale sign the club has no plans for him. I wonder what happened. He didn't even make one appearance for the team and they aren't anything special in the First Division. The club played poorly, but I am not sure it is a weak side. If I recall correctly they have some internationals there, not sure if any were playing fullback however. Edit: they have 3 fringe internationals who rep Congo, Japan and Bosnia, but none of them play fullback. I do see however they picked up a 26 year old left back from K.V. Mechelen who also previously played with Antwerp and Lokeren, so looks like Cercle Brugges wanted a more proven option, and with their finish last year it is hard to blame them. Edited July 8, 2020 by Obinna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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