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  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,244
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Vincenzo said:
    Stephy Mavididi came on for Juventus today. Amazed he's good enough for that level.
    Says it all about the level of the other top divisions in Europe
    I'm not sure it does. You reckon the Charlton team Mav played in would have seen off Udinese?

    It might be that Mav's skill set and build can flourish a bit more in Continental football, but not because it's a lower level, I'd contend 
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,244
    Meanwhile I was checking up on Jamie Lawrence, whom I think I mentioned  before. His proud Dad is Steve, the architect whom I worked with on the Olympic Stadium debacle (he worked on the original plans for the stadium and is well pissed off with what happened). His son was at Ajax when aged 17-19.  He was the first British player in Slovakia. He now plays for Anderlecht, but also got his first call up for Wales in November.

    Mind you his Wiki has a bit of a back-hnaded compliment about his success in his first season at Anderlecht : 

    On 16 April 2019 he won the "Golden Steer" award for the best car driver of the club.


  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491

    Jack Harper has just signed a pre contract agreement with Getafe (currently with Malaga) 
  • CharltonMadrid
    CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
    edited July 2019
    Aaron Ramsey signing for Juventus and Kieran Trippier for Atletico Madrid - two big moves for them and definitely feels like more British players are trying their luck abroad these days.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,051
    Sancho and (soon) Lookman too, and Hudson-Odoi agitating for a move to Bayern.  

    Hope it happens more - more players will have a rounded experience which may well  help them and the national team 
  • johnnybev1987
    johnnybev1987 Posts: 11,444
    Can only be a good thing, It would be nice if they didn't have to and the likes of Chelsea/ City/ Arsenal would give their youngsters more of a chance, but it just doesn't work like that so better to go abroad to Germany, or somewhere more technical.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,184
    Nick Blackman who we were linked with earlier in the summer (although not sure how true the interest actually was on our part), has signed a permanent deal for Maccabi Tel Aviv.
  • CharltonMadrid
    CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
    Chris Smalling looks to be joining Roma on loan.
  • CharltonMadrid
    CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
    I always like keeping an eye on English players who are playing abroad and although there aren't many well known players doing it at the moment there are loads in general as this website has them all. Wonder if anyone on here recognises any names or if there are any Charlton connections. 

    https://us.soccerway.com/players/players_abroad/england/
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    CharltonMadrid said:
    I always like keeping an eye on English players who are playing abroad and although there aren't many well known players doing it at the moment there are loads in general as this website has them all. Wonder if anyone on here recognises any names or if there are any Charlton connections. 

    https://us.soccerway.com/players/players_abroad/england/
    Dillon Phillips 

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  • Boom
    Boom Posts: 1,685
    CharltonMadrid said:
    I always like keeping an eye on English players who are playing abroad and although there aren't many well known players doing it at the moment there are loads in general as this website has them all. Wonder if anyone on here recognises any names or if there are any Charlton connections. 

    https://us.soccerway.com/players/players_abroad/england/
    I like that the only Brit playing in Brazil has gone local having just the one name whilst also staying British - "Eric".

    Could become Ericinho in due course I suppose.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,561
    CharltonMadrid said:
    I always like keeping an eye on English players who are playing abroad and although there aren't many well known players doing it at the moment there are loads in general as this website has them all. Wonder if anyone on here recognises any names or if there are any Charlton connections. 

    https://us.soccerway.com/players/players_abroad/england/
    Andre Green plays Slovakia for Slovan Bratislava.
  • CharltonMadrid
    CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
    Dele Ali is going to Besiktas.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,951
    CharltonMadrid said:
    Dele Ali is going to Besiktas.
    Why what happened? 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 95,277
    shine166 said:
    CharltonMadrid said:
    Dele Ali is going to Besiktas.
    Why what happened? 
    His career has fallen to pieces.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,184
    CharltonMadrid said:
    I always like keeping an eye on English players who are playing abroad and although there aren't many well known players doing it at the moment there are loads in general as this website has them all. Wonder if anyone on here recognises any names or if there are any Charlton connections. 

    https://us.soccerway.com/players/players_abroad/england/
    Lee Buchanan got himself out of his Derby contract when they were going bust and signed for Werder Bremen. He scored against Dortmund last weekend.
  • CharltonMadrid
    CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
    With Kane and Bellingham scoring for fun for two of the biggest clubs outside of the UK, has there ever been a time like this when two or more players were having success with such big overseas clubs? Not a fan of either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid but it's great to see both players doing so well for their new teams.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,184
    CharltonMadrid said:
    With Kane and Bellingham scoring for fun for two of the biggest clubs outside of the UK, has there ever been a time like this when two or more players were having success with such big overseas clubs? Not a fan of either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid but it's great to see both players doing so well for their new teams.
    Beckham and Owen both played for Madrid during their Galactico's era.

    David Platt and Gazza were both in Serie A in the early 90s.

    Hoddle and Hateley both played for Monaco under Arsene Wenger in the 80s.
  • CharltonMadrid
    CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
    The last two are good examples but Owen had a poor time here in Madrid and didn't play much or have a good time by all accounts. The others all did well but I still can't think of a time when two players were doing so well for clubs as big as Bayern or Real.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,441
    CharltonMadrid said:
    The last two are good examples but Owen had a poor time here in Madrid and didn't play much or have a good time by all accounts. The others all did well but I still can't think of a time when two players were doing so well for clubs as big as Bayern or Real.
    Ironically for the same 2 clubs, when Beckham was at Madrid and Hargreaves at Bayern, when he had a period when he wasn't injured

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  • CharltonMadrid
    CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
    Great example with Hargreaves - he did really well.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,309
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    CharltonMadrid said:
    With Kane and Bellingham scoring for fun for two of the biggest clubs outside of the UK, has there ever been a time like this when two or more players were having success with such big overseas clubs? Not a fan of either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid but it's great to see both players doing so well for their new teams.
    Beckham and Owen both played for Madrid during their Galactico's era.

    David Platt and Gazza were both in Serie A in the early 90s.

    Hoddle and Hateley both played for Monaco under Arsene Wenger in the 80s.
    Souness, Trevor Francis and Liam Brady out in Italy.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,184
    CharltonMadrid said:
    The last two are good examples but Owen had a poor time here in Madrid and didn't play much or have a good time by all accounts. The others all did well but I still can't think of a time when two players were doing so well for clubs as big as Bayern or Real.
    I think Owen did better than a lot of people realise that season. He scored 16 goals but only started 26 games. And he was competing for a spot with Raul (club legend) and Brazilian Ronaldo (one of the best strikers ever) so it was always going to be tough for him.
  • CharltonMadrid
    CharltonMadrid Posts: 5,091
    I don't think anyone, even Owen himself, would regard his time at Real Madrid to have been successful to be honest. He never settled in and didn't get a lot of time on the pitch at all. But yes, I suppose the goals to games ratio is decent. I just don't think his time here is really comparable to the impact Bellingham and Kane have already made though.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,131
    CharltonMadrid said:
    Great example with Hargreaves - he did really well.
    Not sure Hargreaves entirely counts, seeing that he never lived in England before being called up for England!

    Both Bale and McManaman won plenty of trophies at Real
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,963
    Cunningham, Archibald, Hughes, Woodcock 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,963
    Woodgate 
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,305
    The Gazetta era had Gascoigne, David Platt, Des Walker, Paul Ince all smashing it especially David Platt 

    Before that Ray Wilkins, Mark Hateley in Italy 

    Chris Waddle and Glenn Hoddle in southern France and I'm sure Gary or Trevor Steven was out there too 

    Steve Mcmanaman is still a hero in Madrid and I distinctly remember working in Scotland watching him absolutely tear it up in the European Cup final for Real. Beckham was a class act out there, Chris Smalling is doing really well in Italy and the two mentioned. Harry Kane in Germany hitting the ground running and Jude Bellingham calmly making his claim as the best footballer in the world at age 20. 

    English players have a lot to give, the language I think is a barrier but I would love more English players to roll the dice and play abroad 
  • Brownie12
    Brownie12 Posts: 1,539
    edited September 2023
    Carter said:
    The Gazetta era had Gascoigne, David Platt, Des Walker, Paul Ince all smashing it especially David Platt 

    Before that Ray Wilkins, Mark Hateley in Italy 

    Chris Waddle and Glenn Hoddle in southern France and I'm sure Gary or Trevor Steven was out there too 

    Steve Mcmanaman is still a hero in Madrid and I distinctly remember working in Scotland watching him absolutely tear it up in the European Cup final for Real. Beckham was a class act out there, Chris Smalling is doing really well in Italy and the two mentioned. Harry Kane in Germany hitting the ground running and Jude Bellingham calmly making his claim as the best footballer in the world at age 20. 

    English players have a lot to give, the language I think is a barrier but I would love more English players to roll the dice and play abroad 
    He certainly was - only for one season though.  Agree with your last point -  more should do it. 
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,913
    I would generally want Bayern Munich and Real Madrid to lose games, but I really want both Kane and Bellingham to be big successes at their new clubs, so I’ve softened a little to those teams getting positive results - as long as the English boys have an influence!

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