No I’m not talking about Luis Hernandez here but I am talking about former Chilean International Marcelo Salas.
Salas spent time in the Italian Serie A with Lazio and Juventus and was at times an absolute stunning striker.
The Chicago Fire are taking a look at him after recently playing back in December in the Chilean First Division but something concerns me here. The last few years not much has been heard from Salas. Can he provide something in MLS.
Clearly the Fire will try to sign him at a bargain price because he is not fresh off success like Cuahutemoc Blanco nor does he have the drawing power.
The Fire need to inspect Salas closely from the perspective of health and the real “desire” that he shows to play in MLS.
Lets face it MLS is like moving to the EPL coming from Chile.
Dave Sarachan the Fire head coach already has admitted to me that he has a coaching challenge with Blanco. His ability to manage the most important person in the Fire organization will say alot about his future and the future of the team on the field.
It sure makes it interesting and even more so since Blanco comes in to the league on a high after an outstanding MFL season with Club America. You can catch him in the Gold Cup with Mexico.
As for the Fire, life with Blanco begins soon.
May 31, 2007
El Matador to MLS ?
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Neither of those 2 players deserves to use the title of “matador”, the original and only real “matador” was Mario Kempes, the “matador” Kempes.
I hope Chicago does not hire Salas, he was very good, being a starter for five years in Serie A in 2 top teams is not easy but he has not played much in the last 2 years, in 2005 he only played 10 games because of injuries, in 2006 he didn’t lost that many games due to injury, but he has not played a single league game since December when Universidad de Chile let him go, tomorrow is the start of June, 6 months without playing and/or training is a lot of time, specially when you are 32 and when you have a long history of injuries.
If Chicago hires him, how long will it take him to get into playing form?, how long will it take him to get into the right rythm?, if they hire him today I assure you he will not be in a good playing form for at least 4 months, and then he needs to get into a good rythm, if they hire him he will not be an asset for this season, do you really want to hire a 32 year old guy prone to injury that will start producing results until next season?
Comment by jarrambide — May 31, 2007 @ 2:42 pm
Here here on the Chile to MLS opinion. I remember that Johnny Walker, goalkeeper, came from Chile championship side Colo colo. Although he started off well in MLS, with even getting a call up to the Nats, it soon became evident during his first year with Metrostars that his play was not as glowing as it looked down in Chile. I feel bad that injuries pretty much led to his retirement, but nonetheless, MLS is indeed a step above many other leagues, whether Beckham’s friends believe so or not.
Comment by Simon Provan — May 31, 2007 @ 8:00 pm