U.S. under-20 and Columbus Crew midfielder Danny Szetela has accepted an offer from Spanish club Racing Santander.
According to an article by Ives Galarcep for ESPNsoccernet, Szetela turned down Roma’s offer of more than €250,000 per season to sign with La Liga minnows Racing Santander.
Galacep writes, “Financial details of the Racing deal were not disclosed, but Szetela chose to take less money from Racing than Roma in order to have a better chance of seeing first-team action.”
His deal was brokered by obnoxious ass clown Shep Messing (see this post).
MLS received a paltry $150,000 transfer fee, as the article states, “[as] a result of Szetela's contract status (his current deal with MLS expires at the end of the year).”
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Friday, August 31, 2007
Szetela to Racing, not Roma
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Sorry mate, but Racing de Santander is not a minnow. It's one of the oldest teams in La Liga and lots of its players are in their national teams, or have played in top world class teams after playing in Racing de Santander.
Hope Szetela have great moments in this team
Aupa racing!
Their rich history aside (and I meant no disrespect of course). They are a minnow in the sense that they are not competing for a La Liga title every year. Last year's 10th-place finish was their best finish since 1993-94 (when they finished 8th). Roma, on the other hand, competes almost every year for the Serie A title. Perhaps minnow was too strong but they certainly aren't a big fish in La Liga.
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