Angel OFFERED to Atletico Nacional . . . rejected.
By: Dave Martinez | January 9th, 2008
Can you believe we shopped around JPA?!
Well, get ready for this one folks.
Óscar Héctor Quintabani, head coach of Colombias treasured NACIONAL, was looking for some extra fire power heading into the Copa Libertadores.
Who did he want? You guessed it.
Angel filled Nacionals need for a quality striker, and was said to be part of the transfer process. Ultimately, the asking price was too high and Nacional rejected it.
Talk about dodging a bullet.
It does make one wonder . . . what were the details of such an acquisition? How much did Red Bull ask?
And it also sheds light to the Red Bull Mission, under the direction of Osorio and Agoos - anything can and will happen.
The transfer names this offseason have been mediocre at best - Eskandarian, Perkins and a forray of other rumored mid level pieces. But to throw Angels name out there, our best player, and arguably the most important player on our pitch, you add a new dimension to our business plan, and a new appreciation for the men in charge (both good or bad).
The nightmare has been evaded. Lets hope we dont have any more brushes like these.
What are your thoughts?
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Hey, everybody has a price. I’m sure if Red Bull looked to double or triple what they’ve paid for JPA, they’d do the deal.
Then, you just have to make another smart buy afterwards. It’s the business of the game…
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My thoughts? Its cool to see the phrase “direction of Osorio and Agoos.”
Oh and leaving Aston Villa (right?) to join MLS seemed to be a darn good career move for Angel now that we all have hindsight. Yay us.
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So they want to sell JPA and keep Reyna? Wait, what?
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Nolan gets response of the year.
And Longshoe, I absolutely understand. But JPA is relatively young, happy in NYC, and locked in for three years. Why shop him? Imagine where we would have been without him?
And think of the older, more overpriced, big named over the hill stars being volleyed around MLS these days. Which one of them would be able to single handedly carry a club the way he did, in such a short amount of time, and for the length of a three year?
btw, I am sure Angel was all over the move, but he wont be heart broken staying in NYC. He is happy, and so are most fans. We dodged one.
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first of all people this man JPA you all are talking about , is doing very good indeed in NYC but, for those who don’t know *ATLETICO NACIONAL* was the team that he started in, know another quick fact when a player from nacional leaves or is sold he comes back and retires, check the stats, and any website, JPA was not the greatest striker in our team *atletico nacional* history
but , indeed lefft his legacy in his hometown of medellin and my hometown aswellLXDXS
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Carlos - good looks on the Atletico info. He did seem eager about it at the time, so it makes sense.
Thanks buddy.
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Well Juan Pi, is the best from NYR and he is the one who can pick a new way on his career. If this sell lets a lot of money for Red bulls why not sell him?..I live in NYC and I love him but he just know what to do, he is a professional.
I would like to see him again in Atl. Nacional, in Colombia it would be my dream and I think his dream too.!Posted from
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http://redbulls.theoffside.com/my-info/angel-out-for-san-jose.html
Here is an update of him Evita.
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