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Ray Houghton Joined: 07 Feb 2021 Location: Dublin Status: Offline Points: 3278 |
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I could be wrong here, trying to find a clear answer in an official leagues handbook, but I think that might only apply to players who were registered with their club and league before the window shut. Byrne wasn't registered with Apoel this season.
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Liam Brady Joined: 21 Feb 2014 Status: Online Points: 2957 |
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Yes, Jack must have registered as a free agent before the window closed.
His only options now are countries where the transfer window is still open. Long story short looks like he won't play a game the turn of the year. Poor bastard. That's bogey luck.
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Ray Houghton Joined: 16 Aug 2019 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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Gosh, did he even play a game for APOEL?
I'd imagine it's back to the LOI for him...
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Liam Brady Joined: 21 Feb 2014 Status: Online Points: 2957 |
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He played a couple of games. Then he had back surgery which ruled him out for the rest of the season. Apoel had a financial meltdown on the back of not qualifying for Europe. Byrne amongst others was on the chopping list to get them off the wage bill. While there is definitely bad luck involved whoever advised him to move there in the first place should be shot out of a cannon into space. If they're still advising him then you can only say shame on Jack.
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You Tell Me
Jack Charlton Joined: 05 Sep 2010 Status: Offline Points: 6773 |
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Just to clarify because a few posters have queried it, his situation is different to Brady's. He can't join a club in pretty much any of the European leagues, including Ireland, England or Scotland, as he was not released by APOEL before the European transfer window closed. This rule exists because otherwise you would just have clubs and players taking the piss out of the transfer window by being released and re-signed at any time during the year.
So it will almost certainly be January before he plays again unless he goes somewhere unusual. If he goes to the MLS as previously rumoured he won't play a competitive game again until March. Some might say that's bad luck but presumably it was a conscious decision by Byrne not to take whatever payoff he was offered before the window closed and to hold out for more at the expense of playing again any time soon. If he has negotiated well he will at least leave Cyprus a wealthy man, albeit to the further detriment of his football career.
Edited by You Tell Me - 24 Sep 2021 at 6:44pm |
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You Tell Me
Jack Charlton Joined: 05 Sep 2010 Status: Offline Points: 6773 |
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I can think of 10,000 reasons a week why it might not have been as bad advice as you might think.
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Bandwagon
Ray Houghton Joined: 07 Feb 2021 Location: Dublin Status: Offline Points: 3278 |
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Argentinian transfer window is open for another 2 days
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planning
Ray Houghton Football version of Comical Ali. Joined: 17 Mar 2012 Status: Offline Points: 3836 |
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Someone by the initials of MMC? He's another one who thought the grass was greener outside the LOI, and didn't make it. For the third time.
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500 Club la la la Joined: 05 Apr 2021 Status: Offline Points: 711 |
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I see Jack put out a tweet about how he loved his time at Cambur. Wonder could be go back to Holland and train there before permanently signing when the window opens in Janaury?
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Bandwagon
Ray Houghton Joined: 07 Feb 2021 Location: Dublin Status: Offline Points: 3278 |
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They'd probably have him back too, but the money wouldn't be much better than at Rovers. Hes currently back in Dublin anyway, was on the beer with Anto Stokes last night.
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pateen
500 Club la la la Joined: 26 Apr 2012 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 522 |
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Christ, he's in good company there
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Flying so high, trying to remember
How many cigarettes did I bring along? When I get down I'll jump in a taxi cab Driving through London town, to cry you a song |
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Hotlips_Hoolahan
Jack Charlton Joined: 04 Aug 2020 Status: Offline Points: 6615 |
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Laughed out loud at this.
Linked with Bohemians and... Lazio. |
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Liam Brady Joined: 02 Sep 2017 Status: Offline Points: 1230 |
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Interest is understood to have cooled..
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Ray Houghton Joined: 16 Aug 2019 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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It may well just of said Jack Byrne has been linked with a LOI team and Brazil in the 1960s.
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J89
Ray Houghton Joined: 25 Mar 2018 Status: Online Points: 3543 |
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Has he linked up with Hendrick's agent given his contacts in Italy.
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Hotlips_Hoolahan
Jack Charlton Joined: 04 Aug 2020 Status: Offline Points: 6615 |
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On his way back to Shamrock Rovers, who presumably have offered a greater package than Lazio.
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You Tell Me
Jack Charlton Joined: 05 Sep 2010 Status: Offline Points: 6773 |
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Looks like Rovers is the only serious offer on the table for him. Which means we're likely facing into a few more years of him being a standout player domestically and being constantly touted for an Ireland squad place when all evidence based on his time abroad suggests that he's nowhere near good enough for the international team.
To be honest I was hoping he'd go to the US and we could just forget about him.
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Paul McGrath Ballymun Resident #MONKEANO Joined: 30 Jan 2010 Status: Offline Points: 16074 |
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So weird
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