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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
What do you guys expect? For it to go from inception to having high end prime talent instantly?
Signings like this show it's heading in a direction where it will have higher talent levels in years to come. You have to expect transition and the league is still relatively young.
5-10 years from now? good chance we'll be seeing some current stars give it a look.
Besides that, is Henry really that washed up? He's coming from what is likely the best club team in the world and still a member of the national team on what should have been one of the strongest nations. I don't think he's as washed out as some here are acting, and bet he could still be a strong player on some EPL teams if he had gone their instead.
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I have no problem with what the MLS is doing, its just becoming a league where old stars go for one last paycheck. A signing like this doesn't change that and doesn't signal to me that its heading in a direction where it will have higher talent for years to come.
I think its ceiling is as high as the growth of the sport in America, I do not think it is ever going to be as big as the current top leagues in England, Spain, Italy, Germany, France or Russia (at least in our lifetime). But I think it could easily slot in to that next tier with the Portuguese, Greek, Dutch etc. leagues which are mostly filled with home grown players and a few from the surrounding countries in the next 10-15 years.
In terms of Henry being washed up I don't think he is completely but the only team outside of New York that is rumored to have shown interest in him was West Ham.
He is still going to be the most talented player in the MLS just based on his ability with the ball, but where he has fallen is off the ball where he doesn't have the pace anymore to effect play without it. But in Europe he doesn't have it anymore to be a factor for an elite team, and I don't think he wanted any part of going to what he deems a "lower class" team i.e a mid table team