Chicago Fire Rumor Mill: Former Barcelona DM Abraham Gonzalez
by iron81 on Dec 25, 2011 8:52 PM CST
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PrintA report out of Spain states that the Fire are negotiating to acquire former Barcelona and current player for Spanish 2nd division Alcorcon Abraham Gonzalez. A Google Translation of the relevant passage:
Abraham Gonzalez is about to play next season in Major League Soccer (MLS). The Chicago Fire, one of its representative teams, we want for the 2012 season which will start on 10 March, and negotiations to bring the midfielder to their ranks.
More on Gonzalez after the break.
Gonzalez is a 26 year old defensive midfielder. He began his professional career in 2004 and signed with Barcelona B, Barcelona FC's second division affiliate, in 2007. He played two seasons for Barcelona B and scored four goals. He made one La Liga appearance for the Barcelona senior team in 2009.
Gonzalez is currently under contract with and playing regularly for Alcorcon, with a mixture of substitute and starting appearances. The Fire would likely owe Alcorcon a transfer fee to acquire Gonzalez. My impression is that Gonzalez's role on the Fire would be to replace Marco Pappa as a defensive minded left midfielder in the 4-3-1-2. This is of course contingent on Pappa leaving, but as I wrote before, that seems likely.
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He’s listed everywhere as a center mid, not a LM. His bio at the Cadiz website says he was brought up to play a similar role as Xavi, who subbed in for in his one La Liga appearance. Cadiz also says his season had a lot of ups and downs; he had the trust of the coach for 12 matches but was pulled as the team struggled and then made a comeback later in the season as they pushed to remain in the Segunda. When Cadiz was relegated, he was released so that he could remain in the Segunda, playing for Alcorcon.
If there’s any substance to the rumor (which seems possible since Frank was just over in Spain), I’d guess that he would back up Pardo this year with an eye to a long-term replacement, but then it still would be unclear where Pause would fit in all this, though he may well stay on the wing as he did at the end of last season. All that’s to say, what MLS team wouldn’t love to have a Xavi apprentice, even if he’s never reached the same heights as the Barca man? But unless Frank thinks he’s capable of a switch to the left, I’m not sure that he’d be replacing Pappa.
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