Liberato Cacace (Empoli | Italy)
STVV have had four COVID cases within the squad, 3 players and one staff member. No word on who they are, but hopefully everyone will be ok
https://www.stvv.com/nl/nieuws/a-kern/vier-nieuwe-coronagevallen-binnen-eerste-ploeg
https://www.stvv.com/nl/nieuws/a-kern/vier-nieuwe-coronagevallen-binnen-eerste-ploeg
More confirmed COVID cases reported at STVV - hope Libby has managed to keep himself clear
https://www.stvv.com/nl/nieuws/a-kern/nieuwe-coronabesmetting-binnen-spelerskern?fbclid=IwAR2WL8iuCMMgu4XH7zsuxjxVwjf7JY_a3KyWSN97EXUh9UHxTlLeIUzIy9c
https://www.stvv.com/nl/nieuws/a-kern/nieuwe-coronabesmetting-binnen-spelerskern?fbclid=IwAR2WL8iuCMMgu4XH7zsuxjxVwjf7JY_a3KyWSN97EXUh9UHxTlLeIUzIy9c
Yes, unless his club are the 8th yet to be decided club to join the Pro league he'd likely be moving on. Also it should be said that this proposal is surely miles away from being realised so likely he will have moved e on by the time it actually takes effect (if it ever does)
Was just looking through transfrmarkt and see they've listed Libby as unavailable due to Covid.
Does anyone have any more information on this??
Does anyone have any more information on this??
According to this (thanks Google translate!), he appears to have caught the virus like several teammates and staff.
Let's hope they only experience mild symptoms and bounce back quickly.
Very interesting to see people's names in the media. when getting co-vid. Often in Italy they will not do that (but sometimes you do hear of players getting it...).
Positive players at STVV: Jorge Teixeira, Max, Caufriez, Jarne Steuckers, Duckens Nazon, Liberato Cacace, Mory Konaté, Ibrahima Sankhon, Samuel Asamoah, Wim Vanmarsenille, and Tatsuya Ito.
Let's hope they only experience mild symptoms and bounce back quickly.
Very interesting to see people's names in the media. when getting co-vid. Often in Italy they will not do that (but sometimes you do hear of players getting it...).
Positive players at STVV: Jorge Teixeira, Max, Caufriez, Jarne Steuckers, Duckens Nazon, Liberato Cacace, Mory Konaté, Ibrahima Sankhon, Samuel Asamoah, Wim Vanmarsenille, and Tatsuya Ito.
Fit and strong young man, hopefully he doesn't get too knocked about by it, or suffer any of the longer term effects of it.
Best wishes to him (and his team mates as well) for their recoveries.
Best wishes to him (and his team mates as well) for their recoveries.
Would be a lot more diddeleng around for that to work.
*Grabs coat*
Actually that's not a terrible idea. Luxembourg have had some good results on the international stage and having one or two of their top clubs playing in a benelux team would do them good, though there might not be any appetite for it as it would weaken their national league (also who's to say the Dutch and Belgians want them in their super league?)
Actually that's not a terrible idea. Luxembourg have had some good results on the international stage and having one or two of their top clubs playing in a benelux team would do them good, though there might not be any appetite for it as it would weaken their national league (also who's to say the Dutch and Belgians want them in their super league?)
I was more in this conversation for the word play (does no one open links anymore? gahh!)
Don't know about Luxembourg, but definitely think this BeNe league has at least some merit. Although what that means for those outside the top 8 could be some cause for concern.
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In a @FirstTimeFinish exclusive, @NZ_football and @stvv star Liberato Cacace speaks to @george_bwh about his Neapolitan roots, playing with Premier League veterans and his Serie A dream.https://t.co/y5HtZEpqsT
Libby starts this morning, STVV 2-0 up at HT
Libby starts this morning, STVV 2-0 up at HT
Full game in a 2-1 win over Mechelen (10th).
STVV (15th) 6 points above the relegation playoff spot and with only 3 games left, now look pretty safe.
Libby starts this morning, currently 1-1 near the end of the first half. The opposition is down to 10 men.
Libby starts this morning, currently 1-1 near the end of the first half. The opposition is down to 10 men.
Final result a 4-2 win over last placed Waasland-Beveren, who finished the game with 9 men. They actually scored their 2nd goal with that 2 man disadvantage.
Win ensures STVV won't be relegated with 2 games to complete the season.
Full game Cacace.
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2021/04/06/belgium/pro-league/kv-red-star-waasland/sint-truidense-vv/3323792/
Full game in a 4-0 loss at Gent (2nd).
STVV with nothing to play for, and home team with it all to play for re European spots. Club Brugge already runaway league winners.
STVV one game left to finish the regular season. Cacace with a trip home to NZ, or a little Euro summer holiday, as things open a smidgen on the continent?
STVV with nothing to play for, and home team with it all to play for re European spots. Club Brugge already runaway league winners.
STVV one game left to finish the regular season. Cacace with a trip home to NZ, or a little Euro summer holiday, as things open a smidgen on the continent?
Full game in a 0-1 loss to Anderlecht (3rd).
STVV finish the season 15th (of 18).
Cacace 27 games (all starts), subbed off twice. No goals.
STVV finish the season 15th (of 18).
Cacace 27 games (all starts), subbed off twice. No goals.
From this week's Flying Kiwis.
Cacace wasn’t available for the very start of that season as he was eased in but once he cracked the starting team it was steady as she goes, mate. The only subsequent game he missed was because of suspension. Barely missed a minute of action. In fact despite not playing in any of the first six games, he finished with STVV’s second most league minutes played (2424 min from 27 apps), trailing only top-scorer Yuma Suzuki. 0 goals, 2 assists, 5 yellow cards. He also had one cup appearance. Pretty fantastic consistency from a 20 year old New Zealander making the step up. The next thing is for him to begin adding more goals and assists to his tally. No pressure.
Cacace wasn’t available for the very start of that season as he was eased in but once he cracked the starting team it was steady as she goes, mate. The only subsequent game he missed was because of suspension. Barely missed a minute of action. In fact despite not playing in any of the first six games, he finished with STVV’s second most league minutes played (2424 min from 27 apps), trailing only top-scorer Yuma Suzuki. 0 goals, 2 assists, 5 yellow cards. He also had one cup appearance. Pretty fantastic consistency from a 20 year old New Zealander making the step up. The next thing is for him to begin adding more goals and assists to his tally. No pressure.
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From this week's Flying Kiwis.
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https://youtu.be/-thLCeQcmmg
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Peter Maes, the coach who replaced Muscat, left STVV for Beerschot (what a name!)
If there are any clubs in for Libby, the new coach will have a huge impact on his future. Shame, really - they seemed to turn a corner with Maes...
https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nieuws/2021-05-20/stvv-plaatst-statement-over-vertrek-peter-maes
If there are any clubs in for Libby, the new coach will have a huge impact on his future. Shame, really - they seemed to turn a corner with Maes...
https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nieuws/2021-05-20/stvv-plaatst-statement-over-vertrek-peter-maes
new manager new opportunity to prove himself.
Real Zaragoza are very keen on loaning Libby next season with an optional future fee. Real Oviedo and Fuenlabrada are also thereabouts. All Spanish 2nd tier
Real Zaragoza are very keen on loaning Libby next season with an optional future fee. Real Oviedo and Fuenlabrada are also thereabouts. All Spanish 2nd tier
From Flying Kiwis. Rumoured Spanish interest noted. First Kiwi to play in La Liga?
Olympics could be his shop window, if STVV want sell him for a nice fee.
https://twitter.com/solofichajes123/status/1394625062423064576
Long road to La Liga for any of those clubs mentioned.
Long road to La Liga for any of those clubs mentioned.
Would be a strange move to mid-table Segunda?? Unless one of those teams is a loads-a-money club, and buying their way to promotion.
Google tells me that Real Zaragoza has now had 8 consecutive seasons down in the Segunda División, which I found surprising. Had my 28th birthday, near a pig farm on the ouskirts of Zaragoza. Hungarian goulash wipped up by me van mates.
S-T start new Belgian season with a 2-1 win over Gent.
I'm looking forward to hearing who Cacace's being linked with
S-T with a 0-0 draw overnight against Sporting Charleroi.
I see Libby was being consoled by his club team mate Hashioka, after the pen shootout last night. Cacace has 5 Japanese team mates at S-T!! So he may eventually get some gentle ribbing when he gets back to Belgium.
I see Libby was being consoled by his club team mate Hashioka, after the pen shootout last night. Cacace has 5 Japanese team mates at S-T!! So he may eventually get some gentle ribbing when he gets back to Belgium.
S-T with a 0-0 draw overnight against Sporting Charleroi.
I see Libby was being consoled by his club team mate Hashioka, after the pen shootout last night. Cacace has 5 Japanese team mates at S-T!! So he may eventually get some gentle ribbing when he gets back to Belgium.
I see Libby was being consoled by his club team mate Hashioka, after the pen shootout last night. Cacace has 5 Japanese team mates at S-T!! So he may eventually get some gentle ribbing when he gets back to Belgium.
Club has a Japanese owner I believe?
https://theniche-cache.com/football/2021/8/6/the-olympics-are-done-now-prepare-for-flying-kiwis-transfer-season
It’s definitely not only English clubs when it comes to Liberato Cacace. The man himself confirmed that there was communication from Juventus while a couple Spanish club suitors have been mentioned in the past as well. Napoli is the dream move for Libby, who knows if that may happen one day. It’d be absolutely massive if it did. But the same thing applies to Cacace as does for Bell and more: Cacace is a regular starter in the Belgian top flight which is a top ten league in Europe. Scouts are watching. We already know that. They still would be even if we didn’t. And you can already get a jump start of the LIBERATO CACACE | WELCOME TO ___ youtube compo vids starting with this banger of a clip right here...
https://twitter.com/thenichecache/status/1419221002685321216
Those are the three guys (Garbett, Bell & Cacace) who feel most poised for a move. You never know when a hefty transfer might come along, Sarpreet Singh and Libby Cacace can both tell you all about how sudden those things can happen, but as it stands that’s the goss. Cacace’s arguably another year of strong performances away from moving on from Sint Truiden but they are a selling club. Their Japanese owners like to use STVV as a foothold in Europe for Japanese players and are very much of the buy low sell high mentality. You may recall a lad named Takehiro Tomiyasu from the OlyWhites came vs Japan. STVV bought him for €800k and two years later sold him to Bologna for €7m. Now he’s on the verge of a move to Tottenham.
It’s definitely not only English clubs when it comes to Liberato Cacace. The man himself confirmed that there was communication from Juventus while a couple Spanish club suitors have been mentioned in the past as well. Napoli is the dream move for Libby, who knows if that may happen one day. It’d be absolutely massive if it did. But the same thing applies to Cacace as does for Bell and more: Cacace is a regular starter in the Belgian top flight which is a top ten league in Europe. Scouts are watching. We already know that. They still would be even if we didn’t. And you can already get a jump start of the LIBERATO CACACE | WELCOME TO ___ youtube compo vids starting with this banger of a clip right here...
https://twitter.com/thenichecache/status/1419221002685321216
Those are the three guys (Garbett, Bell & Cacace) who feel most poised for a move. You never know when a hefty transfer might come along, Sarpreet Singh and Libby Cacace can both tell you all about how sudden those things can happen, but as it stands that’s the goss. Cacace’s arguably another year of strong performances away from moving on from Sint Truiden but they are a selling club. Their Japanese owners like to use STVV as a foothold in Europe for Japanese players and are very much of the buy low sell high mentality. You may recall a lad named Takehiro Tomiyasu from the OlyWhites came vs Japan. STVV bought him for €800k and two years later sold him to Bologna for €7m. Now he’s on the verge of a move to Tottenham.
That’s how STVV operate and they would have signed Cacace – for a fee similar to the initial Tomiyasu one – with the idea that there was a good chance they could make a profit off him down the line. Compared to Bayern Munich buying Sarpreet Singh for something close to that amount where they’d be happy to let him go for a free if it came to that because they really honestly do not need the money. They’re merely out here taking wild punts on players in the hope that, from a large group of prospects, a couple of them might prove good enough for their first team someday.
You don’t need to move clubs to progress your career. Marko Stamenic was late to arrive in Tokyo because he was in Austria on tour with the FC Copenhagen first team. He played once for them last season and seems poised to play a good chunk more next time if that’s anything to go by.
Nando Pijnaker has had to settle for reserve team footy at Rio Ave to date while George Stanger did get a few Scottish Premiership games under his belt last term for Hamilton Academical... both those clubs have been relegated so first team spots could be a little easier to access for those two now.
You don’t need to move clubs to progress your career. Marko Stamenic was late to arrive in Tokyo because he was in Austria on tour with the FC Copenhagen first team. He played once for them last season and seems poised to play a good chunk more next time if that’s anything to go by.
Nando Pijnaker has had to settle for reserve team footy at Rio Ave to date while George Stanger did get a few Scottish Premiership games under his belt last term for Hamilton Academical... both those clubs have been relegated so first team spots could be a little easier to access for those two now.
Ben Waine re-signed with the Phoenix rejecting interest from Coventry City in favour of more first team games. Gianni Stensness was superb in Tokyo and we’ve seen worse players than him make the jump to Europe from A-League clubs. Michael Woud will have promotion as the number one target for Willem II this season after missing out in the playoffs a few months back. Callum McCowatt and Eli Just play all the time for an upwardly mobile FC Helsingor team in the Danish second tier (and hopefully a fit-again Dalton Wilkins will join them more often too).
The whole scene is absolutely nuts. Flying Kiwis Transfer Seasons have been surging for a couple years now but there’s a chance, only a chance mind you, that the next month or two could be pure madness.
Comes off the bench at 61 mins (S-T down 1-0), in a 2-1 loss at AS Eupen (3rd).
S-T 13th. First time Cacace hasn't started a game in awhile.
S-T 13th. First time Cacace hasn't started a game in awhile.
Awesome summary cooch :-)
"Juventus showed concrete interest, but I didn't feel like a transfer," Cacace told Het Belang van Limburg. “But what should I do with the Juventus U23? Then I can develop myself better in a first team at a club like STVV?
https://www.voetbalbelgie.be/voetbalnieuws/cacace-laat-stvv-niet-vallen-voor-juventus/2021/08/19/