It should be noted that one of the American owners of Crystal Palace, John Textor, just bought the majority share of RWD Molenbeek. Montes also grew up playing for the FC Florida Prep youth academy that Textor set-up. Coincidentally, Waasland Beveren is majority owned by CP’s other owner and new RSL owner David Blitzer. So lots of connections!
Goal: ICYMI 🇺🇸 Jacob Montes scored an absolute banger today in his friendly 🚀 #USMNT Shoutout @DMVSoccer96 for the video 🤝 pic.twitter.com/Ew6OPXJ7Nh— USMNT burner (@burnerusmnt) January 18, 2022
Has moved on loan to Brazil: https://www.fogaonet.com/noticias-d...cao-meia-americano-crystal-palace-emprestimo/ Botafogo has agreed to the loan signing of the 23-year-old naturalized American midfielder Jacob Montes , who belongs to Crystal Palace , one of the clubs in John Textor 's network . The information is from journalist Thiago Franklin on Twitter. Montes arrives in Rio de Janeiro this Sunday morning (26/6). His last loan was to RWD Molenbeek in the first half, having played just one game. Earlier, he made nine appearances and scored one goal for Waasland-Beveren , also in Belgium's second division. @bungadiri @TheFalseNine @dark knight Let's update the thread title, please: Jacob Montes at Botafogo (Brazil) (olf Crystal Palace)
This would put him at the same club as possible Yank Sebastian Joffre, who is also contracted to CP. I'm so happy he has changed clubs because RWDM was among the worst clubs ever at that level in terms of their Twitter updates and it was almost impossible to find the club on TM & SoccerWay for updates.
As noted before, both Montes and Joffre are connected to Textor through FC Florida. In Joffre’s case, he was unattached for about three years after leaving Orlando City B before signing with Crystal Palace and eventually Botafogo. But hey, their connections are their connections and when the guy owns the club, guess he can do what he wants. Did see some talk of Botafogo fans not necessarily being happy by the move even if they maybe aren’t with the first team in mind. Also found these (translated) notes on Montes. There was some prior posts in the thread about a potential Nicaragua call up and it indeed looks that was in the works before a national team coaching switch and his injury during the second half of last season:
Finally announced him: Jacob Montes é FOGO! 🐺📝Meia norte-americano é mais um reforço alvinegro ☑️ Seja bem-vindo ao Clube Mais Tradicional 🔥 #VamosBOTAFOGO pic.twitter.com/JFLfKUGV7k— Botafogo F.R. (@Botafogo) August 12, 2022
On the bench for the 1st team tonight: O Fogão tá escalado para o duelo com o Goiás. VAAAAMOOOS! 🔥 #TimeToSetFire pic.twitter.com/7w12B7ODuw— Botafogo F.R. (@Botafogo) September 28, 2022 Seems to be his first chance for an appearance: 1575187383896535040 is not a valid tweet id The American Jacob Montes was listed for the game against Goiás, and for the first time he can have his chance to play for Botafogo today, 09/28. Profile: https://www.lance.com.br/botafogo/q...as.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter It is also worth remembering, of course, that the midfielder has never had contact in his career with a technical level of play similar to that practiced in Brazilian football.
Wow, many Botafogo fans were not happy with his signing and thought he was not much more than Textor's toy while never having much of a realistic chance to contribute to the first team. Cool to see him on the bench at least - maybe he's done some good things in the eyes of the staff, or maybe it's Textor's influence putting his name there... we'll see how it shakes out in the end.
In the squad for Monday's match: Atletas relacionados para o jogo com o Palmeiras ☑️📄 #VamosBOTAFOGO pic.twitter.com/GDKQGmuxfQ— Botafogo F.R. (@Botafogo) October 3, 2022
DNP for 3-1 loss: Escalação do Glorioso na tela! 🔥⚽️ #VamosBOTAFOGO pic.twitter.com/NLn2hJ4KRv— Botafogo F.R. (@Botafogo) October 3, 2022
On the bench again: Botafogo escalado para o duelo com o Avaí! PRA CIMA! 🔥⚽️ #VamosBOTAFOGO pic.twitter.com/wEupchZra5— Botafogo F.R. (@Botafogo) October 6, 2022
Comes in at the half for his Serie A debut: Botafogo volta pro segundo tempo com Victor Sá e Jacob nos lugares de Gabriel Pires e Junior Santos. BOLA EM JOGO NOVAMENTE! ⚽️🔥#AVAxBOT | 1-0 | #TimeToSetFire🎙️📺 Botafogo TV: https://t.co/BOLZnhrrdV— Botafogo F.R. (@Botafogo) October 7, 2022 @bungadiri @TheFalseNine @dark knight He's ready from promotion to YA. He seems to be leading the voting for best midfielder of the match (at the time of posting): Quem foi o melhor VOLANTE da 30ª rodada do #CampeonatoDoBrasileiro? Lucas Evangelista | @RedBullBraga Baralhas | @ACGOficialPablo Maia | @SaoPauloFCJacob Montes | @Botafogo— Brasileirão Betano (@Brasileirao) October 7, 2022
Praise from the boss: Jacob Montes estreia pelo Botafogo e recebe elogios de Luís Castro: ‘Tem técnica evoluída, é humilde e trabalhador’ https://t.co/WQsLXq6bE9— FogãoNET ★彡 (@fogaonet) October 7, 2022 Jacob Montes debuts for Botafogo and receives praise from Luís Castro: 'He has evolved technique, is humble and hardworking'
This is awesome! He's totally flipped the Botafogo crowd with his performance and getting heaps of praise from fans. That includes for this sequence, which was almost an assist: O Jacob Montes por muito pouco não estreou com uma assistência no Glorioso. Pena que o Jeffinho não estava em uma das noites mais inspiradas nas finalizações.pic.twitter.com/giTYeAef4g— Museu do Fogão 🔥 (@MuseuBFR) October 7, 2022 Seems fans did such a 180 in their perception of him that he's achieved some sort of cult status: pic.twitter.com/ibLITJeF4J— Thiago Pinheiro 🌲 (@othiagopinheiro) October 7, 2022 Already a great example of someone making the most of their opportunities and it did turn out that he won the support of the manager through training. Also shows how important fit is for a player and club - sure he didn't get time in the Belgian second division, but he's convinced his club that he can play a role with a better team in a better league regardless of the circumstances around his arrival. That's what it's all about versus the sometimes common black-and-white assessments of talent evaluation. Will be really cool to see where he takes it - hopefully he has lots of success and keeps building on the great progress there.
This gent put him on his team of the round: Selefogo 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/CTzDdgGPUd— Lean Xavier ⭐⭐⭐ (@LeanXavier4) October 7, 2022
On the bench: O Glorioso tá escalado! 🔥⚽️ #TimeToSetFire pic.twitter.com/VqSJros9qx— Botafogo F.R. (@Botafogo) October 9, 2022
On the bench: O Glorioso tá escalado! 🔥⚽️ #VamosBOTAFOGO pic.twitter.com/ueBGnnehNj— Botafogo F.R. (@Botafogo) October 23, 2022
On the bench: Fogão escalado para o duelo com o RB Bragantino! VAMOS! 🔥💪🏾 #VamosBOTAFOGO pic.twitter.com/T8vrZknMvC— Botafogo F.R. (@Botafogo) October 26, 2022
On the bench: Fogão definido para enfrentar o Cuiabá! ☑️ #VamosBOTAFOGO pic.twitter.com/ISIDk0l73i— Botafogo F.R. (@Botafogo) November 1, 2022
9'/2T - Substituição: Entram Rafael e Jacob, saem Daniel Borges e Gabriel Pires. #BOTxCUI | 0-2 |Transmissão 🖥️: https://t.co/HdMMkn5TN0— Botafogo F.R. (@Botafogo) November 1, 2022
On the bench: Fogão definido para enfrentar o Atlético-MG 📄☑️ #VamosBOTAFOGO pic.twitter.com/YSS8V5IlEl— Botafogo F.R. (@Botafogo) November 7, 2022
On the bench: Fogão definido para enfrentar o Santos 📄☑️ #VamosBOTAFOGO #VaiPegarFogo pic.twitter.com/cIXj4OOBfv— Botafogo F.R. (@Botafogo) November 10, 2022