Driussi to Austin is official, becomes their third DP: Official: Austin FC sign forward Sebastian Driussi as Designated Player | MLSSoccer.com
Rapids trade $50K of GAM to Nashville for Dominique Badji. Nashville will get an additional $50K of GAM if Badji is re-signed for 2022.
Busy day. Santiago Moreno done: Welcome Santiago!We have acquired 21-year-old Colombian winger Santiago Moreno. Moreno joins us from América de Cali.Details: https://t.co/CIkOOd6VSk | #RCTID pic.twitter.com/X1Bfxvs5XM— Portland Timbers (@TimbersFC) July 29, 2021 Ventura Alverado to Miami: Official: Welcome Ventura Alvarado✍🏼#InterMiamiCF has signed center back, @Ventuzzz. Find the details on our newest player below!https://t.co/ydpUGiaF31— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) July 29, 2021 And Jesus Bueno to Philly is official: 1420821527709339655 is not a valid tweet id
Sources: LAFC and Houston have agreed to a deal that will send Corey Baird to the Dynamo.I'm not yet clear what Houston is sending to California in exchange for Baird, who LAFC acquired from RSL this winter for $500k in general allocation money and an international slot.— Sam Stejskal (@samstejskal) July 30, 2021
Official: Part of our History. 📝 #LAFC acquires $750,000 in allocation money from @HoustonDynamo in exchange for forward Corey Baird.— LAFC (@LAFC) July 30, 2021 Also, because why the hell not at this point: 🚨River recibió una oferta formal del Orlando City 🇺🇲 por Julián Álvarez.*️⃣Es de u$s 10M brutos y fue considerada insuficiente.*️⃣En caso de mejorarla bastante, el club estaría dispuesto a evaluar su posible salida.*️⃣Info con @juancortese pic.twitter.com/bpPbA0Grn8— César Luis Merlo (@CLMerlo) July 30, 2021
IIRC, the RSL sale of Baird to LAFC included a future considerations clause. Checking . . . yep. I am curious to see if any of the money to LA is passed along to RSL.
As far as I know the Rapids never got any of the money Nashville paid Dallas for Badji (Colorado had a 50% sell-on clause on him). But that might have been small enough that they just didn't announce getting the money.
There is also now a bunch of noise that they've agreed to personal terms with Joao Pedro who is currently at Cagliari in Italy. The reports are saying that it is just down to Atlanta and Cagliari coming to terms and they are a few million off right now. So, I'd just say that I have no clue what the heck is going on in Atlanta since they are reportedly acting like they are the Galaxy in the late 00's. No way that they can fit Pedro and Almada without moving on or buying down several players.
They're going to buy down Alan Franco so he's no longer a DP, and the suspicion is that Barco won't be with the side much longer. Uncle Arthur hasn't been happy of late and approved the go ahead for more changes.
Not current MLS player related, but it's beginning to look like Venezia is going to sign both current KC homegrown Gianluca Busio (19) and former KC homegrown Erik Palmer-Brown (24).
That Venezia roster is interesting, to say the least. These moves would give them 3 from the US and 3 from Iceland along with 2 Finnish players, all in a 7450 seat stadium. The fact that they've been able to rebuild all the way up to Serie A, after bankruptcy in 2005, is impressive.
They also went bankrupt in 2009, after which Foot Ball Club Unione Venezia was founded in Serie D and again in 2013, after which Joe Tacopina acquired them from bankruptcy as Venezia FC, also in Serie D. So it's taken 6 years, not 16.
I thought they were only allowed 3 foreign players...or do they have the Italian equivalent of a green card where they hand them out like candy?
Basically they can buy up to 3 non-EU players from outside of Serie A but can buy as many non-EU players as you like from within Serie A. However, there are variances based on how many non-EU players the team had on its roster in 2013. Simple eh?
When a player is "sold" in league....the player is staying with the same entity (MLS). These MLS transactions are really just trades. I believe these sell on clauses are for when a player is sold to a league outside of MLS...
Jamiro Monteiro did not play because he is in talks for a transfer out of the Union."I hope you guys can respect that," Jim Curtin says. "That’s kind of all I can say about the matter right now."— Jonathan Tannenwald (@thegoalkeeper) August 2, 2021
Jeremy Ebobisse is headed to the San Jose Earthquakes for $1.167 million in GAM, per source. First reported by @SoccerInsider. Ebobisse forced to winger in PDX. Can be the No. 9 in San Jose. Salary cap situation played a role.Details on the trade: https://t.co/Ko5gJqq89P— Paul Tenorio (@PaulTenorio) August 5, 2021
The first FC Cincy news in a while… #FCCincy news...Cincinnati will trade with #RBNY for Florian Valot, per multiple sources, and it is done. Still more info to come including what's going back to Red Bulls but expect that to all come tomorrow. @ENQSports/@Enquirer— Pat Brennan (@PBrennanENQ) August 5, 2021
Sam Vines (and girlfriend) has arrived in Belgium for his medical with Royal Antwerp. De linksback is eindelijk geland. Drie dagen na de Gold Cup-winst met de VS arriveerde Sam Vines (met vriendin Jess) in België. Op naar zijn medische tests, handtekening en debuut. “Hopelijk snel, want ik zit in de winning mood.” (grijnst) #antwerp pic.twitter.com/0g40c7Oyti— David Van den Broeck (@david_vdb) August 5, 2021
Nico Benezet’s agency announces that the winger is joining the Seattle Sounders. Benezet, 30, has 11 apps (1 start) with the Rapids this year https://t.co/OCkQF6vSuc— Tom Bogert (@tombogert) August 5, 2021
From the club themselves (not that there was really any doubt on this one): Er is een akkoord tussen Colorado Rapids & RAFC omtrent Sam Vines! 🇺🇸De linksback legt zijn medische testen af en zal nadien een contract voor 3 seizoenen ondertekenen met één jaar optie! ❤️🤍#RAFC #OneRedFamily pic.twitter.com/OCMDTRzlfj— Royal Antwerp FC (@official_rafc) August 5, 2021 Also, Jeff Carlisle reporting his replacement (Lucas Esteves) is completing his medical. Tom Bogert is also reporting that the Union's signing of Matheus Davo is done and that Minnesota has exercised the contract buyout on Ike Opara.
In the words of @FabrizioRomano... Dejan Joveljić to #LAGalaxy is a 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥.𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐞 𝐆𝐨. pic.twitter.com/Rap8gyu6z9— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) August 5, 2021
The Rapids have officially announced the transfer of Sam Vines to Royal Antwerp. No terms were disclosed.