End of 2022 Off Season Thread

And I had such high hopes for today.

 

Truthfully, even if his effort wasn't always great last summer, having Ravel around to help with depth isn't the worst thing. The team still lacks it at some spots unless they really expect Santos and Najar to provide cover at multiple positions.

 

Yeah, what's up with the early April Fool's prank suggesting her was out!

 

Do we really need to be paying $865k for depth?

 

Ideally no, but they were paying $1.5M for a depth player last year, so *shrug*.

 

Goff says Klich is going to be a DP.

Mateusz Klich / D.C United update: Sides have verbal agreement on Designated Player contract but nothing signed yet, per sources. Polish midfielder bade farewell to Leeds yesterday. All signs point to sides closing deal soon. DCU opens training camp in earnest next week. #mls

— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) January 5, 2023

 

Yeesh

 

So exciting! Klich the DP.

I can hardly contain myself.

 

A fan favorite at Leeds.

 

At least we didn’t pay a fee. I don’t know how they swung that yet still paid like $3M for Kamara who couldn’t make the 18 for a team that was relegated more than a month before their season ended in China. I have to think we’d have given them $5-6M if they’d asked. No fee does change the calculus a little, but I’d still like to see us going the young DP route.