Rumor: 2022-23 Offseason MLS Season Transfer News and Rumours

NEWS | We have signed goalkeeper Jacob Castro as a Homegrown Player.

Welcome home, @JacobCastro_! 💚

📝 https://t.co/A5ZNvhkWGv | @Delta pic.twitter.com/DWNkJEjMxF

— Seattle Sounders FC (@SoundersFC) December 14, 2022

https://www.sounderatheart.com/2022/12/13/23508382/sounders-sign-homegrown-goalkeeper-jacob-castro

 

DC United continue their offseason rebuild, looking to acquire Leeds United's Mateusz Kilch as a DP.

D.C. United remains in talks over Designated Player contract with Mateusz Klich, two years guaranteed with a one-year club option, per source. He would join Taxi Fountas and Christian Benteke as DCU DPs.

— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) December 14, 2022

Their offseason so far includes trading for Derrick Williams, signing Pedro Santos and Tyler Miller as free agents, signing Iraqi left back Mohanad Jeahze from Hammarby, and likely signing Alex Bono as a free agent.

 

#Crew96 makes an offer for striker Tomás Molina https://t.co/PEbFDQe5MS

— Crewrhino (@thecrewrhino) December 15, 2022

 

Is Taxi Fountas expected back with DCU for 2023? I sort of thought after the incident he was going elsewhere?

 

BREAKING: Toronto FC have reached an agreement with free agent defender Matt Hedges, per sources.

Hedges, 32, had spent entire career with FC Dallas, where he is the club's all-time appearance leader. Hedges joins as significant signing to improve TFC's defense. pic.twitter.com/HQZar9e2LJ

— Tom Bogert (@tombogert) December 16, 2022

 

Aaron Herrera moving from RSL to Montreal, as per Tom Bogert who usually knows these things.

BREAKING: CF Montreal are finalizing a deal with Real Salt Lake to acquire defender Aaron Herrera, per sources.

RSL will receive $500k GAM + int’l roster spot + 1st rd SuperDraft pick from MTL.

Herrera, 25, is an RSL homegrown and made 124 apps for the club over five seasons. pic.twitter.com/bun1vpsFzv

— Tom Bogert (@tombogert) December 20, 2022

 

There's a rumor, which the Crew are denying, that Australian CB Milos Degenek will be sold to Hyundai of the K league. It's not clear at the moment if the denial is absolute or just a negotiating tactic. Degenek had a decent World Cup.

 

Sources: Liga MX club Mazatlan FC are in advanced talks to sign forward Ake Loba from Nashville SC. @CLMerlo first.

Loba, 24, never quite cracked the starting XI. The deal would open a Designated Player spot for NSC alongside MLS MVP Hany Mukhtar + Best XI CB Walker Zimmerman. pic.twitter.com/oX4OKrMQFf

— Tom Bogert (@tombogert) December 21, 2022

Time to see who they waste a DP slot on at forward next.

 

A lot of rumors on twitter yesterday that NYCFC may be bringing Matias Pellegrini back into the fold.

 

Leo Messi never accepted Inter Miami proposal or negotiated with Barcelona. He was approached by both clubs but it was never advanced 🚨🇦🇷 #Messi

Paris Saint-Germain have been pushing for months will president, board, coach to extend his contract — he has now accepted. pic.twitter.com/g1Rh0i9jEW

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 21, 2022

seems like Messi in Miami is dead now.

 

Pozuelo it is!

 

Ligue 1 = Retirement League . . . . . CONFIRMED!

 

Sources: Orlando City have agreed a deal to sign Argentine winger Martin Ojeda from Godoy Cruz. Deal being finalized. @clmerlo + @willhansonmls first.

Ojeda, 24, had 13g/14a in 45 apps this year. Ojeda will be Orlando's 3rd Designated Player alongside Facundo Torres + Ercan Kara pic.twitter.com/VSEC63uvDt

— Tom Bogert (@tombogert) December 21, 2022

Also, busy day in Cincy so far.

📰 | FC Cincinnati acquire GAM from Colorado Rapids in exchange for Calvin Harris.

Thank you for everything, Calvin!

— FC Cincinnati (@fccincinnati) December 21, 2022

Ready to hold down the midfield.#FCCincy acquire Marco Angulo from @IDV_EC.

— FC Cincinnati (@fccincinnati) December 21, 2022

 

This sucks! Then again he did say he wanted to continue playing for Argentina so I would see why he would want to stay at PSG.

I really thought with the new Apple deal MLS was going to push hard to get both Ronaldo and Messi here. Unfortunately it won't happen. Luis Suarez is also looking like he won't be coming to MLS.

 

All positives, IMHO.

 

Back in Blue & White 🗽🇦🇷

Bienvenido a NYCFC, Matías ✍️ @Dumbomoving

— New York City FC (@newyorkcityfc) December 22, 2022

Claimed him off waivers? I wonder if this whole deal was nothing but some sort of bookkeeping trick from the get go?

 

Likely. He was on almost a million a year so the club declined his option. He then had to go through whatever mechanisms that would allow other teams to sign him. No one did so they grabbed him again and they can work (or they have already worked) on a much more sensible salary number for him (well, sensible for the team. I'm sure a million a year would have worked great for him).

 

Eh, the status Messi has now attained would have made his acquisition pretty transformative. Ronaldo a much more mixed bag, but getting both of them would have been its own sort of coup, and in either case was something the new global streaming Apple deal was perfectly positioned to exploit. Suarez is done and MLS 2.0-y anyway, but if that's the price of doing business with Messi you happily pay it.

The league is doing very well down a different strategic path, but that doesn't mean you turn your nose up at an opportunity of that magnitude.

 

Bahia, newly acquired club by CFG, has been making a lot of moves. Santi Rodriguez is rumored to go there on loan plus they have been very active in the market.

Meanwhile NYCFC is losing players, loaning them out to other CFG properties and so far just resigned a player they already had to a cheaper contract. Is CFG going to do with NYCFC what Red Bull has done with RBNY and completly ignore they have them? Or are they saving money for their new stadium?

 

Bro what is going on https://t.co/Bb5EnZQDTr

— The Pigeons (@ThePigeonsNYCFC) December 29, 2022