Welcome to the way Chivas does business. They pay a premium if there’s a Mexican national player available. He’s not worth $7 million, but if you only hire Mexican players, the pool limits you, and all other teams know that. Seems like it was a life long dream of his, so good news for him.
Those aren’t bad offensive stats for a midfielder on a mediocre team, but yeah, $7m seems a bit steep.
The money we get for him could really help us out in the summer transfer window (if AEG lets us use it).
Hey I am hearing Cristiano Ronaldo is out of contract this summer. Maybe we can give him a 1 year non DP deal so he can get his goal record and fight Messi one more time before it's too late. The only question is would he want to come here and be our new DeJan for like a year and 6 months lol.
Good news on our young CB player Ascel Essengue, who is on loan at USL Championship side Phoenix Rising. I think it's fair to say we need to develop some of our home grown centerbacks and Essengue was too old and physically developed for MLS Next Pro. You have to temper your enthusiasm for young players having success in USL-C (Wynder was USL young player of the year and he's needed some time to adjust, although he appears to have the physical tools and he played better his last few times out as he learns Vanney's system), but it's still nice that Essengue is being noticed for his play there. https://bsky.app/profile/njemurray.bsky.social/post/3lrstn34zvs2g Here is the blurb on Essengue from Murray's article https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1341301
Good to hear about an up and coming CB. I am probably over-reacting, but I am ready to ash can all our CB's except Garces, and only his talent gives him a reprieve. It has been so apparent that Yoshida is well past his sell-by date, and Zanka is a bandaid.
📌 #ArgentinosJuniors have made informal inquiries about #LAGalaxy left-back Julián Aude 👀🇦🇷🔍 The 22-year-old is among the players the club is keeping an eye on as a possible substitute in the event that Román Vega's transfer materializes.[h/t: @nahuelfutbol]#AAAJ | #MLS pic.twitter.com/QZrEzMlUIk— The North Insiders | (@TheNorthInsider) June 22, 2025
Sources: Argentinos Juniors nearing a deal to sign left back Claudio Bravo from the Portland Timbers. @CLMerlo 1st.Deal not done but close, all parties working towards that resolution. Moving Bravo frees up salary flexibility.https://t.co/ZlPeaprNZZ— Tom Bogert (@tombogert) June 24, 2025 You can forget Julian Aude going to Argentinos Juniors, they just signed Porland's LB.
Salary data is out from the MLSPA I don't think Nascimento and Sanabria's salaries reflect how they hit the cap. I think they are $150K or $200K because they are both on U22 status. You can see why they really want to play and develop them at those prices though. Zanka is way too expensive for what he provides Same with Marcinkowski, but it would be better if he was the clear #1 or #2. It's not expensive for his pedigree, but it is for his current use
Here's a link to the full salaries. Zanka getting more money than Yoshida is crazy, but the Galaxy clearly saw that Yoshida was heading for a cliff. McCarthy needs to go from a salary perspective. Can't pay that much for a backup. https://mlsplayers.org/resources/salary-guide Julián Aude LA Galaxy Left-back $350,000.00 $360,000.00 Miguel Berry LA Galaxy Center Forward $225,000.00 $231,667.00 Edwin Cerrillo LA Galaxy Defensive Midfield $525,000.00 $537,500.00 Mauricio Cuevas LA Galaxy Right-back $150,000.00 $168,500.00 Ascel Essengue LA Galaxy Center-back $80,622.00 $80,622.00 Diego Fagúndez LA Galaxy Left Wing $1,250,000.00 $1,310,000.00 Gabriel Fortes Chaves LA Galaxy Right Wing $1,680,000.00 $2,459,000.00 Carlos Garcés LA Galaxy Center-back $430,000.00 $468,000.00 Mathias Jørgensen LA Galaxy Center-back $600,000.00 $600,000.00 Tucker Lepley LA Galaxy Defensive Midfield $80,622.00 $82,308.00 JT Marcinkowski LA Galaxy Goalkeeper $250,000.00 $250,000.00 John McCarthy LA Galaxy Goalkeeper $452,000.00 $474,600.00 Novak Mićović LA Galaxy Goalkeeper $175,000.00 $175,000.00 Harbor Miller LA Galaxy Right-back $80,622.00 $80,622.00 Matheus Nascimento de Paula LA Galaxy Center Forward $500,000.00 $571,250.00 John Nelson LA Galaxy Left-back $275,000.00 $291,667.00 Jonathan Pérez LA Galaxy Left Wing $300,000.00 $333,000.00 Joseph Paintsil LA Galaxy Right Wing $3,136,000.00 $4,182,000.00 Isaiah Parente LA Galaxy Central Midfield $104,000.00 $104,000.00 Ricard Puig Martí LA Galaxy Central Midfield $5,125,000.00 $5,779,688.00 Christian Ramirez LA Galaxy Center Forward $525,000.00 $570,833.00 Rubén Ramos LA Galaxy Attacking Midfield $80,622.00 $80,622.00 Marco Reus LA Galaxy Attacking Midfield $880,000.00 $1,136,667.00 Lucas Sanabria LA Galaxy Defensive Midfield $592,000.00 $694,800.00 Brady Scott LA Galaxy Goalkeeper $104,000.00 $104,000.00 Elijah Wynder LA Galaxy Central Midfield $150,000.00 $175,333.00 Miki Yamane LA Galaxy Right-back $778,000.00 $844,667.00 Maya Yoshida LA Galaxy Center-back $455,000.00 $526,281.00 Eriq Zavaleta LA Galaxy Center-back $194,000.00 $198,311.00
Alex Ruiz's take on the salary release https://www.galactictribune.org/p/w...&r=3hd261&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email Notable Pay Raises Riqui Puig ($4,642,188 to $5,779,688) Emiro Garces ($238,000 to $468,000) Edwin Cerrillo ($412,500 to $537,500) Julian Aude ($335,000 to $360,000) John McCarthy ($290,000 to $474,600) Miki Yamane ($616,667 to $844,667)
You can see one of the reason we are fighting so hard against the cap. Aside from Yoshida, no player has taken a pay cut, and there are some huge raises here. I think a GK will depart this summer, there are a couple reasons we can't pay Micovic or McCarthy to stay on the bench. The resolution of this problem will depend a lot on how Micovic will perform in the next few weeks.
Yeah all those guys got bonuses for the MLS Cup win last year and that money is put onto the cap for this year.
Oh definitely. Makes no sense to punish teams for wanting to go all in on winning MLS Cup, but well, welcome to MLS.
The more this happens, the more it may drive established international stars away. Because who wants this kind of crap. Edit: Didn't Puigee and Reus express this sentiment of how the league punishes success?
Fans too. Hard to watch this season when we had so much more success than last year. Losing Jovelic, Brugman, Delgado, etc. all in one swoop is painful on and off the field.
Not only hurts the league in the context of league play, but also hurts the league in CCL as well. It's awesome to have your league champion have a poor showing in CCL because it's been gutted during the off season because the team was too successful in the league.
MLS is never going to shake the "Mickey Mouse" League moniker, I get that they probably forced this rule to prevent dynasties when the league was afraid of being top heavy (hey yoooo!!) in the early years so struggling teams wouldn't fold and now they push the league having parity that other leagues around the World do not have. I'm sure MLS will change the rules when Messi and his motley crew win the MLS Cup so they can keep them together to make another run and they can print money as they play up the Messi "double" for baseball fans, this would be like the Dodgers winning the WS and then are forced to give up Freeman, Smith, Betts and Kershaw so other teams can have a chance.
While true, I am not sure the MLS Players Assoc. numbers include past bonuses, it focuses on current year compensation. It doesn't include MLS's 401k contribution for example which is part of the cap. I would guess that the increases shown are real.
But the increases for this year may have been triggered by performance and team bonuses under their contracts. Still real, but also still a result of winning. Regardless of what led to them, it's pretty clear we have some overpaid guys
Yes!! I recently saw on Reddit someone say “I’m glad Miami got the CWC spot over the Galaxy got Miami has looked so good!” Umm yeah. What a great league! The champion has to dismantle their team due to the salary cap AND they lose out on a spot to compete on the global stage. But yes, MLS gets to show off Messi.
On that I completely agree. I would include PEC and Paintsil who are showing themselves to be very limited.
Bibout in negotiations for a transfer to Gent. Galaxy have a 25% sell-on clause, so we could convert some of his fee to GAM. 🇨🇲 Sources: KRC Genk in talks to sign forward Aaron Bibout from Västerås SK.Other teams in the mix. Talks ongoing.Bibout, 20, only joined Västerås from LA Galaxy little more than 3 months ago. Already impressed scouts in Europe.➕ LA Galaxy have sell-on clause around 25% pic.twitter.com/1m6fPTQyff— Tom Bogert (@tombogert) July 2, 2025