The loons posted a scouting report on Maya I love that with his weaknesses, Garces easily makes up for them. https://www.mnufc.com/news/scouting-the-galaxy-maya-yoshida
In horribly timed news, the league announced today that Riqui was named to the MLS Best-XI of the season: https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/2024-mls-best-xi-presented-by-continental-tire Well deserved. If bittersweet now.
From a Liverpool Fan site - Gabriel Pec: https://www.rousingthekop.com/2024/...-who-beat-luis-suarez-to-mls-award-this-year/
Hearing rumors that after the cup win Dejan announced to the team that he and his partner are expecting a child. If true, this will be Dejan's third kid, as he is already the Daddy of the Seattle Sounders and Red Bulls New York.
Toronto Reds .com has an article about Greg https://torontoreds.com/greg-vanney...d-to-mls-champion-with-la-galaxy-01jev0sv5ars Interesting how it claims Canadian championships are "major titles"
Nice article about Johnny Nelson from his hometown https://medina-gazette.com/news/413...on-sees-determination-pay-off-with-mls-title/
Footmob put out their team of the season based on Footmob ratings. Puig makes it (no surprise) https://www.fotmob.com/topnews/17068-fotmob-team-season-mls?utm_source=fotmob Sofascore's team of the season includes both Pec and Puig
Riqui Puig undergoes successful ACL reconstruction surgery in Spain... https://www.lagalaxy.com/news/la-galaxy-midfielder-riqui-puig-undergoes-successful-knee-surgery Interesting tidbit, the surgeon who performed the procedure is world renowned as the "Messi of Knee Surgeries". So he's in good hands... https://www.sportingnews.com/us/pre...rs-barcelona-surgeon/8761dbfb4f702420d3063f6e
AwayDays is a Leeds Fan Football channel who visits stadiums, does jersey shopping, etc. He collabed with Marco (some time after Miami got knocked out but before our game against Seattle) Also, he was on hand for the Western Conference Final between us and Seattle and had a lot of good things to say about the Supporters, General Fans, and the Digs. Glad he enjoyed his time in our stadium. Also, he had some good footage from within some of the supporter's group sections. He had some thoughts about celebrating the Conference Final, and I kinda agree with some of the fans' takes, that no one really celebrates that years on, they only celebrate the final itself. A Bit weird to have a trophy lift celebration for that
transfermarkt updated their player values, and all 4 of our attackers received significant upgrades enough to be included in their main article about it. https://www.transfermarkt.com/mls-m...hampions-la-galaxy-stand-out/view/news/447299 Puig is now tied with Messi for 20 mil Euro Paintsil upgraded to 10 mil Pec upgraded to 12 mil Dejan upgraded to 6.5 mil Full list of our squad here: https://www.transfermarkt.com/los-angeles-galaxy/startseite/verein/1061
Wonder if we would let Puig go for $25 million after next season. I think by then Pec could be around the same.... picking up $50 million in one off-season would have to be the MLS record by a lot....
I don't know enough about how GAM works but my recollection is that it has a shelf life perhaps 3 years and that not all of the money from the sale of a player can be put into GAM. To the extent that this is true, having too much sale money coming in, in a single year, could be a waste.
unless they use it to 1: acquire replacement players, 2: reinvest in the academy, or 3: reinvest in the stadium
They get to keep the money, they just can only use so much on the salary cap. But it will definitely repay the 20 million that AEG spent on our two big winger signings and be a very good business move.