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re: Atlanta United Season Long Thread - 2-0 reg season - season suspended 30 days
Posted on 1/28/20 at 5:04 pm to beaver
Posted on 1/28/20 at 5:04 pm to beaver
I don't proclaim to know enough about the international soccer market to speak intelligently on whether the moves Atlanta United have made/are contemplating this offseason make the team better or worse. However I can say that I really really hate seeing guys like Nagbe, Gressel, LGP, Meram, and possibly now Villaba leave the team.
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 7:32 pm to elposter
quote:Was leaving regardless. His family is in Ohio and he wanted us to trade him there a year ago (that's why he wasn't involved in preseason in 2019).
Nagbe
quote:Team wasn't willing to pay him more than about $550k before hearing what's in the new CBA. Gressel wanted more and didn't want to wait. DC was willing to offer him ~$750k+.
Gressel
quote:I didn't mind selling him, but I can see why people didn't like it. We essentially swapped LGP for Meza. Meza may be a little cheaper.
LGP
quote:We got a great deal on him. He was on a $650k contract, but we only had to pay $150k of it. Columbus was paying the rest.
Meram
quote:Surprised it's taken this long. We're paying him WAY too much money to not be a starter. He was our 4th highest paid player last year.
Villaba
Posted on 1/28/20 at 8:12 pm to elposter
quote:Really can't know until our roster is complete and we play a game. Nagbe is almost irreplaceable at his cap hit. We did officially buy Hyndman to lessen the blow, but we're also looking to bring in one more starter-quality CM/DCM (Villasanti or Ivan Gomez?)
I don't proclaim to know enough about the international soccer market to speak intelligently on whether the moves Atlanta United have made/are contemplating this offseason make the team better or worse.
We brought in Brooks Lennon to help Gressel but also on the off-chance that we moved Gressel. Only 22 and is a player we've been after for a while. Probably a better defender than Gressel, but Gressel is probably a better crosser. Can really play anywhere on the right side. Got called up to the current USMNT camp, but Atlanta didn't release him (we also refused to release Robinson and Guzan).
We brought in Meza to replace LGP. Don't know much about Meza, so can't comment much about that. We also brought back Anton Walkes. He primarily played RB for us in 2017, but is actually a CB that can play RB or DCM (and maybe LB).
We brought in Castillo who can play LB or the LWB that Meram played. He's also here to mentor Bello, who is healthy again, so he's also similar to a new signing. If we get Arzamendia, he will also fall into the LB/LWB category, and is likely better than Bello/Castillo.
Signed winger Jake Mulraney, who is a LW/RW, but I'd hate to call him a Villalba replacement yet.
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