Atlanta United’s recent transfer news has stirred up discussions in the MLS subreddit. The club is said to have reached a verbal agreement to transfer Thiago Almada for $20M. Fans express a range of sentiments about the move.
Summary
- Almada’s transfer deal prompts concerns about multi-club operations.
- Fans debate the value of Almada’s recent performance impacting his transfer fee.
- Discussions arise on the financial implications for European football.
Freezing-Fire
Hate these multi-club operations more and more. Congrats to Almada for making the move to AA Botafogo and soon the AAA Lyon, hopefully one day he can make it to the show and play for 10th place in the prem with Crystal Palace.
Failed-Time-Traveler
If this is true, his 2024 season has destroyed so much value. Rumored transfer fee a year ago was $30-40M. But he’s had a very pedestrian 2024 – a few moments of brilliance surrounded by lots of mediocrity. Too bad for Atlanta. They’re a great fan base and have now lost 2 guys who had great 2023’s and I thought they were lining up for a much better year than they’re having. Hopefully the FO can use all this transfer money from Almada and GG and rebuild the roster quickly.
kal14144
On the one hand would have thought he’d go for more so that sucks. On the other hand the more broke Europe is the faster we can start closing the gap
jtn1123
Would love to see Almada on a podcast talk about his thoughts here. Surely Lyon and Palace are appealing but I wouldn’t wanna do Botafogo if I were him. The money must be big.
meaccountblocked
He represented MLS well, too bad to see him go even as a Charlotte fan. Hope Atlanta can bring in a new star with this.
Brooklyn_MLS
So Atlanta made like $5 million profit? That’s not great considering the hype that surrounded him last year. This is still a step up for Almada as he’s going to a better league, but idk what that does for the perception for other young talented players that might have looked at MLS as a stepping stone to Europe.