Bryan Saga and Barrios Traded – Dallas Sports Nation

Each single offseason, our writers cowl the rumors and official bulletins of outgoing and incoming transfers for FC Dallas and North Texas SC.

Bryan Reynolds to Juventus

Juventus are set to finish the signing of Bryan Reynolds from Dallas FC.

He’ll renew his passport within the subsequent days, he’ll be a part of Benevento facet in Serie A till June [Juve can’t sign any extra UE player now] then subsequent season Reynolds will play for Juve. 🇺🇸⚪️⚫️ @UCLonCBSSports

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) January 13, 2021

After a seemingly endless switch saga that has largely concerned Juventus, Roma and Membership Brugge, Bryan lastly appears poised to formally be a part of Juventus. In conserving in keeping with how this saga has gone although, it gained’t be fairly that easy. In Serie A, golf equipment have a restricted variety of non-EU gamers they’re able to signal and have as a part of their registered squad. Juventus are out of these spots, which means, for them to safe Bryan’s providers, they would wish to mortgage him out to a different membership in Serie A that did have a spot accessible. Preliminary stories appeared to point that Cagliari could be Bryan’s vacation spot, although these discussions appeared to interrupt down in latest weeks, leaving Bryan’s standing up within the air. Juventus continued to maneuver and located one other touchdown spot for him in Benevento, the place he appears poised to go for the rest of the 20/21 season earlier than formally becoming a member of the Juventus first group for 21/22.

Nevertheless, the deal continues to be not fairly official and Paul Tenorio has reported that Membership Brugge are nonetheless within the combine. Most indicators appear to be indicating that Bryan is on his method to Juventus, however till we get official affirmation from the golf equipment themselves, something might occur.

Michael Barrios to Colorado Rapids

FC Dallas has traded winger Michael Barrios to the Colorado Rapids in trade for a global roster spot.

Thanks for every little thing, Mikey. ♥️

— FC Dallas (@FCDallas) January 13, 2021

On Wednesday morning, FC Dallas and Colorado Rapids introduced {that a} commerce deal had been reached that may ship Michael Barrios and FC Dallas’ first spherical 2021 SuperDraft choose to the Rapids in trade for a global roster spot and the Rapids’ first spherical choose. As is the case with a whole lot of inter-league offers, this one got here out of nowhere, with principally no rumors previous it. The commerce marks the tip of an period for FC Dallas as Barrios had grow to be a staple within the group since his signing forward of the 2015 season. His departure implies that solely two squad members from the double-winning 2016 group stay: Matt Hedges and Ryan Hollingshead. Barrios leaves the membership having revamped 200 appearances for the membership in all competitions, scoring 36 targets and including 44 assists in MLS play.

From FCD’s perspective, the transfer, though moderately unhappy from a personnel standpoint, appears to be the correct transfer going ahead. Barrios was reportedly searching for a pay increase and was on the ultimate yr of his contract. Past that, he was coming off his worst season for the membership, having solely scored a single purpose whereas including 5 assists. Barrios appeared to have misplaced half a step in 2020, he wasn’t getting by defenders as simply as he had in earlier seasons and his usually inconsistent finish product was hardly ever seen. Barrios can be set to show 30 in 2021, so though it’s unlucky that Dallas obtained a seemingly small quantity in return for such an vital participant, it’s good that they have been in a position to get one thing for him. I believe I can communicate for all FCD followers in wishing Mikey the very best and I’m positive he’ll at all times get a standing ovation when he returns to Toyota Stadium going ahead.

Kalil ElMedkhar

📰 FC Dallas has signed winger Kalil ElMedkhar to a two-year contract with membership choices after buying his Homegrown Rights from the Philadelphia Union.

— FC Dallas (@FCDallas) January 14, 2021

Only a day after buying and selling away Michael Barrios, FC Dallas introduced the signing of Kalil ElMedkhar, a winger out of the College of Kentucky. ElMedkhar got here by means of the Philadelphia Union academy, however with their latest senior group transfer away from using wingers, he didn’t have a lot of a spot within the first group’s future in Chester. Dallas traded $50,000 in Common Allocation Cash to the Union to amass his homegrown rights, permitting them to signal him forward of subsequent week’s SuperDraft, the place he nearly definitely would have been taken earlier than FC Dallas’ likelihood to choose a participant. ElMedkhar was prolific at Kentucky, to say the least, scoring 20 targets and recording 21 assists in his 66 video games.

Though he wears the identical quantity as Barrios, ElMedkhar casts a distinct profile, standing at 6’2″, and appears to be an attacker who switches his recreation up, with a capability to push the ball to the endline and ship a cross, whereas additionally being able to chop inside and create goal-scoring alternatives for himself and others. As with every participant coming from the school recreation, it’s a little bit of a toss-up as as to if he’ll have the ability to recreate that sort of high quality and manufacturing on the skilled degree, however the numbers and the highlights for ElMedkhar definitely look promising.

Freddy Vargas

FC Dallas to signal Freddy Vargas!

What can followers count on from the 21yo left-footed winger who will be a part of on mortgage?

In 2020, he led Liga FUTVE for:
🔑Key Passes (19)
⚡️Profitable Dribbles (75)
👟Anticipated Assists (9)

🎧We’ll be releasing a full-length podcast as soon as it’s official! pic.twitter.com/Ahiu7YukJU

— FUTVE English (@FUTVEEnglish) January 14, 2021

What had began off as a comparatively small rumor early within the week, based mostly off a tweet noting that Vargas had re-signed together with his membership Deportivo Lara and would then be mortgage to FC Dallas, has become one thing that appears to be very near being confirmed. Vargas is a 21 yr previous Venezuelan left-footed winger who, because the tweet above notes, had a really productive 2020 season in his nation’s home league. Nevertheless, it’s a vital soar to go straight from the Venezuelan league to MLS, each stylistically on the sphere and by way of the change of cultures. The deal is reportedly a year-long mortgage, which has been generally utilized by Dallas lately whereas making signings from South America. At solely 21 years previous, Vargas could spend a while early within the season enjoying with North Texas SC as he acclimates to a brand new nation and new league, however this positively appears like certainly one of Dallas’ typical “diamond within the tough” makes an attempt in Latin America. Search for an official announcement on Vargas within the close to future.

What are your ideas on the latest switch exercise for FC Dallas? How are you feeling about Michael Barrios being traded? What areas ought to Dallas nonetheless be trying to enhance out there? Pontificate within the feedback under!

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