Originally Posted by
ensco
I have to say, I do not understand it.
Salcedo may be “worth” the $3M or whatever he is being paid, he is a starter at a Tigres, no argument there. I really don’t know, I don’t watch Liga MX.
Also winning teams are strong through the spine, no argument there. This is a way to achieve that. There could be other ways, and there are many good MLS CBs at cheaper prices.
But what is the strategy? Having just put $75M on Insigne, do you really just stop there, and go all “we are all about winning” with the rest of it? Shouldn’t all three DPs be offensive, impact, TV ratings generating players, if you are on the road Manning just said he is on? Plus, what is a prominent Mexican player that costs this much and doesn't produce goals doing in Canada? He should be on the Galaxy or similar, legions there love the guy, whereas nobody beyond the 100 of us here have ever heard of him. This is extremely strange, from a market development POV. Seeing this, this is why I get torqued when I see 5 different CMNT players move, and we are not in on any of it… (There is also significant risk he won’t settle, like most other Latin Americans that have come here… )
Feels to me like Manning did this because he knew Salcedo.
It might work out, but it lacks coherence.
Also, it is kind of hard not to come to the conclusion that Poz is leaving. If not now, in the summer….