American Soccer Giants Try to Hijack Massive $4700000 Deal From Japanese World Beaters as They Express Interest in Greek Star

Published 01/29/2023, 7:15 AM EST

Soccer has become a tug of war this week and it keeps on getting more and more exciting for fans. The transfer window is about to expire and it leaves teams a couple of days to scramble up the deals and get the players they want. There are many notable deals in this transfer window and some are still in the works. With a dream to build a comprehensive roaster, teams are doing their best to find the missing key. Sometimes teams get successful and sometimes other teams hijack the deal, just like an MLS club is trying to do.

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Major League Soccer club poaching a player

According to reports, an MLS club is very close to hijacking the bids for Greek striker Georgios Giakoumakis. The player currently plays in the Scottish Premiership club Celtic FC. The news is that two foreign Leagues are fighting for the player. However, it appears that the MLS club Atlanta United is doing everything it can to have the player.

Atlanta United are now trying to hijack Urawa Red Diamonds deal for Giōrgos Giakoumakīs: understand new $4.7m proposal has been accepted by Celtic 🚨🇬🇷🇺🇸 #transfers #MLS
Personal terms still under discussion but Atlanta have now DP spot and want to get it done. pic.twitter.com/CWBBaADVFx
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) January 28, 2023

Almost a week ago Giakoumakis was in a trade with the Japanese tier 1 soccer club, Urawa Red Diamonds. However, the personal terms remain under discussion with the Japanese club while Atlanta United doing is its best to overbid on the 4.7 million USD deal in place.

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What will be the result is still unknown. However, the situation should be clear in a couple of days, as there is nearly no time left in the transfer window. This might be the reason Urawa Red Diamonds are taking their time in laying out personal terms. Time is of the essence here, and both clubs are aware of that.

Portuguese club signed the oldest professional player

In other surprising soccer news, yesterday it was official that Portuguese 2nd tier club Oliveirense had signed a deal with a 55-year-old soccer player. Kazuyoshi Miura had a decorated career in Japan and was still playing for Yokohama FC.

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The move was easily possible as Oliveirense and Yokohama FC shared a parent company. Miura was the first soccer superstar in Japan. Even after 3.7 decades of a professional soccer career, he is fit and is still signing deals and is a motivation to others.

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Rishabh is a soccer writer at EssentiallySports, coming with a year of experience in digital marketing and 19 years of being a sports fan. Like most people in India, he started by watching cricket and then all sports. He writes poetry and songs in his free time and plays FPS games like Valorant and CSGO.

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American Soccer Giants Try to Hijack Massive $4700000 Deal From Japanese World Beaters as They Express Interest in Greek Star

Major League Soccer club poaching a player

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