According to the reports, with Columbus Crew striker, Cucho Hernández, on his way to Real Betis, is a movement that is also where Major League Soccer wants to be like the League. The crew showed its ambition by signing Watford Cucho for a $ 10 million club record rate when the Colombian striker was only 22 years old. At that time, the designated players were generally at their best or the twilight of their careers, but arrived after scoring five goals in 25 appearances in the Premier League for the English club.
Upon arriving in Major League Soccer and being an instant success with consecutive seasons of more than 20 goals contributions, Cucho led to the crew to a MLS Cup title in 2023, a title of the Lip Cup in 2024 and an appearance in appearance in The final Concacaf champions of the Cup during that same season. By becoming an unstoppable force in the league, Cucho is one of the reasons why the crew could keep up with the largest spending such as Inter Miami despite losing key taxpayers such as Aidan Morris and Lucas Zelarayan during their time there .
With a rate of $ 16 million for the 25 -year -old striker, it would not only be a club for the crew, but they would also earn money in their investment after earning trophies. With complement rates for your actions and a sales rate, it is a movement that makes too much sense. Add having a superior chief coach in Wilfried Nancy and the crew would trust itself to find a superior striker who can match his ambitions.
It might seem that it is a loss for the league with a superior player as a cucho who leaves just before the season begins, but part of that is due to the MLS that does not begin its season at the same time as the rest of the world. This is a time when teams around the world seek to strengthen stretching careers and an addition like Cucho could help Betis boost a European trophy while in the conference league.
If you succeed, it would only be another brand in favor of the MLS as a league to improve the position of a player, which allows the recruitment of more young stars. Even when it comes to the rate, Taty Castellanos had to spend a year on loan in Girona before moving to Lazio from the New York City FC, while Cuco has shown so much that a team in the League is willing to add it directly from Columbus .
Cucho will also have a better opportunity to press to become the nine initials for the Colombian national team while playing constant minutes in the League. He has not received many looks for the side while he is in MLS, and with Jhon they last in Al-Nassr, it is an open race with the 2026 World Cup on the horizon.
At the end of the day, it is a good sign for the growth of the league. The incoming transfer record has already broken with Kevin Denkey joining the FC Cincinnati and the Cucho movement will also enter the top 10 of the outgoing record sales in the history of the League. There will come a time when players like him remain in the league for a longer time as it grows, but it is important that the MLS also recognizes its place in the global market.
Obtaining two seasons and complete trophies of an import as a cucho and then selling for earnings is an undeniable success. The teams are improving to bring the right players for their record incurred agreements and while that continues, there will be no shortage of marketable stars in the league. Thiago Almada went to Botafogo and Atlanta United continued to knock down Lionel Messi and Inter Miami of the MLS Cup playoffs. The crew will advance even without cucho and with the funds to find the next star abroad.