After a turbulent four-year spell in MLS the Argentinian playmaker has officially joined the Liga MX side.
William GittinsWillGittUpdate: May 31st, 2024 08:46 EDT0
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Minnesota United have sold Argentinian midfielder Emanuel Reynoso to Club Tijuana, cutting ties with a player who has not appeared for the team since going AWOL in March.
Reynoso arrived as a club-record $5 million signing from Boca Juniors in 2020 impressed in his first season with the team. He set a single-season MLS record for the most assists in a single post-season campaign (seven) and looked set to become a centrepiece of Minnesota’s team going forward.
He starred on the field but a series of off-field incidents began to sour his time with the team and he has barely featured under new head coach Eric Ramsay. The club did not disclose Reynoso’s outgoing transfer fee but Minnesota-based Pioneer Press report that the MLS side will receive a seven-p fee, if performance qualifiers are met.
Minnesota United announced today that the club has transferred midfielder Emanuel Reynoso to Club Tijuana of LIGA MX for an undisclosed fee.📰 » https://t.co/mF1O3TbTIy pic.twitter.com/6KsIWAlndZ
— Minnesota United FC (@MNUFC) May 30, 2024
Minnesota may only receive around a fifth of the fee forked out four years earlier but they do open up another Designated Player spot on the roster, allowing the front office to strengthen Ramsay’s options this summer.
Emanuel Reynoso’s tumultuous time in MLS
Minnesota supporters will look back fondly on Reynoso’s on-field talents, scoring 24 goals and providing 37 assists across the 95 MLS games in which he featured. He powered the team’s 2020 Western Conference finals run and was one of the league’s most creative players on his day.
By the end, however, those days were increasingly rare. A string of disciplinary problems ensured that he missed huge chunks of the team’s campaigns.
