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LAFC would have asked Tigres de la UANL for $20 million dollars for the signing of Denis Bouanga, according to reports

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By Arnaldo Fernandez

25 Oct 2023, 11:30 PM EDT

The UANL Tigers They would be pushing to acquire the services of the Franco-Gabonese gunner Denis Bouangacurrent star striker for LAFC, where Mexican Carlos Vela plays and who has become the black and gold team’s leading scorer.

Those led by the Uruguayan Robert Siboldi would be very interested in the signing of the forward born in France and also They would see it as a possible replacement for André Pierre-Gignac, therefore they would have contacted the Los Angeles eleventh, which He would be asking for $20 million dollars to transfer his scorer.

Denis Bouanga, LAFC forward and MLS goalscorer. /Photo: Harry How/Getty Images

Signing of Denis Bouanga is almost impossible for Tigres de la UANL

Given this reality, Reports from Mexico indicate that the signing of Bouanga would seem practically impossiblethis due to the large amount of money that LAFC would be demanding from the Tigres board, who wanted to achieve a bombshell for the franchise.

Nevertheless, Willie Gonzalez RG La Deportivareported that the LAFC team would be demanding from Tigres the amount of $20 million dollars to get rid of their star forward.a figure that seems too high for the university team and current Mexican soccer champion.

Denis Bouanga contesting a ball in a match played by LAFC against Inter Miami. /Photo: Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images

In the same report, González assures that the Los Angeles team answered the phone to the cats and let them know that if they liked the player, they would gladly sell him for the aforementioned figure, which would keep the Tigers away from the signing.

It should be noted that Bouanga was the top scorer in the MLS with a total of 19 goals and the fashionable center forward in the North American league, in which LAFC will compete in the next phase and hope to repeat the title obtained last year.

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