Cruz Azul interested in Atlanta United's Greek striker, they say in the United States

The rumors about possible reinforcements from Cruz Azul to shore up its offensive for the next Apertura 2024 tournament do not stop and after last week the Colombian sounded like a great possibility of Torino of Serie A in Italy, Duvan Zapatathis Wednesday the version emerged that the Greek forward of Atlanta United of Major League Soccer Giorgos Giakoumakis could join the Celeste Machine.

The above emerges from the version released by Tom Bogert, a reporter for The Athletic in the United States, who stated in great detail that the board of directors of the Georgia state team had rejected an offer of 6 million dollars for the services. of the forward, but the North American team did not accept the offer from the Cruz Azul leadership.

For now, the most real options of joining Cruz Azul for the next championship They are the Mexican defender of Porto Jorge Sánchez, the Uruguayan Giorgian De Arrascaeta midfielder of Flamengo of Brazil and the Greek forward Giorgos Giakoumakis, but it will be in the coming days when the matter is finalized.

So far, Giorgos Giakoumakis has a current contract with the team led by Mexican Gonzalo Pineda, but his renewal to extend his stay in the North American eleven has been stopped. because this offer was rejected by the MLS team.

But this situation has not canceled the possibility that Giorgos Giakoumakis could be another of the Europeans who play in Mexican football, like the Frenchman from the Tigres de la UANL. André Pierre Gignac or the Spanish Rayados de Monterrey Sergio Canales.

The European attacker has played for AEK in his country, VVV-Venlo in the Netherlands, Celtic in Scotland and now Atlanta United where he has scored 23 goals in 35 games in the MLS, where he has demonstrated his ability.

It should be remembered that Cruz Azul is looking for a striker for the Apertura 2024 and players such as the Argentine from León Federico Viñas, the Uruguayan from Newells Old Boys of Argentina Juan Ignacio “Colo” Ramírez have appeared on their radar and the Colombian Duván Zapata from Torino of Italy, but so far no option has been finalized.

Even Cruz Azul has been accused of rumors that they could hire Colombian veteran Radamel Falcao or his compatriot Rafael Santos Borré, but without reaching anything concrete. The only reality is that Cruz Azul has the Uruguayan in its ranks Gabriel “Toro” Fernández, who is recovering from a serious injury to the ligament in his right knee and they hope to know if he can return to his level for the next championship.

In addition, there are also Ángel Sepúlveda and the young Mateo Levy, who started the tournament receiving some opportunities by the Argentine coach Martín Anselmi, but in recent times it has not been taken into account.

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