Or Augsburg….
by iudomer (2022-01-01 18:04:43)

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Quite the development
EXCL: USMNT star Ricardo Pepi is set to join FC Augsburg on a permanent move from FC Dallas, here we go! 🚨🇺🇸 #MLS #Pepi

German sources tell me of MLS and club record fee: $20m plus add ons. Pepi & his agent are now flying to Munich.

Pepi will undergo medical tests on Sunday. https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1477412707594739713/photo/1



Smells like
by wcnitz  (2022-01-01 20:59:47)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

A Gnabry transfer. Definitely smells.
Reading that now…
by iudomer  (2022-01-01 21:23:43)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Also the partial American owner of Augsburg. But yeah, Gnabry deal likely.

Being denied by German journalists
by wcnitz  (2022-01-03 11:04:26)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Sounds like this may have been a case where the American investor in Augsburg just funded the deal.

Still crazy, though, for them to make this their biggest buy in their history.
Gnabry deal was a bit different
by wcnitz  (2022-01-01 22:59:16)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

They did it to keep Arsenal from thinking that Bayern wanted him, kept the price down and it benefitted Bremen.

Guessing this may be similar in that for a little 'help', Bayern gets first crack in a year or two and Augsburg gets to pull a possible profit.

Because this is their largest transfer ever.