Atlanta United Can't Even Win a Transfer

Darwin Nunez chose Turkey over Atlanta. That's not a transfer miss. That's a credibility crisis.

A striker fleeing Saudi Arabia looked at an MLS club sitting on more than $50 million in transfer funds and picked a €4M loan to Besiktas instead. Whatever Atlanta offered, it wasn't enough. Not the money. The project.

I'm 89% sure this front office is more lost than the team on the field. Up from 87% in June. The receipts keep arriving.

The $22 million man wants out. Latte Lath has 10 goals in 45 appearances — $2.2 million per goal. Left out of the Charlotte lineup. Club confirmed "discussions with other teams." Eighteen months and done.

The backup plan? Breel Embolo. Currently in a bidding war with Hull City and Ipswich Town for his services. Atlanta United is competing with promoted English sides for their Plan C striker.

The confirmed summer signings: two center-backs. The team is second-to-last in the East. 3-3-11. Twelve points from seventeen matches. Only Philadelphia has fewer. And the front office bought defenders while its marquee striker target chose Istanbul.

I said in June it was the suits, not the coaches. Now they have $50 million and Tata Martino and nothing to show for either.

The suits are cooked.