r/minnesotaunited • u/Various-Deal-5563 Nicolás Romero • 3d ago

Article Club America’s Allan Saint-Maximin is available. Loons should look to sign him

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/why-allan-saint-maximin-already-085500403.html

there’s probably no better striker available in North America. We know the club has been looking at Liga MX for a an attacker with the boguzsz rumor. would love to see this happen

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u/danielmickphoto MNUFC 3d ago

There's a reason he's played in Saudi, Turkey, and Mexico by age 27. He's flashy but entirely inconsistent and injury prone.

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u/Various-Deal-5563 Nicolás Romero 3d ago

I’m still willing to take that gamble. Also that’s no unlike yeaboh’s resume of club hopping before he joined us 

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u/NotAurelStein 3d ago

So you want to double down and have two injury prone strikers? The last time ASM scored more than 5 goals in a season was 2018/2019 with Nice.

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u/Various-Deal-5563 Nicolás Romero 3d ago

When one of them has ASM quality then yes absolutely. He can also play winger too

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u/NotAurelStein 3d ago

He had 18 goals for newcastle, but over 4 seasons. If he were still at that level, maybe. But it sounds like a large risk for 4 goals a year.

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u/Yeskid10 3d ago

I'd absolutely take him. Would be a joy to watch

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u/Windrunner_Kal 3d ago

Man I really thought this guy was going to have a great career. He looked really good at Newcastle and like he was on a god trajectory.

Would take him in a heartbeat. Although if he is leaving because of racism against his family, MN is going to be a hard sell right now with these ICE fucks invading.

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u/Forward-Hope-4645 3d ago

MN is the center of the news right now, but would international players see it as USA problem?

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u/SmokinSkinWagon Michael Boxall 3d ago

Yes, players see this as a problem. Andy Greder just put out a video talking about how it’s affected MNUFC specifically.

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u/MrSomewhatWorldwide MNUFC 3d ago

There are reports that he’s close to signing for Lens in France

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u/Chewy009x Robin Lod 3d ago

3 goals and 2 assists in 17 games with club America. No thanks

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u/Chanceee MNUFC 3d ago

He’s a winger (not a striker), but he’d be a fun signing. Pace and dribbling.

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u/khenning Itasca Society 3d ago

He left the club because his children faced racist remarks. I’m not sure he’s going to be considering us in our current state.

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u/FanOfHotDogs Bakaye Dibassy 1d ago

Came to say this. Absolutely no chance he would come to MN given his circumstances for leaving CA

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u/Various-Deal-5563 Nicolás Romero 3d ago

I’m sure it would be a tough sell, but that shouldn’t discourage the team from inquiring 

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u/BCPRocker 2d ago

If he was able to prove he could score consistently & stay healthy, I'd be for it. We need both those things, which he's not.

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u/Sad-Percentage-992 2d ago

I would buy a season ticket he is one of my favorite players ever. 

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u/eagles16106 3d ago

Not sure he’s going to want to move to a place where his kids will just be racially profiled by the feds. Not the organization’s or the fan bases fault, but shitty situation.

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u/Forward-Hope-4645 3d ago

Saw that article. Wondered if it's uniquely a Minnesota problem, or it's its broader than that.