In the wake of the sale of Pity Martinez, the rumors swirling around Ezekiel Barco and the latest reports of interest in Lanus midfielder Marcelino Moreno, Atlanta United is well and truly a current player in the transfer market.
The club’s recent Designated Player signings have followed a certain trend centered around splashing the cash for big names and big prospects. It’s a strategy that clearly has its advantages, no doubt. But there is another way that can prove to be just as effective (or more), but is far less sexy: the loan.
Before we get into the pros and cons of doing a loan deal, we should acknowledge off the top that it’s not like teams do loans for loans’ sake.