Columbus Crew SC completed arguably a good deal by selling center back Nicolai Naess to Dutch club SC Heerenveen. According to a report from Andrew Erickson of The Columbus Dispatch, the Black & Gold doubled its investment in Naess with this transfer.
Financial terms not disclosed, but league source tells The Dispatch #CrewSC approximately doubled its investment in Naess in ~1 year.
— Andrew Erickson (@AEricksonCD) August 30, 2017
That sounds like a really prolific deal, especially for a player that clearly wasn’t part of the club’s short-term plans, starting only five of the last 15 matches, and also one the club always planned to move.