Atlanta United: Keeping the Champions together

After a championship 2018 season, the Atlanta United squad is the subject of interest from various global clubs. Keeping the Champions together will not be easy.

Keeping the same group of players together for any length of time is hard enough in any sport. Keeping the same group of championship players together is even harder.

And with transfer rumors floating around the MLS Cup Champions, Darren Eales and the rest of the Atlanta United front office have quite the challenge if they wish to keep the champs together.

Unlike most professional sports franchises, part of Eales’ strategy is to not keep the same collection of stars together for a long period of time but instead to sign players cheap…