Bleacher Report · Aug 5, 2016
Does the Philadelphia Union's Transfer Spending Make Them MLS Cup Contenders?
One of the biggest winners of the Major League Soccer transfer window was an unexpected club that doesn't have a strong history in the transfer market.
Instead of refusing to make a splash like they have in the past, the Philadelphia Union made a pair of moves to strengthen their squad at the end of the transfer period.
The move that earned the most attention was the acquisition of United States men's national team midfielder Alejandro Bedoya from Nantes. In order to bring in Bedoya, the Union swapped spots with the Chicago Fire in the allocation order and gave up their first-round pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft as well as an undisclosed amount of general and targeted allocation money.