FC Cincinnati: Jurgen Locadia deal the perfect structure

FC Cincinnati, Jurgen Locadia (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

FC Cincinnati have extended Jurgen Locadia’s loan through to next summer. They also have a permanent option included. The deal is the perfect structure.

In the offseason, FC Cincinnati entirely overhauled their squad. After a disastrous 2019, their first in Major League Soccer, in which they finished dead last in the Eastern Conference, the club was keen to essentially start again.

Many questioned their initial moves before they entered MLS. The lack of a general manager. The seeming absence of clear direction and definition. The results in 2019 were not a surprise to many, bar those at the club who were blinded by their own…