There weren’t too many who batted their eyelids in Quebec when Montreal Impact announced the signing of Romell Quioto from Houston Dynamo in November last year. Argentinian defender Victor Cabrera went in the opposite direction, and the Impact was all of a sudden $100,000 better off in allocation money.
It’s was exactly the type of business Olivier Renard was on-boarded to conduct. I’m unsure just how much the Belgian’s influence came to bear as it was soon after his arrival in Montreal, but if Quioto goes down as Renard’s first significant piece of business, then events so far in 2020 signify a positive start.