The Red Bulls’ pursuit of Alejandro Romero Gamarra was as lengthy as it was pricy, and had more twists, turns and melodrama than a telenovela. But now that it’s finally over, sporting director Denis Hamlett is convinced it all will be worth it.
In the end, the Red Bulls spent two months chasing the midfielder known as Kaku, paying Argentina’s Huracan a club-record transfer fee of $6.25 million for 80 percent of his rights.
“We spent 58, 59 days on this process,” Hamlett told The Post. “We got the guy we wanted, and [Huracan], us and the player are all happy.