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Red Bulls hone in on Elias and Pekhart as awkward transfer window wraps up

It’s been a conspicuously quiet transfer window for the New York Red Bulls as the team’s on-field form has hit severe turbulence, but with two days remaining it appears that two targets have emerged with one all-but-confirmed.

On Wednesday afternoon Gustavo Guimarães of Território MLS confirmed reports out of Brazil earlier in the day that linked New York to a loan deal for Elias Manoel, a 20-year-old winger with Grêmio. Elias scored twice last season in twenty appearances at Brazilian second division and according to the Guimarães report would cost $1.