Let’s Talk: Should RSL sell Joao Plata?

Since joining Real Salt Lake in 2013, Joao Plata has been one of the team’s more influential figures.

He’s scored 43 goals and has 38 assists — it’s the sort of thing that puts him in hot contention for one of the best attackers at the club all-time. Realistically, if he remains at the club for two more years, he could end up as our most prolific goalscorer ever, should he have some very good seasons. (Alvaro Saborio, for comparison’s sake, sits at 63 regular season goals.)

It’s a little puzzling that rumors have abounded about Joao Plata moving clubs for the better part of three years. Some have said he’s a target for Mexican clubs, which seems like a natural step in the winger’s career — it…