Raul Ruidiaz is still not officially a member of the Seattle Sounders, but his Liga MX team is treating his transfer as a done deal. Monarcas Morelia sent out a Tweet proclaiming Ruidiaz as the Sounders‘ “franchise player” on Wednesday, something they were previously rumored to be planning to do. The Sounders declined to comment.
It’s not exactly unprecedented for one team to say a move is complete before another is comfortable even commenting on the situation, but this situation seems a little odd. The Sounders don’t have any plans to make an announcement this week, which suggests there’s at least some work to be done behind the scenes to completely finalize the deal.