Racing Genk 16 million in four years. That goes Alejandro Pozuelo (27) earn in the MLS with Toronto FC. Both parties reached yesterday an agreement. The Spaniard plays until the end of the regular season for Racing Genk. After march 17, he moves to Canada.
On the points and commas after have Toronto FC and Racing Genk have reached an agreement over the transfer of Alejandro Pozuelo. The 27-year-old Spaniard plays until the end of the regular season for Racing Genk and then sets off to Toronto FC in the MLS. This will finally put an end to the saga that everyone and everything at Genk now for nearly three weeks in its grip. The Canadians pay the opstapclausule of 8 million euros, and another 2 million on top. Exemplary damages. A perk for Racing Genk, in exchange for the wegplukken of their turntable.
Genks wage times 5
Toronto makes Pozuelo one of his three designated players , more expensive players whose wages are not accounted for in the so-called salary cap, or the salarisplafond. He is, therefore, one of the three earners, in addition to Jozy Altidore and Michael Bradley. Pozuelo will be in Toronto to sign a contract for four seasons with an annual salary of around four million euros. His wages of at Genk times five so adios y gracias .
And so it begins Pozuelo in the coming weeks on a farewell tour of Belgium. That starts next Saturday in Charleroi and ends on march 17, at the Gaverbeek in Waregem. In between, he plays on Sunday, march 10, his last game in the Luminus Arena against Sporting Lokeren. Then he leaves for Canada, at that time, the MLS league only two days away.
After a pause of a few days to resume Genk and Toronto yesterday the negotiations. As always, were the conversations between the two parties very constructive. There is a great mutual respect between both clubs and understanding for everyone’s views. In the meantime, it was also clear that Ali Curtis, the general manager of Toronto over the past week in our country was to negotiate, in different Belgian law firms, legal advice sought. From this it would appear that if Toronto the validity of that opstapclausule would challenge it in court, they may have as the winner would come true.
Toronto – that this night the half of the season in the eighth finals of the North and Central American Champions League play, the heenwedstrijd was 4-0 lost to Independiente from Panama – wild Pozuelo most of all immediately to Canada. In a scenario where Pozuelo until the end of the regular season in Genk would stay, they could also conform.
And now, the doubts aside
That was for Racing Genk for a long time”. But if the past few weeks something has become clear, it is that you are a player at the club. The uncertainty about the fate of their captain weighed heavy on the cast of actors of Philippe Clement. Those doubts can now be slid sideways.
Genk know where it is. The next three matches with Pozuelo as much as possible head start to gather to to play-off 1 to begin. Genk is also assumed that other sterkhouder Sander Berge fully fit to the play-offs to begin. From then on it is up to Trossard and co for the fourth championship title on the line to draw. Would ‘Pozo’ be invited to the kampioenenfeestje?