Minnesota United ‘quite open’ to add in summer transfer window

Now months in Khaled El-Ahmad is more assured in his role as Minnesota United s chief soccer officer He s worked to enhance the club s values on and off the field and believes MNUFC is now better positioned to pursue targets in the summer transfer window The Loons added four players in the just-closed primary transfer window a group headlined by wingback midfielder Julian Gressel MNUFC can have up to three vacant senior roster spots for additions this summer with the ability to add one Designated Participant and one Under- Initiative signing This is feasible with the buying down the midfielder Joaquin Pereyra s DP contract and the likelihood the club puts Hassani Dotson on the season-ending injury list Various of their approach will be situational El-Ahmad revealed taking into account other achievable injuries or sales of current players to other clubs So we re quite open he declared Al-Ahmad also teased various new really exiting additions for the club s developmental club MNUFC We have to be good at picking in various pockets around the world so we are also exploring the various pockets El-Ahmad noted We do spend time on college and we do try to look international with the young ones Interest in Ramsay El-Ahmad noted he expects head coach Eric Ramsay to be linked to job openings in his native England That has already happened this year with Ramsay being tied to openings at Swansea City and Southampton There is none of that at this moment that is reality El-Ahmad announced It s a testament to us that we have a young coach that is respected Pending free agents Loons have a handful of key papers nearing the end of their contracts Goalkeeper Dayne St Clair and Dotson have expiring contracts at the end of the season We want to provide the best attainable situation that is good for the player and the club El-Ahmad reported If we meet great If we don t then we move on Captain center back Michael Boxall and midfielders Wil Trapp and Robin Lod are under club options for the season GAM use explained The Loons had the third-highest amount of general allocation money GAM as of late February MNUFC checked in at million behind only San Diego million and New York City million according to MLS Selected fans have been calling on the club to spend more of this fund on the roster I think it s pivotal that we need to have flexibility El-Ahmad explained There requirements to be flexibility if injuries happen There necessities to be flexibility if the territory provides you opportunities that you can take advantage of And I want to have flexibility to keep improving every window Briefly El-Ahmad mentioned Joseph Rosales has denied he used discriminatory language toward Vancouver s Emmanuel Sabbi during Sunday s match The club is respecting the MLS process in determining if Rosales reported something that would warrant punishment Loons have been pursuing U S Green Cards for a handful of players including Sang Bin Jeong Jefferson Diaz and Pereyra But uncertainty looms over whether the immigration paperwork will be obtained given the Trump administration policies MNUFC s Jeremy Hall was named MLS Next Pro coach of the month after a - - start in April The second gang s home opener at p m Friday at the National Sports Center in Blaine Related Articles Loons let off giving up three-goal lead in draw at Kansas City Kelvin Yeboah finish leads MNUFC past San Jose - Homophobic chant at San Diego FC s inaugural home match condemned by coach sporting director