Rapids Make It A Hat-Trick Of Signings In As Many Days

For the third day in a row the Rapids announced a signing.  This time its the oft-rumored Braian Galvan from Colon in Argentina.  The announcement is a pre-contract signing with Galvan joining the team in the summer window.  Players currently under contract can sign a contract with a new team once they're within 6 months of the end of their contract, with the transfer happening in the first window after the expiration of their current contract.  Galvan is out of contract in June, so he could sign a contract starting in December and would be able to join us in July.

At the time of the announcement there was hope that we could come to a deal to buy him from Colon in the winter window and have him join the team in preseason.  That hope seems to have died tonight as Colon has released a letter claiming that we illegally signed Galvan before he was eligible to sign a pre-contract.  I'm reading things through Google Translate so my take on the situation is a bit hit or miss, but this article makes it seem that Colon is claiming that because he was injured and not able to play he hadn't actually fulfilled his contract yet and as such, wasn't in the last 6 months of his contract.

Quite simply, that's a joke if accurate and will never hold up to any ruling from FIFA and probably not even from the Argentinian FA, who they're partitioning.  This is pretty clearly a face saving move by Colon as their fans were not pleased when they learned they were losing one of the "jewels" of their club on a free because their leadership dropped the ball and let him get into the six month window without securing his long-term rights.  At worst I expect the Rapids to toss a little money Colon's way to make this issue go away, but they might not even get that.

I'm pretty sure that's going to be the end of the news this week, at least until players report to Commerce City for physicals on Saturday before they head to California on Tuesday.  Over the weekend I'll have my normal camp roster up and an analysis of where we stand and what moves we may still need to make.