Navarro Deal Done

This morning the Rapids made the Navarro deal official.  He's signed through 2027 with a team option for 2028.  No official announcement of the transfer fee but the 3.5 million dollar number has been reported by multiple outlets.

This is a big move for the Rapids.  If I had to quibble if this were a perfect world I would have liked to see the Rapids spend 2.5 million and then add on an incentive level for the last 1 million, only because Navarro's scoring numbers look slightly inflated compared to his advanced stats.  But that doesn't by any means make this a bad deal and obviously Palmeiras wouldn't necessarily agree to anything less than $3.5M.

Now we go into the summer window knowing we've got our starting 9 and 10 locked down for the long-term.  That allows us to look at filling out our last major need, a 6, as well as building up our depth (especially at CB and winger).  Of course if Bombito does get sold then we have another hole to fill.