Yesterday, Bliss said he was in talks with two South American impact players and apparently a day later two Ecuadoran players have reached a loan deal with MLS. Seems like a fit right?
From the Blog, Futbol de MLS:
The President of Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, Rodrigo Paz, confirmed that Marlon Ganchozo and Victor Estupiñán have reached a one-year loan deal with Major League Soccer. However, the MLS team that will be using the players is not known from the most important leader of the club.
No word on which team the players will arrive for, yet there is speculation that the Columbus Crew might be a feasible target. The club slipped in a recent article that the team is in talks with "two major South American players."
Both players are young and of high technical quality. Estupiñán is 22 and plays as a striker, while Ganchozo is only 19 years old and plays as a midfielder. The League intends to sell them on loan to show how important the players of LDU Quito are at the institution, and not simply trying to discard them. The reality is that the team has a staff of 40 professionals, and will surely be trying to lower that number.
However, not sure if I would consider Ganchozo and Estupinan high impact players. Estupinan is a 22 year old striker with only 18 appearances and 2 goals since 2006. While Marlon Ganchoso seems like a nicer prospect, as the 19 year old midfielder made 25 appearances for LDU Quito in 2010 with 1 goal. However, those appearances were in the fleeting minutes of games as Ganchoso only played 356 minutes.
If one turns out to be a Javier Morales though it will be well worth it.
Nevertheless, the positions of these two players "Forward and Midfield" does not match Brian Bliss's description of the two players he was after which is "Midfield and Defender." Would make sense though in the Crew's pursuit of younger, faster players.. Much more sense than the recent acquistion of Jeff Cunningham.
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