After a last gala match against the American club (2-1 victory), last Wednesday, with a new goal from Denis Bouanga, Los Angeles FC officially begins its 2025 season on Tuesday on the field of Colorado Rapids, in the first leg of the first Tour of the Champions Cup (the equivalent of the Champions League in Concacaf zone but without group phase). The Californian club led by Hugo Lloris and Olivier Giroud, who finished first of the West Conference of MLS last season (before falling in the quarter -finals of the Playoffs), will then play his first game in the league, on Saturday at Minnesota United.
In Lafc, the recruitment of Antoine Griezmann is always more expected … Already, just after Euro 2024 and therefore even before the international retirement of “Grizi”, The team announced that the Californian club wanted to offer a third 2018 world champion in the person of the native of Mâcon. Since then, some Spanish newspapers have assured that the star player of Atlético de Diego Simeone, at 33, asked to go after the financial year (despite his current contract up to 2026 with the Colchoneros).
Another left -hander alongside Giroud
While waiting to associate Griezmann in Giroud, the Los Angeles FC has gotten their hands on another left -wing offensive player: the former winger of OM Cengiz ünder! An agreement had been reached with Fenerbahçe for a loan from the Turkish international, 27, as indicated by the Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano. The player is expected in California to pass his medical examination and sign his contract. The Turkish press, however, adds that the lending time is only half a season and that the purchase option has been set at 25 million dollars! An unreasonable price for any club of Major League Soccer. Ünder left to play only four months across the Atlantic …
After his two seasons in Marseille, with a few splendid periods on his right wing (for an assessment of 18 goals in 93 matches), Cengiz ünder has not managed to win in Fener, who recruited him for 15 million 'euros in August 2023. He finished his first season with the Yellow Canaries at 9 goals and 2 assists and then lost his place under the orders of José Mourinho, the Fenerhabçe having multiplied the renowned offensive recruits. It is time for him to relaunch his career. By shaking the nets in MLS while offering Olivier Giroud goal balloons?
