u/Various-Deal-5563

Even if Dominik Fitz sucks, it's crazy he hasn't gotten more minutes this season

- Was a top player in Austria, with 10+ goals and assists most seasons.

- After getting his work visa, looked decent last season. Got a playoff appearance with the season on the line against San Diego, and has a good stat line in limited matches this season with MNUFC2.

- Somehow only has 15 MLS minutes this season.

- People are jumping to conclusions off just a couple limited appearances, but he didn't look great.

- Dieng has the same goals and assists this season as Fitz (0), but Dieng has 500 MLS minutes at striker. Most on this sub still think Dieng is a world class striker in disguise with that stat line, but think Fitz is completely terrible.

- We've had plenty of midweek matches to give him a start. Midfield is a position we lack depth in with the Triantis and Stroud injuries, and it's a position Fitz can play.

- We're sitting 9th in the West and haven’t won a MLS game since the 2nd of May. Not exactly doing great without using Fitz.

- There's a decent chance we sell Pereyra soon, and we should be developing attacking mid options for when that happens.

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u/Various-Deal-5563 — 3 days ago

Has Minnesota United Gotten Less Ambitious? The Data Says Yes

Total transfer fees by year

Net Spend

Largest incoming transfer fees

Minnesota United's 3 biggest transfer fees almost all predate the KEA era. Global transfer fees have inflated a lot since Emanuel Reynoso's signing more than five years ago, and MLS has improved significantly in quality and transfer spend, yet the mnufc spending has stayed flat.

*Data sourced from Transfermarkt, which is why figures are listed in euros and seasons are denoted as 22/23. This makes some aggregation a bit awkward secondary transfer windows are aggregated with the following primary, but it's the most complete public source available.

**All GAM trades not included in this view

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u/Various-Deal-5563 — 19 days ago