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Report: Atlanta United set to exercise option to buy Yamil Asad from Velez Sarsfield

Just as everyone was settling into bed Friday night, our friends in Argentina had to go and break Atlanta United Twitter wide open like in 1998 when The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and Mankind plummeted 16 ft. through an announcer’s table.

"El Atlanta United va a hacer uso de la opción de compra por Yamil" dijo su padre Omar Asad en @velezysumundo. La opción ronda los 2M $USD. pic.twitter.com/5SO4v3FcjF

— Agustin Sileo (@AgustinSileo) June 30, 2017

Yamil Asad, on loan from Argentine club, Velez-Sarsfield, will reportedly have his option to buy exercised by Atlanta United.