After two losing seasons with the Chicago Fire, Spanish midfielder Alvaro Medran finds himself in a familiar spot as he joins his new club.
Medran, 27, joins Saudi Arabian side Al-Taawoun, with the club squarely in a relegation battle, in a next-to-last 15th place.
Despite playing for a losing Fire team, Medran was one of Chicago’s best players over the last two seasons. The former Real Madrid man scored three times in 2021, and tallied six assists. He might have stayed in Chicago had the Fire been willing to make him a designated player, along with a significant boost over the $1 million per season he was making, but the Fire decided against bringing him back.