The Crew has signed Newell’s Old Boys full back and Argentina U-20 international Milton Valenzuela on loan with an option to buy. Valenzuela will be a young Designated Player for the Crew, as he becomes the latest name on a growing list of young South Americans to take their talents to Major League Soccer recently.
To make room for Valenzuela, the Crew have used Targeted Allocation Money to buy down the contract of Ghanaian Center back Jonathan Mensah, who will no longer be a DP. At just 19 years old, Valenzuela was widely considered to be Newell’s Old Boys’ most promising young player and should do well to fill the spot that Jukka Raitala left when he was selected in the MLS Expansion Draft.