Alejandro Pozuelo arrived at Toronto FC under incredibly chaotic circumstances. The club had already lost a pair of talismanic figures with Victor Vazquez and Sebastian Giovinco departing for the middle east among a massive offseason reshuffle. Then came the unneeded multi-month soap opera that came with Pozuelo trying to leave a Genk club that did not want to let him go.
Despite his designated player title, Pozuelo was billed as a replacement for TAM midfielder Vazquez. After all, he played a different position than the departing Giovinco and wasn’t being brought in to be the same kind of goal threat.