Also a testament to Atlanta's willingness to spend money. They spent $16MM to sign him from Velez Sarfield, and they've made 4 of the 6 most expensive transfer purchases in MLS history.
But it also speaks to MLS tweaking the Designated Player rule so that younger players would count for less against the salary cap than veteran DPs. It incentivizes looking for young players that you can develop further and sell on for a profit (which MLS has said they want to take the next step and become a selling league) , as opposed to signing name players just to goose ticket/shirt sales.
I actually held back on making an "SCR is old" joke about that.
Was going to say that he could be a featured speaker at Trafalgar Day events, tell the crowd what his reaction was when he heard the news.
Or just any time a new monarch takes the throne, turn that day into a bank holiday.
Charles takes over 8 September, so 8 September is Charles Day or something.
Wills then takes over on, say, 11 June, then Charles Day is replaced with William Day.