Overview
- Multiple outlets report Seattle is finalizing a transfer for Dejan Joveljic from Sporting KC for about $6 million, but neither club had issued an official announcement.
- Sources say Joveljic was expected to travel for a medical as part of the move and would be brought in to address Seattle’s low scoring while key attackers are sidelined with injuries.
- The Sounders are reportedly renegotiating Albert Rusnák’s contract to free a Designated Player spot because Jordan Morris and Pedro de la Vega currently occupy Seattle’s other DP slots.
- Sporting KC is set to receive the fee and plans to convert up to $3 million of the transfer into allocation money, which would give SKC roster and spending flexibility and open a DP slot for them.
- Joveljic, 27, is a traditional No. 9 with strong recent MLS numbers — including an 18-goal season and continued scoring this year — and the transfer would rank among the most expensive in Sounders history while reshaping Seattle’s attack and roster construction.