CITY Trades Löwen to San Jose for $$$

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CITY Trades Löwen to San Jose for $$$

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Idiots…
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Re: CITY Trades Löwen to San Jose for $$$

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Hartel, and now Löwen. Seems weird to be letting those two pieces go during the club's recent quality stretch. Going to need to find goals from somewhere but the club has some more cash now to find replacements - or they're banking on in-house talent to step up. We shall see.

From the article, didn't seem like Löwen was going to be part of the club's long-term future so it made sense from his perspective to look elsewhere and the club was good enough to facilitate.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/753157 ... ouis-deal/
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Idiots is right.

Will be interesting to see if they bring in anyone else.
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Re: CITY Trades Löwen to San Jose for $$$

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I hope they have some sort of a plan to replace him.....wtf
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Re: CITY Trades Löwen to San Jose for $$$

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For us non-local City fans, has there been any news as to why?
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He wanted to negotiate an extension.

City said they wouldn’t do that till after the summer.
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If the team wanted to sign him to an extension I see no reason to wait until summer - what that tells me is that they did not want to. They bolstered the midfield with Matan and Holse - who appear to effectively be the replacements for Lowen and Hartel. To me it seems like they are freeing up space to sign a #9, so I guess if you want to blame anyone, blame MLS and all their crazy rules.
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Re: CITY Trades Löwen to San Jose for $$$

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I bet they don’t sign a striker.

They signed Holse.

That is going to be it.

I hope I am wrong.
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Re: CITY Trades Löwen to San Jose for $$$

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jwstlsan wrote: 24 Aug 2026 16:48 pm For us non-local City fans, has there been any news as to why?
The guy is coming off a long, paid, leave of absence. Things are starting to click on the field, and this guy is thinking about himself.

"Fine. We'll send you to a last place team, and you can worry about yourself and negotiate with them now."
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winonsports wrote: 27 Aug 2026 09:25 am The guy is coming off a long, paid, leave of absence. Things are starting to click on the field, and this guy is thinking about himself.
How dare he! Who told him that he could be human!? This is an outrage....
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His leave of absence was more than justified.
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BalotelliMassive wrote: 27 Aug 2026 13:59 pm
winonsports wrote: 27 Aug 2026 09:25 am The guy is coming off a long, paid, leave of absence. Things are starting to click on the field, and this guy is thinking about himself.
How dare he! Who told him that he could be human!? This is an outrage....
Gratitude is a human trait.