Myrto Uzuni is possibly on the move to Turkey. For now, the only concrete move to report on this week is a very specific amount of GAM.
A little more than a year after Myrto Uzuni was announced as an incoming Austin FC player for a club record fee, he could be an outgoing player.
Reports have the Albanian forward, who didn't quite have the dream 2025 season that fans envision when he announced at his opening press conference that he was here to break records, going to Turkish club Trabzonspor should a deal be done day — the deadline for the Turkish Süper Lig to get deals over the line.
We're in the "Tom Bogert quoting sources" phase of the announcement, per his Bluesky account this morning.
🇦🇱 Sources: Trabzonspor in talks to sign Albania int'l forward Myrto Uzuni from Austin FC.
Deadline day for Turkish Süper Lig is today. Let's see if a deal can get done.
Uzuni, 30, joined Austin for club-record deal worth around $12m last winter. Had 8g/3a in around 2,700 mins
There's also a report from Turkish journalist İsa Kethüda on his Twitter account, claiming a deal is already done: A $6.5 million offer, a $1.5 million signing bonus, and a 15% sell-on clause. It's not more fleshed out than that at the moment.
Trabzonspor is located in Trabzon, a city on the Black Sea in northeast Turkey, and it's one of the bigger clubs in the Turkish Süper Lig, currently third in the standings, behind Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe — so, a team that could utilize Uzuni in a title race.
For now, it's just a rumor, though a quickly moving one. The most notable move from sporting director Rodolfo Borrell this week that is official is this MLS-y gem:
Austin FC announced today that the Club has agreed to trade a 2026 international roster slot to Real Salt Lake in exchange for $235,000 in 2026 General Allocation Money (GAM). As part of the agreement, the international roster slot will return to Austin at the opening of the Secondary Transfer Window (July 13).
That's one of the most beautiful sentences ever crafted, as well as a hint that an international summer signing could necessitate getting that international slot back in July.
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A little more than a year after Myrto Uzuni was announced as an incoming Austin FC player for a club record fee, he could be an outgoing player.
Reports have the Albanian forward, who didn't quite have the dream 2025 season that fans envision when he announced at his opening press conference that he was here to break records, going to Turkish club Trabzonspor should a deal be done day — the deadline for the Turkish Süper Lig to get deals over the line.
We're in the "Tom Bogert quoting sources" phase of the announcement, per his Bluesky account this morning.
There's also a report from Turkish journalist İsa Kethüda on his Twitter account, claiming a deal is already done: A $6.5 million offer, a $1.5 million signing bonus, and a 15% sell-on clause. It's not more fleshed out than that at the moment.
Trabzonspor is located in Trabzon, a city on the Black Sea in northeast Turkey, and it's one of the bigger clubs in the Turkish Süper Lig, currently third in the standings, behind Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe — so, a team that could utilize Uzuni in a title race.
For now, it's just a rumor, though a quickly moving one. The most notable move from sporting director Rodolfo Borrell this week that is official is this MLS-y gem:
Austin FC announced today that the Club has agreed to trade a 2026 international roster slot to Real Salt Lake in exchange for $235,000 in 2026 General Allocation Money (GAM). As part of the agreement, the international roster slot will return to Austin at the opening of the Secondary Transfer Window (July 13).
That's one of the most beautiful sentences ever crafted, as well as a hint that an international summer signing could necessitate getting that international slot back in July.
Verde All Day is a reader-supported online publication covering Austin FC. Additional support is provided by Austin Telco Federal Credit Union. For more coverage, check out Emergency Podcast! (an Austin FC Podcast) wherever you get your podcasts.
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