TFC coach Greg Vanney has high hopes for Alejandro Pozuelo, expecting the Spaniard to play as much a role in the team's identity as previous Designated Players Jozy Altidore, Sebastian Giovinco and Michael Bradley. (via JohnMolinaro)
, having spent big on Spanish midfielders in recent years with mixed results.
So, what to make of Alejandro Pozuelo, a Spanish creator of some repute — general manager Ali Curtis unabashedly heralds him as a “midfield maestro” — who was officially unveiled as Toronto’s newest Designated Player on Monday? Club president Bill Manning is just as bullish on Pozuelo, who TFC had been tracking since 2014 when he played for Swansea City in the Premier League.
Comparisons to Vazquez are inevitable, especially with Pozuelo coming to Toronto via Genk, another high-profile club from the Belgian first division. They’re both playmakers, both game-breakers, but Vanney believesStill, the similarities outnumber the differences, and when Vazquez put in a transfer request and was sold to Qatari club Al-Arabi in January, the Reds quickly turned their sights on the one man who they thought would be a natural replacement for their former star midfielder.
“One of the highest compliments you could ever get, Victor Vazquez gave him. He said, ‘Bill, he’s a young Victor Vazquez.’ That was about as good as a compliment as you can get with us and our group,” Manning explained.
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