The New England Revolution are set to acquire former Sporting Kansas City attacker Krisztian Nemeth, pending league approval, multiple sources have told ESPN FC analyst Taylor Twellman.
Nemeth, 28, had been with Qatari club Al-Gharafa after securing a transfer from SKC back in 2016. But Nemeth has wanted out of Qatar for some time, and after some wrangling was released from his contract.
In order to return to MLS, Nemeth was subject to the league's allocation order. To acquire the top spot, the Revs executed a deal with Columbus Crew SC whereby they secured Nemeth's MLS rights in exchange for $350,000 in allocation money.
The move creates something of a logjam for the Revs in terms of attacking players. New England already has Kelyn Rowe, Diego Fagundez and Lee Nguyen on its books, as well as versatile forward Juan Agudelo, who has been used in a midfield role at times with the Revs as well.
.@NERevolution getting Nemeth while $350k+ allocation 💰💰 goes to @ColumbusCrewSC (waiting on league approval) #MLS
— Taylor Twellman (@TaylorTwellman) August 10, 2017
Nemeth does give New England an attacker who not only can score goals, but can set them up as well. During his lone season in Kansas City the Hungarian recorded 10 goals and six assists in 28 league appearances, 23 of them starts.
The Kansas City Star reported last month that Sporting KC had attempted to acquire Nemeth's rights in the trade that sent Dom Dwyer to Orlando City, but that part of the deal fell through.
Nemeth started his career with MTK Budapest, and has since had stops with Liverpool, Blackpool, AEK Athens, Olympiakos, RKC Waalwijk, and Roda JC. With Al-Gharafa Nemeth tallied 13 times in 26 appearances.
At international level, Nemeth has made 30 appearances for Hungary, scoring three goals.