Potential winter transfer
Vancouver Whitecaps are interested in signing highly-rated Paraguayan center-back Alexis Duarte. First reported by Tigo Sports in Paraguay, Transfermarkt can confirm Vancouver’s interest in the 21-year-old Cerro Porteño defender.
Sources in Paraguay have suggested to TM that the Whitecaps have already made an offer for a structured $4 million deal. The ‘Caps would have to pay $2 million in the first year and then an additional $2 million in the second year. Including bonuses, the transfer could grow to $7 million, which would be a record transfer fee for the Whitecaps.
Vancouver-based sources, however, have been more careful when describing negotiations. One well-placed source told Transfermarkt that the club is currently scouting the player. Duarte is seen as a winter signing as the organization does not feel that a young center-back could be integrated in time for the 2021 Major League Soccer season. Either way, Duarte is seen as a highly-touted prospect and is currently the most valuable center-back in the Paraguayan first division (more on this here).
Cavallini, Caio Alexandre, Caicedo & Co.: Vancouver Whitecaps record arrivals
Jon Erice | Signed from Albacete in 2019 | Fee: $440,000
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Lucas Venuto | Signed from Austria Vienna in 2019 | Fee: $440,000
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Jasser Khmiri | Signed from Stade Tunisien in 2019 | Fee: $440,000
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Ranko Veselinović | Signed from Vojvodina in 2020 | Fee: $649,000
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Kenny Miller | Signed from Cardiff in 2012 | Fee: $700,000
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Leonard Owusu | Signed from FC Ashdod in 2020 | Fee: $1.1m
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Anthony Blondell | Signed from Monagas SC in 2018 | Fee: $1.2m
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Érik Godoy | Signed from CA Colón in 2020 | Fee: $1.5m
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Previously on loan at the Whitecaps
In-beom Hwang | Signed from Daejeon Citizens in 2019 | Fee: $1.72m
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Ali Adnan | Signed from Udinese in 2019 | Fee: $1.96m
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Janio Bikel | Signed from CSKA Sofia in 2020 | Fee: $2.2m
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Déiber Caicedo | Signed from Deportivo Cali in 2021 | Fee: $2.5m
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Octavio Rivero | Signed from O’Higgins in 2015 | Fee: $3.3m
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Caio Alexandre | Signed from Botafogo in 2021 | Fee: $4m
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Lucas Cavallini | Signed from Puebla in 2020 | Fee: $5m
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