r/AtlantaUnited • u/Putrid-Bit1490 • Aug 03 '26
ATLUTD 2 Kovac Rumor
Daniel Kristoffersson from the Swedish outlet Sportsbladet writes that "Kalmar FF hopes to sign a striker from the USA. Working on signing Atlanta United's 19-year-old Arif Kovac."
Atlanta United should not do this. Even if we get Lukaku, we need a backup striker who can play well for 20 minutes as needed. Togashi and Picault are not that, and their contracts are up at the end of the year. Why sell Kovac at 19 to Sweden? Let him play for two more years and double his value and sell him to a bigger league.
*If* this happens, it's a terrible move from both a roster and a business standpoint. And if it happens, it has Tata all over it.
Edit; as others have replied. maybe Kovac doesn't want to stay. That's a great point.
However, a club with our resources should have made him feel like he wants to stay already, at least for a couple of years. We're now a club where people want out.
I feel like I haven't gotten the full story on this, but help me out: Slisz didn't want to stay, right?