Columbus Crew announced this week that their superstar, Juan ‘Cucho’ Hernández, would leave for the original Betis La Liga after an extraordinary three -year -old assignment with the club.

Cucho gathered 84 shocking goal involvement in 94 matches with crew and brought home the MLS cup and league cups along the road.

By doing that, he was named MLS Cup MVP in 2023, and the MVP League League in 2024.

His side also runs deeply in the Concacaf Champions Cup last season, only fell to the Mexico team, CF Pachuca, in the final.

Cucho was the runner-up of Landon Donovan MLS MVP last season, with only a great Lionel Messi who received more sounds for the honor.

It takes an additional $ 16 million plus additional to pull out Columbia from Columbus.

This is a large cost according to MLS standards, but with the quality provided by Cucho and the success that the crew sees in his term of office, fans in all leagues speculate whether the costs can be higher.

How should you lose Cucho seen?

Loss of big players like that from the top side triggers discussions in the MLS circle about whether such a transfer is good for the league as a whole.

For this debate, there are two common thought frames that are being played. The first greeting of MLS identity is greater as a “sales league”.

Categorically it is a positive thing for MLS to become an active player in the global market.

If parties like Columbus Crew even do business with caliber clubs found in La Liga, either, with transfers that enter or exit, it functions as a good benchmark for the league.

This gives a concrete example of improving quality in MLS – something that is often speculated but is generally difficult to really prove.

Also, success stories like Cucho’s Serve as a good ad for the league. If young talents around the world know that they can move to the top-5 league with good performance at MLS, then logically more quality players will consider such steps in the future.

Should Columbus last more?

However, Columbus Crew fans may feel it is not a silver layer.

Although good at the macro level to sell good talent for bigger and better things, there is an argument that must be made to hold on to the strength of individual stars.

Cucho is the best player on the true side of Columbus who is truly in the discussion “The Greatest MLS Team of All Time”.

The loss is the loss of one of the great MLS conversation points from the last few seasons.

Yes, fans are very happy to see him growing up, but they are also destroyed to see him leave.

In the league that always struggles for the eyeball, having a very important superstar. Having a great team like Columbus is very important.

And, considering that the transfer fee that came from Watford was $ 10 million reported, the crew switched from fame and greatness with only $ 6 million.

While the cost of $ 16 million Colombia is the 9th largest outflow in the history of the league, its MLS production exceeds all eight players on it on the list.

Therefore, it is not unfair crew fans who want more than that agreement.

Columbus did it properly by their man

But of course, there is Cucho who says in all this too. If superstar wants to move to Europe and play for historic side like a calf, it is difficult to block the way.

Realistically, there are very few left to be achieved for Cucho in Columbus, given the trophy they have won together.

And, with how dominant he is proven to be at the MLS level, it’s only natural for Cucho to want to test himself in Next level.

Can Columbus demand a little more money? Possible.

But is it worthy of determining relationships with club legend and risking the situation of delays? Probably not.

All said it was difficult to argue that three years of service, 58 goals, 26 assists, two main cups, and a profit of $ 6 million were bad businesses.

Is the transfer “good for the league” or not, Cucho is certainly good for the Columbus crew.

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Recording Date: 06.03.2024