{"id":119450,"date":"2026-08-23T16:34:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T16:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/119450\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T16:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T16:34:27","slug":"atlanta-united-acquire-swiss-striker-breel-embolo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/119450\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta United acquire Swiss striker Breel Embolo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS:\u00a0Signing<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/atlanta-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta United<\/a> have acquired striker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/breel-embolo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Breel Embolo<\/a> from French Ligue 1 side Stade Rennais, the club announced Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old Switzerland international joins for one of the largest transfer fees in MLS history (reportedly around $18 million). He is under contract through the 2029-30 MLS season and will occupy a Designated Player roster spot.<\/p>\n<p>Embolo arrives shortly after Atlanta loaned DP striker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/atlanta-united-loan-emmanuel-latte-lath-to-union-berlin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emmanuel Latte Lath<\/a> to German Bundesliga side Union Berlin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re pleased to bring a player with Breel\u2019s combination of talent and experience at the highest levels of world soccer to Atlanta United,&#8221; said Chris Henderson, the club&#8217;s chief soccer officer and sporting director.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At age 29, he\u2019s coming off a strong performance at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/fifa-world-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup<\/a> with Switzerland and has a proven track record of goal contributions in multiple top European leagues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His goal-scoring, ability to link with other players in the attack and tireless work rate are qualities that will strengthen our team from the center forward position.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n      Prolific striker<\/p>\n<p>Embolo has tallied 100g\/66a in 380 professional matches during a decade-plus career in Europe, beginning with boyhood club FC Basel in the Swiss Super League. He&#8217;s also featured for Schalke 04 and Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach in Germany, as well as French sides AS Monaco and Rennes.<\/p>\n<p>Embolo has scored 26 goals in 92 appearances for Switzerland, including 2g\/2a during their quarterfinal run at the 2026 World Cup. He&#8217;s played at three World Cups and three UEFA European Championships.<\/p>\n<p>\n      Late-season push<\/p>\n<p>Embolo will look to provide an attacking boost for an Atlanta side that&#8217;s scored an Eastern Conference-low 23 goals this season.<\/p>\n<p>The Five Stripes are 15th in the Eastern Conference with 18 points, trailing the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs field.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/transfer-tracker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLS Transfer Tracker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS:\u00a0Signing Atlanta United have acquired striker Breel Embolo from French Ligue 1 side Stade Rennais, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[56261,23391,641,41,17,640],"class_list":["post-119450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-atlanta-united","tag-breel-embolo","tag-sendtonews","tag-swiss","tag-switzerland","tag-transfer-tracker"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117145794258836764","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}