Crew general manager Issa Tall was shocked when he first started to hear Daniel Gazdag could be a trade option around a month ago. Tall also knew bringing in the attacking midfielder would be a no-brainer for Columbus.
Columbus announced the acquisition of Gazdag from the Philadelphia Union on Friday, adding a third designated player to the roster after losing striker Cucho Hernandez in the offseason.
The deal was made using MLS' new cash-for-player trade policy, which allowed the Crew to send $4 million to Philadelphia for Gazdag, a very fair deal from Tall's perspective.
"I waited for his agent to mention anything," Tall said. "When his agent told me the number that we ended up paying ... I wanted to make sure with him 'are you sure' because for me, that was even lower than what a team in MLS would pay for him, including ourselves probably. And then when it was confirmed, we went for it and held Philadelphia to that number."
Once Tall was certain that the trade was viable, he went to Crew coach
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