New York City FC isn’t willing to give any discounts to teams interested in their talented forward Valentin “Taty” Castellanos. According to ESPN’s Rob Dawson, the MLS side is firm on their asking price, which is believed to be €15 million.
So far, there have been no teams willing to pay that price for Castellanos. However, that might change at some point, especially considering Castellanos is playing well while on loan with La Liga side Girona. The 24-year-old Argentinean has 11 goals in 29 games and has recently scored four times against Real Madrid.
The NYCFC had multiple opportunities to sell Castellanos, even last summer. However, the team didn’t receive a satisfactory offer and opted to allow the player to leave for Europe in hopes that good games could get him more exposure and raise his value.
So far, it is unclear which club might end up making a run for “Taty” Castellanos, but several Premier League teams are believed to be monitoring him. Overachievers Brighton is believed to be one of them.
Taty Castellanos initially joined NYCFC in 2018 on a loan before the MLS club made the move permanent in 2019. Castellanos scored 59 goals in 134 MLS matches while helping NYCFC win MLS Cup. He took home the MLS Golden Boot award in 2021 and was named to the MLS Best XI team the same year.
