Should LA Galaxy do business with Liga MX over Efra Alvarez and Julian Araujo?

“We haven’t seen, in this current era of the club, where they’re setting their valuations at selling on academy players,” Rodriguez said. “My inclination is if a Liga MX is giving the right price, they’re willing to talk to anyone, but if a team like that is going to lowball the Galaxy, they might just say, ‘We’re content to keep him. We’re not desperate to sell him right now.'”

Rodriguez noted that there has not been a test case yet for the Galaxy, another reason why how they value their players remains a question.

“This also a key moment for the Galaxy in that they finally have been able to start hanging on to some of their academy players and signing them to pro deals,” Rodriguez said. “Now the next step is selling some of those guys on, making sure that they join the global market for homegrown players that some of the other teams around MLS have been doing and they haven’t done, so I’m not really sure how they’re…

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