CONFIRMED: Lucas Melano signs for Portland Timbers

CONFIRMED: Lucas Melano signs for Portland

Portland's pursuit of Lucas Melano reaches new heights. Numerous reports indicating a 83% probability of the striker making the switch to his potential new club. Here is why.

Portland has often bought players who are approximately the same age as the current age of Lucas Melano (33).
Portland has often bought players whose potential (FT Skill) is comparable to the potential of Lucas Melano.
Portland has often bought players who have approximately the same ETV as the current value of Lucas Melano.

Transfer Logic score:

Pros

Comparable age to previously attracted players
Comparable potential to previously attracted players
Comparable value to previously attracted players
Some direct competitors for position
Comparable quality to previously attracted players

Cons

Potential star player in position on team
Key player as direct competitor
Some better competitors for position (Antony)
Some potentially better competitors for position (Antony)

CONFIRMED: Lucas Melano signs for Portland.

17 Jul 2015

Lucas Melano has officially moved from Lanus to Portland for a €4.6M deal. With this transfer, we can officially close the transfer rumour report.

Portland Timbers sign Lucas Melano to DP deal, use targeted allocation

23 Feb 2022 15:58 GMT

The Portland Timbers have acquired 22-year-old Argentine forward Lucas Melano from Lanús for a $5 million transfer fee, a source with knowledge of the deal told SI.com on Thursday. Melano has signed a guaranteed four-year contract (with an option year) that will pay him around $1 million per year.

Alternatives of Portland

Skill / pot	Player	Team	ETV The Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) is calculated by the Player Valuation Model, that calculates the accurate transfer fee for a given player. More info
Skill / pot	Player / Team / Position	ETV The Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) is calculated by the Player Valuation Model, that calculates the accurate transfer fee for a given player. More info
45.9 50.1	Issa Bah	Radnicki	€0.3M
45.9 45.9	Martin Regáli	Tatran Presov	€85K
45.8 47.4	Jason Bahamboula	HFX Wanderers	€0.2M
45.8 45.8	Waldo Rubio	Eldense	€0.2M
45.8 46.0	Binbin Liu	Wuhan Three Towns	€0.2M
45.8 46.7	Ayman Sellouf	Vitesse	€0.2M
45.7 60.8	Julian Lægreid	Brann	€0.7M
45.7 45.7	Lukas Scepanik	Alemannia	€0.1M

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