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Chicago Fire sign Gaitan on free following release from Dalian Yifang

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Chicago Fire have a confirmed the signing of Nicolas Gaitan on a free transfer after the Argentine had been released by Chinese Super League side Dalian Yifang.
The Major League Soccer side said the 31-year-old had been acquired with Discretionary Targeted Allocation Money (DTAM) and Targeted Allocation Money (TAM).
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Chicago Fire sign Gaitan from Chinese Super League club Dalian Yifang

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Chinese Super League club Dalian Yifang have announced that Argentine midfielder Nicolas Gaitan will move to Major League Soccer to join Chicago Fire.
Signed from Atletico Madrid exactly a year and a day earlier, the 31-year-old endured a nightmare start to his career in China with an 8-0 thrashing suffered at the hands of Shanghai SIPG on the opening day of the 2018 season.
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Chicago Fire set to sign Gaitan from Chinese Super League club Dalian Yifang

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Atletico Madrid sell Yannick Carrasco, Nicolas Gaitan to China’s Dalian Yifang

Amid talk that Fernando Torres and Yannick Carrasco could leave Atletico, Diego Simeone feels the CSL’s transfer window unsettles players of European clubs.
Atletico Madrid have sold Yannick Carrasco and Nicolas Gaitan to Chinese Super League side Dalian Yifang for undisclosed fees, the La Liga club announced on Monday afternoon.
The moves leave Atletico with just 17 senior outfield players for the rest of the season, after Augusto Fernandez also moved to China, and Luciano Vietto was loaned to Valencia.
The 24-year-old Carrasco leaves Atletico after making 124 appearances for the club since arriving in the summer of 2015 from Monaco.
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Angel Correa and substitute Yannick…

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