After FC Basel (2014-2016), FC Schalke 04 (2016-2019), Borussia Mönchengladbach (2019-2022), AS Monaco (2022-2025) and Stade Rennais (2025-2026), will Breel Embolo discover, at 29, a sixth club in his career?
According to information from “The Athletic”, the Swiss team striker should fly to MLS, the North American professional championship, where he would join Atlanta United.
Breel Embolo should even enter the top 5 most expensive players in MLS history. Still according to the same source, Atlanta United should pay around $18 million, or 14.6 million francs, to secure the services of the Swiss international.
The striker is coming off a somewhat complicated season in Ligue 1 with Stade Rennais. In competition with Esteban Lepaul, Breel Embolo started 20 times, for a total of eight goals and three assists in the league.
Two goals and a red card at the World Cup
Breel Embolo, on the other hand, was an indisputable starter in Murat Yakin’s eleven during the World Cup in the United States. Scorer against Qatar in the group stage then against Algeria in the round of 16, he left the competition after being sent off for simulation against Argentina in the quarter-finals.
Atlanta is currently struggling in the league. The Georgia franchise is last in the Eastern Conference, and in the general championship standings, after 18 days, with a meager record of 12 points. The arrival of the Swiss should revitalize the club’s offensive sector.
