Well that took a minute. After a half season away with Orlando City J9 returns to Columbus, Ohio.
Justin Meram is the one part that the 2018 Columbus Crew are missing.
The current Crew has defense (a position Columbus has always struggled on with Meram), they have a goalkeeper, they have defensive midfielders, they have attacking midfielders, and a striker.
But, Columbus has been suffering on both wings of the midfield after Justin Meram left.
How does Gregg Berhalter resolve this before the transfer deadline? Berhalter decided to solve the loss of Justin Meram… by bringing Justin Meram back.
#CrewSC has acquired Justin Meram from Orlando City SC for $750,000 in targeted allocation money and a 2019 international roster slot, The Dispatch has confirmed. Paperwork just sent to league, I'm told. @samstejskal had numbers first.
— Andrew Erickson (@AEricksonCD) August 3, 2018
Obviously Meram felt the grass wasn’t exactly greener on the other side either.
Meram had 37 goals and 33 assists with the Crew from 2011 to 2017.
We wouldn’t bet on it taking long for him to add to that tally.
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