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Atlanta United break MLS record to sign striker Emmanuel Latte Lath

Emmanuel Latte Lath celebrates scoring for Middlesbrough.
Latte Lath’s transfer is the most expensive incoming deal in MLS history. Photograph: Richard Sellers/PA

Atlanta United announced the splash signing of speedy Ivory Coast striker Emmanuel Latte Lath on Tuesday.

Atlanta reportedly paid an MLS-record $22m transfer fee to Middlesbrough, breaking the mark of $16.2m that FC Cincinnati spent in November to acquire forward Kevin Denkey from Belgium’s Cercle Brugge.

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