Impact sign Uruguayan midfielder Alejandro Silva to three-year contract
MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact boosted their attack with the acquisition of Uruguayan midfielder Alejandro Silva on Monday and are expected to make at least one more signing soon.
Silva, 28, arrived on a free transfer from Club Atletico Lanus of Argentina. Montreal used targeted allocation money to sign the attacking midfielder to a three-year contract, which avoided using their one remaining designated player slot after midfielders Ignacio Piatti and Saphir Taider.
The club is also chasing French central defender Rudy Camacho, who is reportedly in Montreal. The 27-year-old has agreed to a deal with the Impact but is awaiting a transfer agreement between the Major League Soccer team and his club Waasland Beveren, according to the Belgian team’s website.
The Impact found themselves short on defence when, after trading Laurent Ciman to Los Angeles FC, his replacement Zakaria Diallo ruptured an Achilles tendon days before the regular season opener in Vancouver. Second-year defender Kyle Fisher is also our four months with a fractured left shin.