Sporting Kansas City has verbal agreement for $18M Andre Luiz transfer: Sources

Alex Grimm / Getty Images Sporting Kansas City has reached a verbal agreement in its negotiations to sign Brazilian winger André Luiz from Olympiakos, sources briefed on the deal tell The Athletic. Sporting KC would pay an initial fee of $18 million plus further in performance-based add-ons, sources add. Sport24 first reported a deal was close. The parties still need to work through final details and put pen to paper on a deal that would include one of the largest transfer fees in MLS history. Luiz, 24, only joined Olympiakos in January from Rio Ave FC. In the first half...