• Former Middlesbrough striker signs through 2028
• $22m fee is largest outlay for a player in league history

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.

• 21-year-old made his USMNT debut in January
• Intra-league move is the second-ever made using MLS’s new cash transfer rule

Houston Dynamo FC acquired Philadelphia Union midfielder Jack McGlynn in the first cash-for-homegrown player trade in Major League Soccer history on Monday.

The Union will receive $2.1m in guaranteed money and also retain a sell-on percentage of any future transfer. The club also could acquire an additional $1.3m if McGlynn meets designated performance milestones.