Toronto FC trades rights to German forward Prince Owusu to CF Montreal

CF Montreal added to its options in attack Monday while Toronto FC collected up to $250,000 US in general allocation money (GAM) for an asset it had already decided it could do without.

Toronto traded the rights to German forward Prince Owusu to rival Montreal on Monday in exchange for $100,000 in 2025 general allocation money and $75,000 in 2026 GAM for the right of first refusal for Owusu. The deal also includes $75,000 in conditional allocation money.

Allocation money can be used to "buy-down" a player's salary cap hit. MLS clubs worked under a salary budget of $5.47 million last season.

In essence, the deal is something for nothing for Toronto given it had parted ways with Owusu but still retained his renegotiating rights in MLS. And TFC gets a good amount of GAM for Owusu's rights.

Owusu, a former German youth international, has signed a two-year deal with Montreal using targeted allocation money.

TFC confirmed in November that it was passing on the 2025 contract option on the 28-year-old Owusu, who led Toronto in scoring last season with nine goals in 31 league outings. Six of those goals were scored before mid-May.

Also Monday, Toronto sold Brazilian winger Thiago Andrade to Japan's Cerezo Osaka. TFC had acquired the 24-year-old in a December draft-day deal with San Diego FC, which picked him up from New York City FC in the MLS expansion draft.

Owusu, who also had three goals in Canadian Championship play, is an imposing figure at six foot three, able to hold the ball up and knows what to do in front of goal. His goal production for TFC was streaky, however, perhaps in part due to the changing cast around him.

Montreal hopes the big German will help bolster its attack.

"We are strengthening our squad with a