{"id":286911,"date":"2026-05-28T01:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T01:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/286911\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T01:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T01:08:11","slug":"%f0%9f%92%a3goodbye-to-mexico-gignac-close-to-joining-orlando-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/286911\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udca3Goodbye to Mexico: Gignac close to joining Orlando City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North American soccer is bracing for a seismic move in the transfer market. Legendary French striker Andr\u00e9-Pierre Gignac has reportedly all but decided his next steps away from Liga MX, with an imminent move to MLS to become Orlando City\u2019s new star signing.<\/p>\n<p>The end of a golden era at Tigres<\/p>\n<p>The shocking news was revealed by journalist Diego Armando Medina on RG La Deportiva radio. According to the reporter, the French forward\u2019s spell with Tigres UANL has come to an end. The player\u2019s bags are already packed, and the decision is irreversible: he will not continue with the Monterrey-based club, even if they are crowned champions in the Champions Cup Final.<\/p>\n<p>A new adventure in MLS<\/p>\n<p>At 40 years old, the all-time leading scorer for the San Nicol\u00e1s de los Garza side will look to test himself in American soccer. Negotiations with the Florida franchise are at a very advanced stage. \u201cGignac is very close to confirming his move to Orlando City in MLS,\u201d Medina stated, foreshadowing the end of one of the most glorious chapters in Mexican soccer history.<\/p>\n<p>This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/es\/noticias\/adios-a-mexico-gignac-esta-cerca-de-fichar-por-el-orlando-city-42932069\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:You can read the original version in \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;You can read the original version in \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 here.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">You can read the original version in \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North American soccer is bracing for a seismic move in the transfer market. Legendary French striker Andr\u00e9-Pierre Gignac&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[121564,121563,121562,121567,46922,4392,5692,121566,139,4786,141,140,121568,121565],"class_list":["post-286911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-american-soccer","tag-diego-armando-medina","tag-gignac","tag-imminent-move","tag-liga-mx","tag-mexico","tag-mls","tag-north-american-soccer","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-city","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-shocking-news","tag-tigres"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}