Chivas finalizing $5 million deal for Fire midfielder Brian Gutiérrez: Sources

Chivas is finalizing a deal to sign Brian Gutiérrez from the Chicago Fire, sources briefed on the deal told The Athletic on Thursday.

The deal is worth $5 million, the sources said. CF Monterrey had a bid rejected previously, while Club America was also interested in Gutiérrez.

The midfielder just received his Mexican passport.

Gutiérrez, 22, has already accrued 164 first-team appearances for the Fire. He’s a graduate of the club’s academy and has become a key player in the first team for the last four years. He had a career-best 11 goals and four assists across all competitions this season.

The Fire made the playoffs for the first time since 2017 this season, the first under head coach and sporting director Gregg Berhalter.

“Guti (Gutiérrez) is definitely a really high-level player. He had an amazing season,” Berhalter said to The Athletic in November.

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