The transfers all took advantage of the players' situations with their respective teams in Europe, all allowing the players to essentially take buyouts from their former clubs and thus accept lower salaries to play for the Galaxy. While the age of the three signees — 31, 32 and 35 — should cause some concern in L.A., these are players who were on multi-million dollar deals in Europe. De Jong once commanded a $26 million transfer fee and was owed $7 million, while Cole was also on massive salary at Roma.