Joevin Jones is returning to the Seattle Sounders.



A source confirmed to The Athletic on Tuesday that Seattle has signed the 27-year-old Trinidad and Tobago international from German second-division club SV Darmstadt 98 for a $150,000 transfer fee payable in January 2020. The Sounders will use targeted allocation money on Jones, who will officially be added to the club’s roster pending receipt of his international transfer certificate.



German outlet Bild was the first to report the news.



Acquired from Chicago ahead of the 2016 season, Jones spent two years in Seattle before he signed a free agent deal with Darmstadt in January 2018. He recorded three goals and 19 assists in 74 regular season and playoff appearances with the Sounders, helping the club win MLS Cup 2016 and appear in the final again in 2017.



“I won’t comment on deals that aren’t completely done, as far as I know … but obviously we know Joevin well,”...