The New England Revolution are close to signing Polish striker Adam Buksa to a designated player contract, sources have told The Athletic.



Buksa, 23, has seven goals and four assists in 19 league matches for Polish top-flight club Pogon Szczecin. He’s recorded 22 goals and 10 assists in 55 appearances since he joined the club from fellow Polish side Zaglebie Lubin in January 2018.



The sources didn’t provide the specific transfer fee that the Revs will pay Pogon for Buksa, but one indicated that it will fall between the reported $2 million they paid for Carles Gil last January and the near-$7 million they spent on Gustavo Bou in July. That would make the fee the second-largest in club history and would serve as yet another sign that the Revs, who fell behind much of the rest of the league in the second half of the decade, are moving up the MLS hierarchy.



The sources said that New England plan to play Buksa as a striker, a move that will...