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👀 Árabe ya inscribió a Blas Pérez. Además, llegó el CTI (Certificado de Transferencia Internacional). Puede debutar este fin de semana. — JOSÉMIGUEL DOMÍNGUEZ (@JoseMiguelDomi) January 31, 2017

Pérez wasn’t re-signed by the Whitecaps last December, though there was some reported interest in bringing him back on a lower salary (that goes in the “of course, why not file”) but

Árabe is up against Pérez’s previous MLS club, FC Dallas, in the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals — but because he played for the Whitecaps in the group stage last summer, he’s cup-tied and won’t be able to play for his new club in CCL action.

Erik Hurtado and new signing Yordy Reyna are only the specialist strikers currently on the Whitecaps’ roster, though Kekuta Manneh played as a deep-lying striker behind Hurtado in the club’s first two pre-season games.

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