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There will be a homecoming in Vancouver as Canadian forward Lucas Cavallini will join the Whitecaps on a transfer from Liga MX club Puebla.

According to the Whitecaps, Cavallini is being added on a “club-record transfer fee.” No terms of the fee were announced, but it could be as much as $6 million, ESPN reported, with Toronto native Cavallini agreeing to a three-year contract with an option for 2023.

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“I am happy to be here, happy for this opportunity, happy this club pushed for me, and it feels great.” Cavallini said in a release. “I am thankful to a lot of people here in Vancouver, from the ownership, to (sporting director) Axel Schuster and coach Marc Dos Santos. The team has brought me here for a reason and I have to do what I love to do, which is score goals and give the fans a lot to cheer about.”

Cavallini, who turns 27 on Dec. 28, scored five goals with two assists in 17 games for Puebla this season. He spent eight seasons in all in Uruguay and Mexico and has totalled 84 goals for his clubs and for Canada’s national team in that time.