The Philadelphia Union have signed Swiss international and Bundesliga veteran Tranquillo Barnetta on a free transfer using targeted allocation money.
Barnetta has trained with the Union for the past week in a feeling out process, according to a report on MLSSoccer.com, and traveled with the team to their away loss at D.C. United over the weekend.
OFFICIAL: @philaunion acquire Swiss International Tranquillo Barnetta. Welcome to the club! http://t.co/yuYt9Qmyd2 pic.twitter.com/zD5Lnyda7Z
- Philadelphia Union (@PhilaUnion) July 29, 2015
Barnetta, 30, played for Schalke in the Bundesliga last season, making 22 appearances and scoring three goals. Over his three years at Schalke, he made 60 appearances across all competitions.
The Swiss player spent the majority of his career with Bayer Leverkusen and had loan spells at both Hannover 96 and Eintracht Frankfurt.
Ahead of the signing, Union coach Jim Curtin said his time training with the Union was very positive and that the three-time World Cup participant fit in and trained well with the squad.
