Chris Henderson, sick of this defense, set to add another center back on loan

Spanish CB Juan Berrocal is set to join Atlanta United on loan from Getafe, according to Tom Bogert.

Chris Henderson has seen enough.

After adding Albanian international center back Enea Mihaj on a free transfer after his contract with Portuguese side Famalicão expired, Atlanta United is set to add another reinforcement at the back in Spaniard Juan Berrocal.

Berrocal, 26, featured 19 times for La Liga side Getafe since arriving in 2024. He’s played more than 100 games for Eibar, Sporting Gijón and Mirandés in the Spanish second division. There are some other charts and things I’ve seen about Berrocal’s game, but diving into all those weeds is probably a needless if not foolish task. Let’s break down what this means in simple terms:

Atlanta needs center backs. It just sold off one of its up-and-comers at the position for *needed* General Allocation Money. It’s highest-paid one hasn’t played since the Pope was Argentinian. It’s other ostensible “starter” can barely get through 90 minutes unscathed. And its second-highest paid center back, who isn’t even in the team’s theoretical Best XI, could be on the verge of a buyout (given that he’s so highly paid). So the team needs bodies.