EF are going to sign someone good.
It makes sense, though, doesn't it? Nippo is set to join as a co-sponsor and they've lost so many riders on presumably high contracts and were even compensated for Martinez, so they should have some money left.
I was hoping for this all along since it was announced that NTT would quit, although recently I was rooting more for climbing-focused signigs and was disappointed to read that O'Connor and Mader have signed elsewhere but I would definetely welcome Valgren.
Though with him, Cort, Bettiol and Bissegger it seems like a bit heavy on similar type of riders while lacking in other departments. Maybe they've been inspired by Sunweb who had a great TdF with a bunch of similar type of riders as well.