TFC’s Jermain Man No More
So it’s official. Well almost official – Toronto FC and Sunderland have yet to make official statements but from TSN’s report last night (and other subsequent reports), Defoe is out the door and trading one black cat for another. The question of whether or not Jozy Altidore comes here is just an MLS rule bend away and TFC appear to have recouped the money (and maybe more) that they splashed out on Defoe just a...
He’s Adequately Compensated Mark Bloom Now – TFC Sign Bloom To Multi-Year Contract
He’s ‘poor Mark Bloom’ no more! After two years of (we assume) eating ramen and carting KIA Training Ground meal leftovers home in his boot bag, TFC rightback Mark Bloom finally gets a raise and a contract extension. He’s a real Red now! Toronto FC made the announcement today that Bloom is being rewarded for a solid year at rightback for TFC. He became the surprise starter on the right for Toronto when no...
MALIGNANT RUMOUR: Ruiz-y does it.
Silly season continues in the land where five-year plans are on a ten-year lease. With Jozy, Ade and The Atomic Ant all in a holding pattern, today’s wacky whispers landed on Fulham and Costa Rica international, attacker Bryan Ruiz. Noted truth tellers the Daily Mail threw out a couple of lines towards the end of this round up of transfer windows, with Werder Bremen also apparently interested. This ESPN article also mentions...
THE STARTING 11: Re-branding ideas for the lower MLS SuperDraft rounds
At last count, MLS’ ever-expanding tally of clubs will be selecting draft eligible players over thirty-something rounds of the SuperDraft. OK, I may be exaggerating – slightly – but talk to me in a couple of years when Las Vegas is on the clock. Back to the present though and while MLS loves to trump their draft as “Super” we all know that only the top few picks of the first round are worthy of the...
Altidore to TFC deal falling into place.
With the silly season underway the rumours are piling up, but over the last couple of days a lot of reports have come out that suggest the Jozy Altidore acquisition is very much going to happen, that it will be a DP contract, and those reports of a salary of $5-6m weren’t the absolute joke that you probably think. Beyond the initial reports that we already covered here, a couple of new articles were added over the weekend. First...
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