Ruuuumours ...

Since the end of the season TFC management (well Mo and Carver) have set their plans for the team in the offseason. The three main things we'll be seeing is 1. Keeping the "core" team together 2. Finding the best draft picks and 3. (let the rumours begin!!!) signing a DP!

Well it's been a busy week of hearsay now that it has been made official that this is one of their top priorities. Before the end of the season there was talk that ideally the DP would be Canadian. I have no idea who that would be because I would say there are really only two Canadians worth spending DP money at this point - Julian De Guzman and Atiba Hutchinson. Unfortunately I can't see either of them coming here considering they are both at a point in their careers where their next move could definitely be up to bigger clubs. Julian was named to La Liga's starting XI last season and Hutchinson is a key player at Copenhagen with his best years ahead of him. Other than those two guys, I would be disappointed if TFC spent DP money on any other of our internationals (no disrespect!!) but if we're getting a DP they have to be a high-impact player (imo)


Yesterday on Soccer Saturday Craig Forrest threw out the name Del Piero as an ideal target. Hey I agree ... but no way in hell! I think the shitty thing is we're going to have to be realistic with who is going to be attracted to TFC and to MLS. First off we know that money, our fan base and multicultrual city is not going to necessarily bring someone here (see Dikov, Huckerby, Sukur, Pauletta etc ...) As much as Forrest gave Seattle crap for signing Ljundberg, I actually thing THIS is the reality of MLS right now. He said it himself - he's good but way past his prime, and not at his best. Well ... we saw what happened when a supposed player who came here we THOUGHT was past his prime arrived and where is he now? OH! On loan to Milan WTF!?!? If Toronto can sign a top notch guy in his prime I'll be totally shocked. Realistically I think we might either see an older guy who is a big name and still has the goods (but not like he did in his prime) OR I'm thinking almost like a Rohan Ricketts (obviously of a higher pedigree) story where someone who was highly touted in their youth but kinda lost their way over the last few years.

November 10 is the date to mark on our calendars because that is the directors meeting where Johnson and Carver will be discussing the money needed to sign our DP. It should be interesting to see what kind of money TFC will get especially considering a report this weekend stating the MLSE is worth 1.6 BILLION DOLLARS. So 8 days to go - let the rumours continue!