I will keep this relatively brief, lest I fall into a manhole in trench coat. The recently confirmed list of MLS suitors for Sacha Kljestan from (I believe, and forgive me If I am wrong somewhere) Ives Galarcep, Jeff Carlisle and Steven Goff was LA, Seattle, NYRB and Philly Union. I will now see those gentleman (as all four currently remain in the race) and raise them interested parties Chicago, two other MLS sides I will not discuss yet, longtime admirers Gent, an Eredivisie club (working on a confident hunch) and at least one other team from Europe. And while all this is going on, Anderlecht have asked the American to stay at least until the end of the season. It turns out manager Besnik Hasi – who put Kljestan up for sale for the second time last month – remembered that his squad will be light four African Cup of Nations participants for a while as they chase three crowns. Oof.
There will be a full MLSS report before long that contains as many ways to express the concept of “at least” as one could think of – reason being that I still may be underestimating the crowd by yet another a couple of teams. Stay tuned…
– Greg Seltzer