Could Sebastian Giovinco’s chances of another MVP award be diminishing?
It wouldn’t be on account of a lack of production, rather massive money coming his way from the Chinese Soccer League.
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Great, and right when we were daydreaming about how Toronto FC’s Italian attacker could run a revenge tour on the folks who somehow left him out of the MVP finalists last year.
Giovinco turns 30 on Thursday.
From The Toronto Sun’s Kurtis Larsson:“The Chinese club seems to be very interested, but I don’t think it’ll be easy to take him away from Toronto,” Giovinco’s agent, Andrea D’Amico, told the broadcaster.
“We received an important offer from China and we’ll talk to Toronto to decide, along with Sebastian, what to do.”
Giovinco is with Toronto FC for preseason training camp, and both the club and player have shown no interest in moving on from the diminutive winger and 2015 MVP.
But if China comes calling with crazy money, say a $25-30 million transfer fee, shouldn’t TFC think twice? Any figure above $25 million would be more than the sum of the three biggest incoming transfer fees in MLS history (Miguel Almiron, Michael Bradley, Jermain Defoe).