He’s not the youngest signing in Major League Soccer history, but he’s close.
Gianluca Busio will ink a Homegrown contract with Sporting KC at the age of 15 years and three months. Assuming it comes true -- it will -- only Freddy Adu will have been younger when signing a senior deal.
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Busio has nine goals in 17 U-15/16 Academy games this season. It’s not like he’s going to light the league on fire tomorrow, but still worth making a note of the name (which does have a certain panache).
Here’s a little more on Busio, from stalwart Kansas City Star reporter Sam McDowell.
Though if you’re a bit too fired up to see the kid get after it, here’s our own Andy Edwards to hammer down on the chill button.
This is all about #SportingKC guaranteeing a transfer fee/retaining his MLS right if/when he goes to Europe, not to play him in 2017. https://t.co/yoziwyGVK8
— Andy (@AndyEdMLS) August 24, 2017