Quiet, unassuming, kept under wraps. Maybe CF Montreal has been harbouring MLS’ most brilliantly kept secret for most of the last ten years...
Only time will tell, of course and there’s a long way to go before anyone applies that label to Wilfried Nancy, but there’s been enough evidence already to at least set minds thinking.
Of course football’s a fickle business, and as the man himself said just yesterday when asked specifically about critics, “Today, it’s positive for us because we won, but in ten days time maybe it will be the opposite.”
And although it’s been a start to make Montreal fans dream, you get the unmistakeable feeling the 44-year-old Frenchman has his feet planted firmly on the ground.