MLS silly season is in full swing, with several clubs already making big swings in the market in a renewed attempt at a Cup run. Incoming business for the New York Red Bulls has been customarily slow, expected to pick up soon with links to foreign strikers and family friends.
But one major question mark lingers around fan favorite left back John Tolkin, with sources confirming more tangible links for a move abroad that had been practically assumed since the promising fullback integrated into the senior side. Recently named the most promising U-21 “defensive left-back” in the world by Swiss statistics nerds at the CIES Football Observatory, the Chatham native is reported to have marked interest from New York’s siblings in Salzburg, with more casual looks from Leipzig, Nottingham Forest, and an Anderlecht side already accustomed to poaching New York fullbacks.