Calling a recent report on failed attempts to lure Andre Blake to England a “non-story,” Philadelphia Union head coach Jim Curtin maintains that the club has not received any formal offers for the star goalkeeper.
“Different things come up, agents come up with different ideas to benefit their players and it’s a situation where nothing concrete came from the clubs that were listed,” Curtin said in his weekly press conference on Wednesday.
The report, published on Goal.com on Monday, stated that two English Premier League clubs - Crystal Palace and Brighton & Hove Albion - were preparing multi-million dollar offers for Blake but that neither would be successful because Jamaica’s low FIFA rating would prevent Blake from getting a U.