Perhaps the most intriguing rumor this offseason was that the Seattle Sounders offered Boca Juniors $14 million for Dario Benedetto. That would have been a MLS record transfer fee and seemed to suggest the Sounders were ready to open their checkbooks quite unlike they ever have before.
Almost immediately after that news dropped, I started hearing from various places that the report was inaccurate. Nothing I could report, but enough signs that I was skeptical Sounders made the bid. Either way, Benedetto said he wanted to remain with Boca Juniors and it was rather inconsequential.