Let’s just start with this, we have no indication that Sporting Kansas City is the MLS team behind a leaked $7.5 million transfer fee. Unlike other websites, we won’t cite imaginary “sources.” Instead we just want to highlight that statistically, it’s possible. Sporting KC have the ability to buy down one of their current Designated Players, they have an open international roster spot and they have been linked to many strikers around the world over the last year or so.
First, the leak. The first page of a contract from MLS from May 31, 2018 showed that the league (remember MLS operates as a single entity) offered $7.