Sporting Kansas City is renovating — or at least supplementing — the front line of its offense in 2017.
Sporting KC has agreed to deals in principle with wingers Latif Blessing and Gerso Fernandes, a source told The Star. The agreements will bring both players to MLS for the first time.
Fernandes, 25, has played professionally in Portugal for six seasons. Blessing, 19, was recently named the most valuable player of the Ghana Premier League after leading the league with 17 goals.
While Sporting KC striker Dom Dwyer has scored 50 goals over the past three years — including 16 in 2016, despite relinquishing penalty-kick duties — Sporting KC has endured a dip in production from those surrounding him on the front line.