Four months after homegrown defender Kevin Ellis and Sporting Kansas City mutually agreed to take a leave of absence from each other, Ellis remains on the club’s roster.
But will he still be a member of Sporting KC when the 2018 season begins?
The short answer: It’s unlikely.
Sporting KC has received calls from other MLS teams gauging Ellis’ availability through trade. Sporting KC appears open to considering those offers, but nothing is imminent.
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Ellis agreed to take the leave of absence last September — it was not a suspension — after the two sides were “not seeing eye to eye on some things,” sources close to both parties confirmed.