I know a few folks up north that would love to see this happen. Manchester City legend Paul Dickov is currently in Toronto on trial with the Reds. He’s 37-years old but he’d be a Dichio type guy up there in terms of leadership and effort brought to the field.

But would he really help their offense?

It’s been an on and off discussion between striker Paul Dickov and MLS side Toronto FC. A couple weeks ago it was on and then a day later it was off.

As luck would have it today those talks are back on between the two sides.

Former Leicester City striker Paul Dickov has turned down the chance of a return to The Walkers Stadium and is set to move to Major League Soccer.

Dickov is currently in Canada for talks about a switch to Toronto FC who play in the US league.

The 35-year-old Scot spent part of last season on loan at Blackpool, who were also interested in signing him.

Dickov turned down Toronto to possibly join Leicester City, but now he has had a change of heart. He turned down Leicester City over the weekend and is now in Canada talking with Mo Johnston again about joining the club.

For those who may not recall, the Reds put a discovery claim on Dickov so they have the rights to him and to discuss a contract with him before any other club.

Should Dickov sign with the club I will pass along that information to you all. I do know he won’t be a big DP style contract from the club but he should get decent money ($200 to $300K range). This pretty much will confirm that Jeff Cunningham’s days are numbered in Toronto if Dickov signs with the club.

What do you all make of these new developments?

Just when Toronto FC thought they had their man it turns out they may not. Paul Dickov was set to join the Reds on an 18-month contract worth $500,000.

According to reports out of England, Dickov turned down Toronto’s offer and could be joining Leicester City.

The 35-year-old had been expected to accept Simon Grayson’s offer of a new deal at Bloomfield Road after choosing not to join MLS side Toronto FC.

He joined Blackpool on-loan in January and his six goals proved vital in the club’s fight against relegation in the Coca Cola Championship.

However, the Daily Star claims that new Leciester boss Nigel Pearson has given him the chance to move to the Walker’s Stadium.

So if this is indeed true, it sounds like Toronto will have to look elsewhere for another striker. Maybe Turkish striker Hakan Sukur? Someone out there seems to think so because according to Sukur’s Wiki page he has already signed with Toronto. There are a couple other names floating out there so who knows what Mo Johnston will actually do.

More on this as details come down…

The transfer window is open and running right now. A couple MLS clubs are already cashing in as some transfers/signings are now official (that list will come in a bit). Another signing that is looking to be a little closer to being finalized is one up in Toronto.

According to Soccer America and another source, Toronto is close to signing forward Paul Dickov for an 18-month contact worth about $500,000. Dickov will make close to the league maximum next season and be paid about half of that for the rest of this season. His acquisition is expected to be announced today, or as soon as there is a roster slot available. The Reds waived Andrea Lombardo last week but still needs to trim a player to make room for Dickov. Continue Reading…

All this week I’ve heard nothing but trade talk and transfer talk from one player to the next. Some I totally buy and a lot of it I totally buy as just talk. Its fun how rumors get started and how people believe them so damn easy.

I’m not totally knocking those people who are believing everything they hear or see out there. Some of it may actually happen and I will be wrong in the process but more than likely from the people I’ve talked to over the past couple weeks most of the talk is just that, talk.

So what do I make of different rumors and trades going on? Well, over the last couple of days while I have been on vacation I have watched countless rumors flood in like something was going out of style. So let’s go through them here real quickly and try to see what has legs and what has just a bunch of people thinking wishfully here.

Amazingly a lot of it centers around Toronto FC and Carlos Ruiz. Not necessarly the two getting together in a deal but what Toronto is looking to do with a number of players and what LA is trying to do with Ruiz. Continue Reading…

Another Monday Kicker here on WVHooligan.com. We are zeroing in on that summer transfer window to open up so of course there is a lot of talk right now in the world about a few players making their way to the MLS. Some are probably decent rumors, while others are probably nothing more than a bit of talk.

You can be the judge on some of these rumors, I’m fairly certain about some of these. Forgive me if some of this is a few days old.

I want to start here in my town, Dallas, about a little rumor about Manchester United going after teenage prospect at FC Dallas, Brek Shea. I know this one is almost a week old but it falls into the category in my books of a “yeah, riiiight” in terms of likely happening. Continue Reading…