By IVES GALARCEP
Toronto FC’s courtship of top European forwards has been going on for months, and now it appears that quest for a top striker is ready to bear fruit.
The Daily Mirror is reporting that TFC is set to make Tottenham forward Jermain Defoe the highest-paid player in MLS history, in a four-year, $7.5 million per-year deal that will come after a reported MLS-record $9.72 million transfer. The deal is expected to become official when the winter transfer period opens on January 1st.
The move would reunite Defoe with Toronto FC head coach Ryan Nelsen, who was Defoe’s teammate for a brief time with Tottenham.
Toronto FC has also been linked with Italian striker Alberto Gilardino.
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