Nixon writes: "Those balls [at Bolton] are now down to four. Le Toux heading for Vancouver…"
Le Toux made $179,000 in guaranteed compensation last season.
But here’s the big twist in a possible move of Le Toux and the club’s announcement that goalkeeper Faryd Mondragón has left for a team in Colombia: the Daily News also learned it could free up enough space for the Union to finally announce it purchased or intends to purchase the contract rights of midfielder Roger Torres from Colombian side America de Cali.
When asked about Torres, 19, recently, Nowak said: "Our philosophy from the beginning was to invest in youth and Roger fits that description."
Another interesting bit of news surrounds Le Toux who sources said rejected getting a closer look from English Premier League club Bolton and left the trial early. This news appears to supplant the words of Bolton manager Owen Coyle, who told the British press: "Sébastien came in for a couple of days, and to be fair to him he hadn’t trained for 4 or 5 weeks. He did fine and that’s where it is. We’d have probably needed a longer look."
But it’s said Le Toux didn’t allow any extra time and returned much to the chagrin of Union officials perhaps looking forward to a transfer fee upwards of $1 million. Union boss Peter Nowak offered no comment and members of the technical staff did not return a request for comment.
It appears now any chance the Union had at persuading Bolton to reconsider may have passed as Sky Sports reported yesterday the club has focused its energies on Argentine forward Juan Manuel Iturbe. Coyle told Sky: "We do have one loan signing available to us. We're hopeful we'll be able to add before the window closes."
