A new year, a new Figo-to-MLS rumor

First of all, Happy New Year to everyone!!  May 2008 bring my readers many blessings including good health, good fortune, and good football.

I am still on vacation in Florida, but I saw this article on Luis Figo in the Costa Rican newspapers that says that he has signed a two-year deal with AEG.  (Here's the original article that Al Día referenced.)  So he just might be coming to one of the AEG-owned teams -- Houston, Chicago, or LA Galaxy.  It probably won't be the Dynamo, who are quite happy with their existing squad and don't want to make the necessary off-loading required to acquire Figo.  Which leaves Chicago or the LA Galaxy.  And who would be surprised if he ended up going to the Galaxy? 

More to come in the next few days.

UPDATE: Steve Goff doubts the veracity of the rumor, and so do the people he has talked to on the issue.

UPDATE #2: Ives Galarcep - at his new site - asks whether Figo would go to the Galaxy, and whether he could still contribute.

UPDATE #3:  As Eric said in the comments, the Fire aren't an AEG team anymore, so that leaves the Galaxy.  His suggestion was quite funny!  But it's all a mute moot point anyway, because Figo has said that a deal is not in the works...for now.

CORRECTION: My goodness, I really did know that 'moot' was spelled that way.  Who said engineers can spell anyway?

Comments

[ERic]

Only it can't be Chicago, since they're not an AEG team anymore. So that leaves LA. I keep wondering how many DPs they're going to stack up. The rest of the league should just give all their DPs to LA and NY and get it over with.

[Eric]

Points are never mute. They are moot.

One of my pet peeves.:)