We have all been talking about needing depth in the defense this off-season. While our core seems to play quite well, Frank Klopas and Co. have been working behind the scenes trying to help the situation.
Today Frank told the media that they have been talking with Arne Friedrich. For those of you that are not familiar with Arne here are some numbers. How about 350 club starts and 82 national caps for Germany. Friedrich is 32 years old, and touted as one of the best defensive players in Germany. This is a top notch European defenseman through and through. He is a free agent right now so we would not have to pay a transfer fee to get him. While in 2010 Wolfsburg paid 2,000,000 euros to Hertha Berlin to acquire his services. All I got to say is, if this works out it might be one of the better moves Chicago has made in years. Here is to hoping that they can iron out the details.
In other player news Lee Nguyen was released by Vancouver this afternoon. Their trash could be our treasure. At only 25 years old, Lee has already earned multiple caps for the US. He has played in the Netherlands, Denmark, and Vietnam. And before everyone trashes me about not needing another midfielder, It must be stated that he is a very good forward. At Eindhoven he played wing in an aggressive 4-3-3 system. He is only getting 60k this year from the MLS and would be a huge improvement to our frontline. Whomever gets this guy will surely get their monies worth.
For rumors I hope these morsels filled your appetites for today. It would be very nice to no longer have to right about rumors, but write about an actual deal instead. Oh well maybe tomorrow.
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