The Sporting Kansas City Post
Market8 Mar 2027
Zorhan Bassong hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sporting Kansas City can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
Calvin Harris: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sporting Kansas City have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets8 Mar 2027
Sporting Kansas City rebuffed over Jovan Lukić
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Philadelphia Union have kept their man, and Sporting Kansas City go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets8 Mar 2027
An offer of $950.0K for Luis Otávio
Sporting Kansas City have gone to Orlando City with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
David Dest signs on for the long haul
Sporting Kansas City moved before anybody else could: a new deal for David Dest, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Brooks Lennon signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Brooks Lennon commits to Sporting Kansas City for another 3 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Emir Karić wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Sporting Kansas City know it.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Words exchanged at Sporting Kansas City
Diego Fagúndez and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
2 academy graduates step up at Sporting Kansas City
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
In brief
- Market One of our own: DeAndre Moore joins the Sporting Kansas City first team
- Market One of our own: Aaron McKennie joins the Sporting Kansas City first team
- Match Real Salt Lake take the points off Sporting Kansas City