"You get to play against New York City and against [Andrea] Pirlo, [David] Villa and [Frank ] Lampardand you will play another team that haven't got all those DPs [designated players] and you are playing a different game.
In response, on Thursday and Friday, some Twitter users in India switched their display pictures to black: For those wondering why some of us have changed our DPs to black, this is a mark of protest against this coward and illegitimate government!
A: To be honest with you, I'd be surprised if any player we signed, foreign or DPs... it's really something that comes down to money.
And a lot of time I hear people, talking about DPs coming to just take the money, if you look at some players, there are a lot of DPs in this league, you can see they put their bodies in.
Considering Kaká is on $7.2m a year – in excess of any of his fellow DPs and roughly 100 times what Wynalda earned at his peak – to spread his Orlando largesse as far as possible, it is a remarkable statement from the ex-MLSer.
There've been various sightings of the relevant MLS execs around town and it's assumed it's about to happen, but there are still loose ends such as what happens with Christian Tiffert, since Seattle are maxed out on DPs.
That said, the league-wide history of DPs taking time to effect real change in their teams, appears to be holding up in Toronto.
"You can imagine: Ford is used to having the biggest Hollywood DPs [directors of photography] shoot their commercials, and this kid shoots wedding videos," he says.
Doing it while down a man and with injuries to two DPs is a great thing.
"In the end, it was a case of telling the DPS that we didn't agree with the agent's decision, then the DPS asked for full background.
This investigation, led by the DPS, not Operation Weeting, has always been about establishing whether a police officer has leaked information, and gathering any evidence that proves or disproves that.
