Rumor Mill of Players Headed to Sounders FC

Posted by Mike on January 5, 2009 · Under Rumors · View Comments 
Fernando Morientes with Valencia

Fernando Morientes with Valencia

Soccer365.com is reporting that Valencia striker Fernando Morientes may be headed to Seattle. His value would see him earn Designated Player wages, so it would be interesting to see how Sounders FC acquires that second spot.

Also, Costa Rican defender Roy Miller is being loaned from his Norwegian club, Rosenborg, to Sounders FC according to the Ball Klub site. “Everything is moving well and should be final just around the corner”.

About Fernando Morientes- is 32 and currently plays for Valencia in Spain’s top league, La Liga. He has played for AS Monaco, Liverpool, Albacete, Zaragoza, and Real Madrid. As a member of the Spanish National Team, Morientes has 27 goals in 47 caps. In 14 years in the top French, English, and Spanish leagues, he has scored 141 goals in 390 games.

Roy Miller Playing for Rosenborg :SCANPIX

About Roy Miller- is 24 and currently plays in Norway’s top league for Rosenborg. He is primarily a Central Defender and has appeared 8 times for the Costa Rican National Team.

  • m_____s

    I hope you’re right about Miller. Every MLS team everywhere seems to be scrambling for defensive help, and it would be great to grab somebody even a little bit seasoned.

    But, the MLS’s salary structure demands teams not spend all their money building a “fantasy” team. So I’m anti-Morientes.

    Our cap figure is, what?, $2.3M? It seems unwise to dump $800K of cap space on just Morientes and Ljundberg, two aging strikers one of whom (we needn’t remind anybody) is already hurt.

  • soundersfootblog.com

    from everything i know and the few people i know, this ranks pretty high on the BS-0-meter.

    for morientes at least.  not sure about miller

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  • emilio

    Ljunberg is not a striker and he never was.

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