#Giovinco's transfer not a "Bloody Big Deal". His agent in Toronto for the next move

Sebastian Giovinco's announcement to the MLS isn't a "Bloody Big Deal" like his predecessor Jermain Defoe's. It's bigger.

The passage of a talented professional the calibre of Giovinco in North America - in the prime of his career - has turned heads. Mostly, Italian soccer players' heads.

With the exception of Di Vaio and Nesta, very few Serie A stars considered Major League Soccer as a destination, and no one did so in the prime of their careers. The waters chartered by Di Vaio and Nesta helped Andrea D'Amico and his client Giovinco consider the MLS as a destination to consider his future.

In his interviews with Anthony Totera on NextStarSports and with Paolo Canciani on Toronto's CHIN Radio D'Amico specified that Giovinco was not simply looking at the economic considerations (as hard as it can be not to look at $7 million/year) but was looking for a new challenge, a "project" in D'Amico's words.

The Giovinco transfer is now forcing other Italian soccer players to look at the MLS as a serious option to ply their trade in the prime of their careers. D'Amico himself said it on CHIN Radio yesterday "I've received phone calls from people asking me how to get over [to the MLS]".

Just last week, Roma midfielder and future captain Daniele De Rossi expressed his desire to come to the MLS after Roma. Giovinco's passage is a bigger than a "bloody big deal". It's a watershed moment that may send a wave of European soccer players in their prime to North America.


D'Amico in Toronto

Meanwhile, D'Amico is in Toronto, planning his client's next move. That's right. He's not quite done. Giovinco's anticipated passage to Toronto FC may turn Giovinco into a bit of a "lame duck" in Turin. This presents an opportunity for all parties involved: a January departure would save Juventus a little over €1 million of Giovinco's salary, and Toronto FC would have the player for the beginning of the season which would benefit the club in terms of sporting and marketing outcomes.

The question remains, "what's in it for Giovinco?" "who will pick up the tab of his remaining salary?" These are the rough edges that D'Amico is trying to smoothen today. In yesterday's Soccer City Show on CHIN Radio D'Amico was mum about anticipating Giovinco's passage to Toronto: "Sebastian will come to Toronto in July, if there is an update we'll give it to you". If one knows D'Amico at all, one knows something is brewing.

In the meantime, Sebastian's brother Giuseppe (also a Juventus youth product) is playing in the Italian 3rd division, in Pisa to be exact. Three years younger, and three centimetres taller, Giuseppe's conctract - conveniently - also expires this coming June. Anthony Totera intervened as a guest on CHIN Radio and asked about the possibility of bringing Giuseppe to Toronto as well, perhaps to their newly minted United Soccer League side Toronto FC II. D'Amico responded "Giuseppe Giovinco has a contract until June 2015 with Pisa. His and his brothers situations are completely divorced from each other, and we thought to keep them this way". Therefore, nothing on Giuseppe joining the Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment family - at least not yet.