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According to Sky Italy's soccer transfer market guru Gianluca Di Marzio,  Toronto FC has formalized their offer for Gilardino, which he will sign in short order . Di Marzio broke the news on his twitter account in Italian, and his collaborator David Amoyal spread the news in English: This sets up a prospective an Italian striker duel with Marco Di Vaio, who works his craft for TFC's rival, the Montreal Impact.  The formal announcement is expected after Gilardino inks the deal. As stated in previous posts, Gilardino would join TFC after June 2014.

News coming from Sky Italy's Gianluca Di Marzio today has Alberto Gilardino dusting off Toronto FC's 3-year offer of $12M (that's $4M/year), who seems to have lifted his doubts about the Reds. Di Marzio broke the news in English through his right-hand-man David Amoyal : On November 6, we revealed that TFC was in the hunt for a designated player in the Red's attack , and Gilardino was their number 1 target.  However, things cooled off just a week later, with the same Di Marzio informing his followers that Gilardino was not fully convinced of Toronto as a destination. Today's update confirmed that Gilardino is very likely to come to Toronto, but only in the summer 2014  (not at season's start in March) as he wants to finish his season with Genoa, and hopefully, feature in next summer's World Cup. At Catenaccio, we continue to hold that the 2006 World champion's his main concern is to maintain a fertile environment for productivity in his ...