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"No Pirlo, No Party" a banner from New York City FC fans read when the sky blue hosted the Montreal Impact on June 13. Incessant rumours about Andrea Pirlo's imminent move to the MLS expansion team have become deafening over the last two weeks, and we're no longer able to ignore them. This afternoon Italian transfer market specialists have spoken at unison: Andrea Pirlo will follow the path of Sebastian Giovinco, Marco Di Vaio, and the legendary Roberto Donadoni across The Pond, to Major League Soccer's New York City FC: Gazzetta.it Carlo Laudisa: #Pirlo ha scelto di lasciare subito la #Juve : andrà a giocare a New York — Carlo Laudisa (@carlolaudisa) June 23, 2015 Goal.it Romeo Agresti: Pirlo a New York. Grande esclusiva di Goal. — Romeo Agresti (@romeoagresti) June 23, 2015 Gazzetta.it Nico Schira replied to us confirming that the move will take place this summer. @CatenaccioNA immediate in July — Nicolò Schira (@NicoSchira) June...

After rumours about Toronto FC's interest in central defender Santacroce, the MLS outfit has signalled interest in central midfielder Daniele Galloppa. Anthony Totera broke the news via Twitter that the Italian is currently training with TFC: So Daniele Galloppa trained with the Reds yesterday he would be a very good addition bravo Tim n Tim another Italian player possible love it — A. Totera (@4totera) June 17, 2015 This was confirmed later by the Toronto Sun's Kurtis Larson: Club confirms that Daniele Galloppa is on trial with Toronto FC. — Kurtis Larson (@KurtLarSUN) June 17, 2015 Rumours about TFC's interest in the midfielder were mentioned here earlier as part of the Corriere Canadese's Leonardo Molinelli's report, back in May and by Nicolò Schira on April 24. It seems that interest has materialized. Galloppa is a 30 year old journeyman of Serie A who is a product of Roma's youth system. While representing Italy at the youth level (...

Allowing 14 goals in 10 matches and accumulating only 4 wins out of 10 outings Toronto FC's defense is definitely in need of a boost. Stalwart defender Steven Caldwell has been injured too often to be relied on as per Greg Vanney's plans and his future at the club is being questioned. Enter Parma defender Fabio Santacroce, 28, Brazilian-born but of Italian citizenship and pedigree. Santacroce was born to an Italian father and moved to Italy as a child. In late April, Italian journalist Nicolò Schira tweeted that more Italians are looking to make a trip across the pond, among which Santacroce: Dopo #Giovinco altri italiani possono approdare in #MLS e al #Toronto : nel mirino ci sono #Santacroce e #Galloppa del #Parma . #CalcioMarket — Nicolò Schira (@NicoSchira) April 24, 2015 In yesterday's Corriere Canadese , Leonardo Molinelli wrote that Fabiano Santacroce's arrival in Toronto is imminent. In fact, the Italo-Brazilian might make the move as e...