“As you know we’ve been talking kind of on and off over the past year, and he came to us earlier this week and said: ‘Look, you know I want to play in Toronto and it’s not about the money. It’s about me playing in Toronto and finishing my career the right way,'” Manning told the. “I had a discussion with Bob Bradley and Bob’s like: ‘Look, let’s invite him to training and let’s just see how it works.
Giovinco, who maintains a home in the GTA, arrived in So Cal on Wednesday night. TFC posted a picture of the team’s all-time leading scorer working out on Thursday at camp. Giovinco played four seasons in Toronto before moving on to Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia for the 2018-19 season, where he played for three years, scoring 16 goals. He is now a free agent. Giovinco recorded 68 goals and 52 assists across 114 regular-season games with Toronto after playing for Serie A powerhouse Juventus.
According to MLS, a return by Giovinco to the league would need to go through the MLS Allocation Process since his outgoing transfer fee was $500,000 or more. Toronto currently holds the No. 3 spot behind Inter Miami CF and FC Cincinnati, respectively. The Allocation Process is the mechanism used to determine which club has first priority to acquire a player on the Allocation Ranking List.
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