With the season opener 17 days away, the status of the Philadelphia Union’s prized offseason acquisition remains up in the air.
Mikael Uhre, who the Union acquired for a reported $2.8 million fee from Brøndby IF in his native Denmark, signed with the team on January 27 but is still awaiting finalization of his visa to officially join the group in Florida.
“I hope he gets here as soon as possible,” head coach Jim Curtin said in a Zoom call with media on Wednesday afternoon. “But, you know, we also have to have a contingency plan with the visa process in case it does take longer.