This rumor certainly hasn’t developed along an ordinary trajectory, but it’s developing nonetheless: A whole host of Costa Rican journalists are reporting Saprissa centerback Julio Cascante is coming to the Portland Timbers.
We ran down a fuller history of this rumor a couple weeks ago, but here’s the TL;DR version: Cascante was linked to the Timbers last spring, but it sounded more like a longer-term target; then the rumor went completely silent for months; then rumors of him coming to MLS (and maybe Portland?) started popping up again earlier this month, timing that lined up conveniently with Gavin Wilkinson making a trip to Costa Rica (on the same weekend in which Saprissa played Herediano).