The Los Angeles Football Club, aiming to become the fourth MLS expansion club to reach the playoffs in its first season, may have to continue that quest without captain and center back Laurent Ciman. On Monday, the club was close to completing a transfer that would send him to Dijon of France’s Ligue 1.
Ciman, 33, is in the final year of a contract that was worth $661,666.67 this season, according to figures provided by the MLS players union. He wanted an extension. His deal with Dijon is thought to be for two years with a third-year option.