Welcome to another edition of Blue Notes, stories you may have missed (or never wanted to read) from the world of Sporting Kansas City and soccer in general. Let’s get to the big one.
Rumor: Newcastle, Fulham and Sheffield United Want Russell
We have to put this firmly in the ‘take this with a grain of salt’ category. The Sun is reporting that English clubs Newcastle United, Fulham and Sheffield United are all interested in a free transfer of Sporting KC winger Johnny Russell. The Sun is famously a tabloid and gets their fair share of reporting wrong, but it’s worth spending a moment talking about.