Sporting Kansas City’s template for sustained success features a roster flush with young, developing talent mixed with veteran overseas acquisitions.
The latest addition will be a bit of both.
Sporting KC will acquire 22-year-old midfielder Gedion Zelalem on a transfer from English Premier League club Arsenal, sources told The Star. The deal is pending MLS league-office approval.
Zelalem, once considered something of a prodigy destined for United States national team stardom, would join Sporting KC later this month. He is traveling to Kansas City to attend Sunday’s match against the Philadelphia Union. International hype has hovered over his career, receiving a noticeable bump after he inked a contract with Arsenal in 2014.