You get the impression Toronto FC are enjoying the fact that their offseason activity is making only minor waves around MLS. Chris Mavinga, signed from Rubin Kazan, is likely to be one of two major additions to the team this winter and yet his arrival on Tuesday was accompanied by a single short article on the club website and four sentences of comment from general manager Tim Bezbatchenko.
Contrast that with Romain Alessandrini, another Ligue 1 export who became the LA Galaxy’s latest designated player later in the day. At the time of writing, the Galaxy had dedicated five stories at the top of their website’s homepage and all manner of social-media promotion to the winger, who moved to California from Marseille.