Editor’s note: we were about to publish this moments before news broke yesterday. Now, though, it still has value as a discussion of whether or not Toronto FC did the right thing in selling Sebastian Giovinco.
Late in the cult classic ‘Rounders’, there is a scene where the character played by John Malkovich looks across the table, realizes that his adversary has earned it, and proven himself.
“Pay him” he says. “Pay that man his money”.
After mixed messages, rumours, reports of transfers and bad feelings, one doesn’t expect Bill Manning to utter those same words looking at Sebastian Giovinco, but should he be?