Maccabi Tel Aviv are hot on the trail of D.C. United and United States defender Steve Birnbaum. It was reported back in June that they offered $500,000 for the center back in an attempt buy him.
ESPN Basketball reporter, and part-time soccer reporter, Marc Stein, says that the Israeli club have upped their offer to $800,000 and that the USMNT defender wants to make the move, but D.C. United don't want to sell. Likely because he's their best defender and selling him for no reason makes absolutely no business sense.