Last year, Red Bulls fans on social media created the #KakuWatch hashtag to chart every rise and fall in the team’s pursuit of Alejandro ‘Kaku’ Romero Gamarra. Eventually the signing became official, and the hashtag faded away.



It may be time to dust it off and put it to work again. This time, though, the Paraguayan is on the verge of leaving MLS, not joining it. But there’s still plenty of drama to go around.



Mexican powerhouse Club America is the party interested in Gamarra, having reportedly made a bid for the player. That on its own is not headline news. But added to that news is conflict and controversy, centered on the deterioration of Kaku’s relationship with the Red Bulls organization. Now, the Paraguayan is reportedly actively seeking a way out.



The reasons given are various, and depend on who is speaking. In an interview with Univision last week, Gamarra himself said that living in New York is difficult because...