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There’s a good chance the hero of Ottawa Fury FC’s exciting 2-2 draw with Minnesota United FC on Saturday won’t be around these parts much longer.

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On a four-month contract with Fury FC, Marcel de Jong, recovering from a hyper-extended knee, started the game on the bench, but subbed in for Idan Vered and made the play that led to Ottawa’s first goal and scored the second one — in extra time — to save the day.

Will de jong stay or won’t he once his contract is up at the end of the spring season?

“I like it here,” said de Jong, a native of Newmarket, Ont. “My family just got over here and they really like it, too. My contract is until the end of June. Nothing is for sure. We’ll see what happens. When I signed here, I said it was just for four months. But things change. There’s always the chance.”

Okay, so that sounds like a maybe, but …

“I don’t think we can afford him, to be honest,” said Fury FC coach Paul Dalglish. “He’s an international player in the prime of his career. The only reason we got him was because he wanted to sign a short-term contract so he was available for the international transfer window when it opens. We’d love to keep him, but I think it’s going to be very difficult.”