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Toronto FC GM Ali Curtis is still hopeful that the club will sign a new Designated Player before the Reds kick off the MLS season on Feb. 29 in San Jose.

But there also has been talk that the club might wait until the summer before signing a new DP, as there might be even more and better players available at that time.

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“From a European standpoint, this is the middle of their season, it makes it a little bit more challenging to get those players out of their contracts from their clubs in this moment,” Curtis acknowledged. “You saw a little bit of that with Alejandro Pozuelo (last season).”

TFC and Pozuelo’s former club, Racing Genk of the Belgian First Division, negotiated tooth and nail for weeks before the Reds were finally able to sign the star midfielder after the 2019 MLS season had begun. But both Curtis and coach Greg Vanney would prefer to get a player of quality now, rather than wait for the summer.