By Canadian Press

Source: Toronto reaches agreement in principle to get Alejando Pozuelro from Genk

Feb 26, 2019 | 12:11 PM

Toronto FC has got its man.

A source confirmed Tuesday that the MLS team has reached an agreement in principle to acquire Spanish attacking midfielder Alejandro Pozuelo from Belgian league-leader KRC Genk.

The 27-year-old will become Toronto’s third designated player.

TFC has holes on offence with Sebastian Giovinco and Victor Vazquez departing for greener pastures in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, respectively. TFC is also trying to move Dutch defender Gregory van der Wiel after a training camp bust-up with Vanney.

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Toronto has been after the Spaniard for some time. The stumbling block with Genk was the release clause in his contract and when, if triggered, it kicked in. Genk did not want to give him up immediately.

Both Toronto GM Ali Curtis and president Bill Manning visited Belgium last week in a bid to pry their target loose.

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Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press