Sporting KC Rumors, Results and Wicky’s Job Security

For the Glory KC is back with the 188th episode of the show!

Sporting Kansas City had a very busy week. They played two more games, which we’ll get to, but they also were much more firmly linked to Brazilian winger Andre Luiz (sorry for calling him David on the podcast over and over before getting my act together).

Tom Bogert is reporting the deal isn’t done yet, but “it is getting closer.”

He and Globo (Brazil) are both reporting an $18 million transfer fee with up to $4m in add-ons. Other outlets have it even higher. Sheena and I work through all the feelings on this. Is it too much money? Does it matter if Peter Mallouk will keep spending? Will he make this team better? And we can’t forget to talk about Mo Salah more as well and if that deal remains a possibility.

Then we work our way through the highest of highs and the lowest of lows in a week. Sporting KC played their first home game in two months and defeated Minnesota United. But then they went on the road and laid an egg in a 4-0 loss to LAFC.

It had quite a few people calling for Raphael Wicky’s job, just 17 games into the season. With 17 to go, is it too early to pull the plug?

Plus, we talk briefly about the blown call that PRO admitted to around the St. Louis City SC game and some big Gianluca Busio news.

PRO Referees Admit Mistake in Sporting KC vs. St. Louis City

In KC Current news, they lost. Again. They are an abysmal 1-3-1 since returning from their World Cup break. It makes that world’s best team slogan come off really silly. This time they lost to the Boston Legacy, who are way down the table.

In the Digital Crawl, we hit a few more topics:

• Kansas City World Cup ratings (we’re #1 baby!)
• Casemiro’s deal with Inter Miami
• And a huge transfer fee for a 15-year-old, Benji Flowers, out of FC Dallas

Here is a rundown of sections and start times:

• Intro – 0:00
• Sporting KC – 7:07
• KC Current – 1:07:48
• Digital Crawl – 1:19:51

Upcoming Games

• KC Current vs. Racing Louisville – WED, July 29th at 7:00PM CST
• KC Current vs. Angel City FC – SAT, Aug. 1st at 5:30PM 
• Sporting KC vs. Houston Dynamo – SAT, Aug. 1st at 7:30PM

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