Middlebrough midfielder Gaizka Mendieta is headed to Major League Soccer, according to an article in Thursday's UK rag, The Sun.
The Sun writes,
Mendieta, once valued at £30million, was restricted by injury to just 76 games in five years. He is now set to join a Major League Soccer club in the States.
The 34-year-old Spanish national teamer has suffered an injury-riddled three seasons with MIddlesbrough and had fallen out of favor with coach Gareth Southgate. There were rumors that he was on his way to the Los Angeles Galaxy last December, but he later said that he would stay and fight for a first team spot. Southgate, however, squashed his hopes for a first team, spot, saying he had "no chance."
Mendieta has denied reports of his retirement from pro football and expressed back in December his desire to play out the rest of his contract at Middlesbrough.
He has played 38 games and scored 10 goals for the Spanish national football team, and represented Spain at the 1996 Olympic Games, the 2000 European Championship, and the 2002 World Cup.
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