Duncan McGuire is just not headed to the English Soccer League Championship. At the least not till the summer time.
The EFL has rejected Blackburn Rovers’ utility to register McGuire on mortgage for the rest of the present league season. Blackburn initially thought it had secured the mortgage signing of McGuire from Orlando Metropolis on February 1, however the EFL introduced Tuesday that the registration paperwork have been submitted after the 11 p.m. switch deadline.
Blackburn Rovers introduced it didn’t click on to submit the applying to the EFL till after the closure of the window on account of human error however argued that every one related particulars had been agreed, signed and uploaded onto the system prematurely of 11 p.m.
“As was beforehand communicated by the membership, Rovers will fly over to america over the approaching weeks to attempt to conclude a pre-contract settlement with Orlando Metropolis, in order that the 23-year ahead can formally develop into a Rovers participant in the summertime,” the membership introduced Thursday.
“Rovers want to sincerely thank Duncan McGuire and the participant’s consultant, in addition to Orlando Metropolis and the supporters of each golf equipment, for his or her persistence and understanding on this matter, which can hopefully attain a optimistic conclusion sooner or later,” the assertion added.
McGuire, a former Mac Hermann award winner at Creighton College, scored 15 objectives for Orlando Metropolis final season. His stellar rookie marketing campaign in MLS led to his first U.S. males’s nationwide staff call-up and debut in January’s 1-0 pleasant loss to Slovenia.
Orlando Metropolis opens its 2024 schedule on February 21 towards Canadian facet Calvary FC within the revamped CONCACAF Champions Cup.