Montreal Impact owner Joey Saputo accuses Antonio Di Natale of ‘using’ the MLS
Di Natale - Udinese
The 37-year-old striker has said he will leave the Zebrette at the end of the season, and rumour had suggested an offer of €7 million was on the table from an MLS side.
“Di Natale is using MLS to improve his contract with Udinese,” Saputo told the media in Montreal, according to MLSsoccer.com.
“I’ll tell you clearly, honestly: no one has offered Di Natale $4 million [a season – €3.5m] for two years. Guaranteed. No one in the league gave him that.
“He’s just using that to try to better his offer. And the problem is that, again, a lot of people are starting to use MLS as that ‘you know what, there’s a lot of money available there.’
“So we have to be very, very careful. Di Natale is not a profile we would go after, guys.”