The Dangerous Aside

Something toward the end of this piece from Ives on Bobby Convey struck me funny:

The acquisition of Convey will also cost San Jose its No. 1 spot in the MLS allocation order, which is used to determine which MLS team has the first right to sign any U.S. national team players looking to sign with MLS. That would mean Los Angeles moves up to the No. 1 spot in the allocation order, which could set up the Galaxy to land U.S. national team midfielder DaMarcus Beasley, who is desperate to leave Glasgow Rangers and who could be reunited with former U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena (and long-time U.S. teammate Landon Donovan, assuming Donovan doesn't stay in Germany).

Now, I know Beasley almost went to Schalke during the transfer window, and obviously he's been getting short shrift on playing time, but I haven't seen any reports anywhere that Beasley is "desperate" to leave. It just seems like something you don't leave unsourced, and strikes me, again, as a bit of Sam Smith disease, where you convince yourself something is true because of somewhat circumstantial evidence, then start repeating it as fact.

It also may be one of those things where Ives has the goods, but was told in confidence, so this is a bit of an end-around through winking and nudging, just slipping a scoop into the conversation like everybody knows it already and hoping nobody notices. I know I've seen that happen before.

But I'd like to see some sourcing, that's all.