lol FWIW I always give credit to people who pass on stories (unless they don't want to be named).
As for the Mix thing, I spoke to someone else, and I'll leave the details intentionally vague, who gave me some information about Mix so I reached out to a few people but was unable to confirm it. But yes, the general gist is that Mix's situation will be clarified by the time the team returns to the US.
AsJGarrettLieb mentioned, when you get info like this you have to be paranoid.
I don't think K Kjbert has a bad source because I've been able to corroborate things he's said in the past but no one is ever 100% right, things change. Maybe that was the original plan and they changed it. Anyways, I also don't have constant information. They've locked down the leaks so it's really hard to get anything from inside the FO now.
Have they locked down the leaks or only the leaks they don't want us knowing about? There is rather a large difference between a leak and a leak.
A leak would be quietly telling certain respected members of the NYCFC fan community certain pieces of information in order to reassure the fanbase that things are progressing and the world isn't falling apart as match 1 kickoff approaches. See our collective reactions about signings to see why the fan relationships people might get their way once in awhile. Kjbert and NYCFCfan meet this specific requirement quite well. They are well respected but have little official say in anything, and can be wrong without much annoyance on anyone's part. On the other hand, someone like roxfontaine would be the last person you'd want to leak something to (that he's allowed to talk about). He has way too much credibility, if he's saying something its because the FO wants the SG's to hear about it first for whatever reason.
A leak is an annoying thing, a piece of information that has managed to get where it shouldn't be. Little buggers should be hunted down with extreme prejudice and squashed, from the front office perspective.
I believe you two gentlemen are in possession of a proper leak with respect to Mix. Something to quiet the fans down a bit.
