Saputo "Talks still ongoing with USL"

UPDATE: 5h55pm ( bottom of the post)

Joey Saputo made the following statement this morning:

Following the release issued earlier today by the Team Owners Association (TOA), Montreal Impact President Joey Saputo made the following statement: “I wish to reiterate that there are still ongoing talks between the Montreal Impact and the USL. We continue working on different options for the 2010 season, including the possibility that the Impact take part in the USL-1 or in a new league. We created the Team Owners Association in January 2008 in order to take our destiny in our own hands, as is the case in any other league worldwide. It is already November 10 and we needed to submit to the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) an application for the creation of a new league for this option to remain viable.”

So once again, we will have to wait and see to find out what the deal is for 2010. Quite frankly this is dragging on and on and the general sentiment among most fans is "hurry up and make a decision". Joey Saputo seems to be using this press release as a bargaining chip to gain concessions from USL, and that might just be a good strategy after USL released their "Everything is great and beautiful" press release last week.

More on this later....

Update:

Joey Saputo also clarified his position in relation to the Team Owners Association:

"Montreal is fully committed to its fellow teams and to the new league application. As Chairman of the Team Owners Association (TOA), I can say that myself and every TOA member has always been open to discussions with the USL, which would give the teams the requisite ownership and control over our league. However, since USL has historically and currently been unwilling to grant us that necessary ownership and control, we have applied to launch a new league and that endeavour has my personal attention and commitment."

It goes on and on and on and on......