Damallsvenskan Newsblog

The Marta of the Day:
 
An unnamed source, close to the Women's Professional Soccer league in USA, claims that Los Angeles Sol, the club that has been negotiating with Marta's agent Fabiano Farah for at least a month, has withdrawn from the negotiations and taken back their contract offer. The club is according to the same source simply not prepared to pay the kind of money Farah has been demanding for Marta.

If this is true, it would put Umeå in an entire different position, being the only remaining alternative for Marta. She has earlier stated that if she stays in Sweden, she stays in Umeå. But Umeå's general manager Britta Åkerlund says that she has not heard anything about Los Angeles giving up on Marta: "Fabiano Farah doesn't call me that often". And Umeå isn't unaffected by the current bad economy. The Swedish sponsor market is smaller than it was last year and Umeå is reported to have to work hard to secure their finances for 2009.

Danfotboll.com: "USA-klubben drar sig ur Marta-värvning"

And honestly people, if you haven't already, do read signature papyrus comments on the whole wps situation here. It sums it up eloquently.