For those who don't scan Canadian soccer message boards daily in search of player-movement minutia, here's something unsettling: Canadian goalkeeper Milan Borjan appears to be finished with his Turkish first division club Sivasspor.
To be fair, the details surrounding this are sketchy. I mean really sketchy. The guys over at the Voyageurs board uncovered the following report (link in Turkish) saying that Borjan and two other players have been asked to leave the team.
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Borjan became something of a folk hero to hardcore Canadian soccer fans at the end of 2010 when he seemed to literally appear out of nowhere to proclaim his desire to play for Canada internationally as a way to repay the country for taking in his family during the Balkan Wars. At the time he was playing professionally in Serbia and had since made what most would agree was an upwardly mobile move to the Turkish league. That's why this news is so unfortunate if accurate.
Borjan appeared ready to step into Canada's number one goalkeeping role for this summer's crucial round of World Cup qualifying. Or at least ready to challenge his 33-year-old colleague Lars Hirschfeld for that role. If Borjan lands with an equivalent or better side elsewhere in Europe then perhaps this is for the best. If he ends up bench-warming or not playing at all for large swaths of the coming months then Canada's situation in goal just became a whole lot dicier. Again.
I've emailed the CSA to see if they know anything and will update this post if new information becomes available.
Update: Looks like Borjan last played for Sivasspor on December 12 and hasn't dressed for either of the club's two league games since.