Reader mailbag: What happened to Ayo Akinola at Toronto FC?
The Canadian international has never been the same since suffering an ACL injury in 2021 while on international duty with Canada.
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What happened to Ayo Akinola? He was one of the team's brightest prospects and now the club is looking to offload him.
– Dave G.
Forwards Jordan Perruzza and Ayo Akinola haven't been training with the first team the last couple of weeks and it sounds as though their days at TFC will soon come to an end. Coach John Herdman revealed on Friday that the club is looking at several options for the two youngsters, including the possibility of loan deals.
“We're pretty clear that their future needs to be away from Toronto FC to develop their careers, so we're just in the process of establishing what the loans can look like,” Herdman said.
