Adrian Hanauer Takes Us Behind The Scenes Of MLS Transfer Window
The Sounders got their man in Christian Tiffert, but Adrian
Hanauer said that if the team had its druthers, they would have
also kept Alvaro Fernandez.  Adrian Hanauer made one point
crystal clear when discussing the series of events that resulted
in the Seattle Sounders trading Alvaro Fernandez and signing
Christian Tiffert: That wasn't exactly how they wanted it to
play out.  If the transfer window had gone according to plan,
the Sounders GM said he would have figured out a way to keep
Fernandez under the team's control, while also adding their new
German playmaker. Unfortunately, the league office had other
plans and made it basically impossible for the Sounders to have
their proverbial cake and eat it too.  "We tried very hard to
figure out a way to hang onto Alvaro and bring Christian in,"
Hanauer said during a Tuesday conversation with reporters.
"There isn't a 100-page rulebook on DPs at this point, so it's a
bit of a work in progress. I