CF Montreal has traded Sierra Leonean veteran MLS striker Kei Kamara to the Chicago Fire on Friday – in return, CFM receives up to $400,000 in Targeted Allocation Money.

He featured in 39 games across all competitions in 2022, scoring nine times. Over the years, Kamara, 38, 139 goals are the third-most in MLS history.

“We are excited to welcome Kei Kamara to the Fire,” said Chicago Fire FC Sporting Director Georg Heitz.

“Kei has shown throughout his career that he can consistently produce goals in MLS, including this past season with CF Montréal. Not only will he help to make us more dangerous in the attacking third, but he will bring experience and leadership to the squad. Kei will be an important addition to the team as we continue to build the squad for the 2023 season.”

A 16-year MLS veteran, Kamara has played in 391 regular season matches, logging 313 starts and 28,668 minutes played. 

During that time, Kamara scored 139 goals and registered 54 assists. His 139 goals are ranked as the third-most in MLS history, and Kamara currently has the most goals in League history among all active players. 

Additionally, he is one of 10 players in MLS history and the only active player to have scored more than 100 regular season goals in his career.

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Sierra Leone right back Osman Kakay and the rest of Queens Park Rangers teammates took their first training under newly appointed boss Gareth Ainsworth on Tuesday. 

Gareth Ainsworth replaced sacked Neil Critchley after just 12 games in charge at Loftus Road.

The Hoops’ new boss, who signed a three-and-a-half-year deal at Loftus Road, the first task is against Blackburn Rovers in front of the homes fans. 

Kakay, 25, will be hoping to impress his new boss in return for regular first-team football. He played the full throttle of their 3-1 defeat to Middlesbrough on Saturday.

During this campaign, Kakay has featured eighteen times for the Championship side in all competitions.

Having been on the books at QPR since the age of eight, Kakay has worked his way up through the Rangers youth ranks and has now got his part to play in Mark Warburton’s side.

Read Osman Kakay’s Queens Park Rangers Journey

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On loan from Nottingham Forest, Sierra Leone native Tyrese Fornah has admitted that he will sign a permanent deal with Reading if it is up to him.

The midfielder, 23, scored a last-gasp winner as Reading defeated Rotherham on Tuesday. 

Speaking about Reading being a potential permanent home, Fornah said: “I would love to (sign permanently). If it was down to me, I would literally sign today,” the midfiedler quoted in Wokingham Today.

“There’s a bigger picture between the two clubs, but I do hope my future is here long term. “I’m not thinking about it now, and I’ll wait until the summer, but now, for me is just about performing, getting back into the team and playing well. 

“That’s my main focus. I don’t care about anything else, I just care about playing, and I’m trying to get as many minutes as I can, play well, and hopefully get a few goals as well.” 

Fornah spent six years at the Reading academy, having joined the club in 2012 before he left to join Brighton & Hove Albion and then Nottingham Forest. if given a chance. 

On 8 July 2022, The Royals announced that Fornah had signed a season-long loan with Championship side Reading.

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