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It seems the Columbus Crew wanted to bring back former New England Revolution forward Pat Noonan from Norway's Aalesund, so they made a deal where they would pay a transfer fee of $225,000, and worked out a deal with the Revolution, who held the soon to be 28-year-old's MLS rights after Noonan signed with the Norweigan Premier League side on a free transfer at the end of last year.

Noonan apparently doesn't fit in Aalesund's first team plans, as he's only made three appearances for the team (who also has former Revolution goalie Adin Brown) since signing.

However, it doesn't look like the transfer is going through, reports out of Columbus say the deal has been kiboshed by MLS, as they feel the transfer fee is too exorbitant.

MLS holds the rights to do this, due to the league's single-entity status, so despite the Crew having agreed to a fee, and working out a deal with the Revolution, it looks like Noonan will be stuck in Norway for the forseeable future.

Additionally there is more on this story at this Columbus Dispatch blog.