The rich get richer. That's they way it might appear if this deal comes to fruition. Reports out of Costa Rica and Colombia seem to indicate that the Costa Rica national team defender has played his last game for Deportivo Saprissa and is headed north to join the Revs.

We also received this in our inbox:

Our Revolution blog has uncovered stories in the Central American press which state that 23 year old Costa Rican defender Gabriel Badilla is close to signing a 2 year deal with MLS. http://glorygloryrevolution.blogspot.com/

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Also a reader sent us an article on the move:

Vendieron a Badilla
El defensor morado Gabriel Badilla, alista maletas para viajar a la MLS.
La dirigencia saprissista logró vincularlo al equipo del New England Revolution, y Badilla partirá para los Estados Unidos el 22 de este mes.
“Es una gran oportunidad, el equipo (New England) a partir de ahora ya inició los trámites para mi partida”, comentó Badilla.
Por su parte, Ronald “Bala” Gómez manifestó ayer que cumplirá su contrato vigente con el Saprissa, por seis meses y se marcha del equipo al terminarlo. Se rumoró que el jugador deseaba dejar el equipo desde ahora, pero desde México llegó la orden para que cumpla con su contrato.


Translation:
They Sold Badilla
The purple [purple as in the color of Saprissa] defender Gabriel Badilla, packs his suitcases to travel to the MLS. The Saprissa directors [I don't know what the contextual translation would be] were able to connect [not sure if this word is supposed to have a specific soccer/futbol meaning] with the New England Revolution, and Badilla will leave for the United States the 22nd of this month.
"It's a great opportunity, the team (New England) has already started making arrangements for my departure," commented Badilla.
For his part, Ronald "Bala" Gomez said yesterday that he will finish out his existing contract with Saprissa, for 6 months and will leave the team at the end of it. It is rumored that the player was wanting to leave right now, but the orders came from Mexico to see out the rest of his contract.

Here is Badilla in action: