Atlanta, GA - Atlanta United fan Delmond Harris stated that he was going through all the stages of grief at the potential loss of Darlington Nagbe based upon the rumors that swirled around due to the sale of his house and the tweet of Joe Patrick, a reporter for 92.9 The Game.
“I’m heading to acceptance,” stated Harris to The Nutmeg News. “I was upset and angry at first, but now I’m just glad that I got his jersey while I could even though this is all based on an online rumor.”
Harris was reportedly browsing the internet this weekend for all the content he missed after the Atlanta United game against Toronto FC when he fell down the rabbit hole of Patrick’s tweet and rumors that had Nagbe recently selling his Atlanta house.
“I couldn’t believe it, just can’t believe it,” stated Harris as he shook his head. “To see that someone else is reporting that other players in the locker room may have been saying goodbye or just giving innocent hugs and then seeing some people saying that his house may have been sold is just a stab in the heart.”
With no information coming out of Atlanta United or Major League Soccer, the official mourning for the Atlanta United career of Nagbe by Harris will have to wait, but he stated that he expects to be completely numb by the time it happens.
“I don’t know… I just feel like whether that happens in one month or three that I’m going to be fine with it because I’ve already made my peace with the situation based upon these rumors….. although I hope he stays, but now I don’t know if I want someone to stay who may or may not be planning on leaving unless he isn’t leaving in which case I want him to stay except that makes me confused and I’m just going to pretend like I’m fine with him leaving because he’s probably leaving and… well…. damn.”
The Nutmeg News will have more on this as Harris mood changes as another rumor report tries to add context to the other rumors he has seen so that he ends up just being over the whole thing anyway.