Red Bulls’ leading scorer about to activate contract extension

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 14 Agustus 2014 | 20.49

Regardless of Thierry Henry's status for next season, the Red Bulls look like they're solidifying the striker position and attacking options.

The Post has learned Bradley Wright-Phillips – who leads MLS in scoring with 18 goals – has a clause in contract that will extend the deal once he starts his 20th game. With the English forward having started 19 games, that clause could kick in when the Red Bulls host Montreal on Aug. 23.

Sporting director Andy Roxburgh also alluded to Wright-Phillips drawing significant interest from other clubs interested in his services.

"I know he talked to his agent. There's all sorts of interest now,'' Roxburgh said. "He's not only the top goalscorer in the league but scoring against Bayern [Munich in the MLS All-Star Game] – and the way he scored – that's attracting all sorts of interest.''

The Red Bulls also acquired Saer Sene on Tuesday. The 27-year-old arriving from New England and practicing with the team Wednesday.

"I was surprised," Sene said. "I got out of practice and got the news. It was a quick one but I'm happy to be here to start work.''

Sene has a long-standing friendship with Henry, the Red Bulls captain who may retire at year's end.

"I would've never thought I would've been in the same team with him one day," Sene said. "But it is soccer. When you sign professional, you have to be ready of everything. It's all the time quick change, and now I'm here. Big players like Thierry Henry, Tim Cahill, [Peguy] Luyindula and other guys, I'm happy to be here and learn from them, work hard to get in the playoffs.''

Few would have anticipated Sene being available. But lost form and differences with the coaching staff in New England put him on the market.

"One man's trash is another man's treasure, that sort of thing,'' said Red Bulls assistant Robin Fraser, who ran practice with Mike Petke gone for personal reasons. "You never know where these sort of things pop up. Every year a good player, maybe a player you wouldn't necessarily expect, but it seemed like a good fit for us and I think he'll do well.''

Sene arrived in MLS with a great debut 2012 season of 11 goals and three assists before suffering a season-ending torn right ACL on Aug. 29. When he went down, he was fourth in MLS in goals and finished the year sixth in the league Castrol Index.

He came back with five goals and five assists in just 1,218 minutes in last year's injury-shortened campaign, but he hasn't recaptured that old form this year, with just one goal in 10 games.

"Sometimes in soccer you don't agree all the time with a coaching decision, but the coach is the chief, he decides what happens or not,'' Sene said. "Physically, I'm healthy, I feel good. But game fit is not the same. When you stay long days without playing, it's not the same. I'm ready to play, but I hope the coach will give me minutes.

"I'm not used to being on the bench, coming in like I did in New England for five or 10 minutes. But now I'm ready to go, ready to show everybody what I can do. I just need minutes, and I think I'll do better than what I did in New England.''

Sene can play up front as a striker or out wide. If he can recapture at least a modicum of his old form, it would bode well for the Red Bulls. Henry has been coy about whether he'll retire, though Red Bull Head of Global Football Gerard Houllier said he believes the French star is leaning toward stepping away.


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