TORONTO - Djordje Mihailovic says he was drawn to Toronto FC by the opportunity to add to its winning tradition. Now it's up to the MLS club to surround the star playmaker with the talent to get the franchise back to those lofty heights.

With some 17 players on contracts that expire at the end of the year — albeit with TFC holding club options on all of them save veteran defender Kevin Long — general manager Jason Hernandez and coach Robin Fraser have the ability to clear the decks as needed.

Toronto, which sits 12th in the Eastern Conference at 5-13-6, has been without a designated player and star power since buying out the contracts of Italians Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi in early July.

Mihailovic, who cost Toronto $8 million (all figures in U.S. dollars) in transfer fee

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