Mathieu Bastareaud could be set for a shock loan spell in the Major League in America.
The France international centre had reportedly been in negotiations since January about a possible move to the Sharks in Super Rugby.
However, French paper Midi Olympique are now reporting that the 30-year-old could move the move to MLR after Mourad Boudjellal spoke with the GM of Rugby United New York, Pierre Arnald .
New York would be willing to welcome him from December 1, 2019, until the end of June 2020 before he would then return to Toulon.
Boudjellal has only set a few conditions in order to facilitate Bastareaud’s loan move: there would be no move to England nor to a club that Toulon could potentially face in Europe.
