The Kartik Report formally relaunches January 1st with a new interface and look. The last few days has seen big news from both Orlando and Fort Lauderdale.

In Orlando, news has broken that US International Brek Shea is a potential signing with the newly minted MLS club. My thoughts and analysis about this are here.

Further south in Fort Lauderdale a potential massive announcement regarding the purchase of part of the Strikers by the Brazilian-legend Ronaldo did not get the traction it should have. The procedures and timing around the roll out of this was largely botched. My thoughts on the mistakes the Strikers made and some issues regarding soccer bloggers is here.