Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC cut its two-highest paid players, announcing mutual agreements to terminate the contracts of wingers Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi.

Toronto FC is parting ways with designated player Federico Bernardeschi with the expectation that fellow Italian Lorenzo Insigne will follow him out the door.

Toronto FC’s disastrous decision to splash wads of cash at two former Italian stars will go down as one of the worst forays in team history, which is really saying something given some of the early mistakes.