Blaise Nkufo will join the Sounders for training on July 13. He can be added to the roster on July 15 when the one-way MLS summer transfer window opens.

“In our discussions with Blaise we encouraged him to take a full two weeks off once he returned from the World Cup,” Sounders general manager Adrian Hanauer said in a statement.

Nkufo represented Switzerland during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He played the past seven seasons for FC Twente in Enschede, Holland. Twente won the Dutch Eredivisie in May and Nkufo scored a club record 114 goals in league play.

The supporters of Twente will pay tribute to Nkufo on July 11, unveiling a statue outside De Grolsch Veste, the team’s home stadium.

The Sounders are likely to use their second designated play spot on Nkufo, something they don’t have to decide prior to July 15. That would mitigate the salary cap hit of Nkufo’s $480,000 wage for this season.