ORLANDO - Torsten Frings is no longer with Toronto FC — in Orlando that is.

No, he’s back in Toronto, apparently tending to some undisclosed personal matters that trump TFC’s pre-season preparation.

At least that’s the club’s party line for the time being, which of course has sparked widespread speculation about the possibility the club is buying out the remaining year of the German’s contract to potentially provide needed cap relief.

It was a notion at least one club executive immediately put to rest.