After an incredibly busy January transfer window for players on and near the USMNT radar, avicreditor assesses the outlook for the new crew of prospects that have left MLS to go abroad
The winter transfer window was a busy one for young U.S. internationals, with a slew of players both in frame and on the fringes of the USMNT radar changing up their club situations.The winter has been loaded on the U.S. men’s national team front, at least compared to the average., with a young U.S. side inching ever so closely to the nation’s return to the grand stage after the failure of the 2018 cycle.
There’s a lot that has been transpiring abroad recently. Christian Pulisic is headed to the FIFA Club World Cup with Chelsea, while Gio Reyna has finally made his return from injury after five months out and Jordan Pefok resumed scoring with the resumption of his club’s season, bringing his season tally in all competitions to an impressive 18 goals.
But the drumbeat of talent joining the and other U.S. stars abroad keeps getting louder, with a new set of players now experiencing the club game at a different level. Here’s a closer look at the moves for those who got caught up in the January transfer winds and the circumstances under which they currently find themselves:Pepi’s move was the talk of the transfer window from a U.S. perspective.
That pressure, at least, doesn’t figure to be coming from his manager, Markus Weinzierl, who said upon the transfer that, "Ricardo Pepi makes a great impression. We think long-term with him. He is still very young. He gives us another alternative upfront. But we need to give him time. We will be very, very careful with him. It’s not his fault that the prices are so crazy."Dike’s transfer is the classic example of why initial judgments don’t always stick.
“He is a very open guy. He is willing to work. He wants to learn. He is a good guy, a good character. He is fast and he has good technical skills, so all in all it is a good package," Arminia Bielefeld manager Frank Kramer said. “He can help us and we have to work with him so that he can improve and get into the team and the ideas we have as quickly as possible.”After becoming D.C.
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