http://cottagersconfidential.sbnati...fulham-offseason-plan-part-4-transfer-targets The first player on my radar is someone I'm very familiar with, DeAndre Yedlin. He's the current starting right back for the Seattle Sounders http://www.theguardian.com/football...fer-rumours-mario-balotelli-liverpool-arsenal it’s all about DeAndre Yedlin, USNMT’s MVP. He’s 20, grounded, fast like “a little bullet”, came through the Seattle Sounders youth ranks and,after last night, he’s ripe for an impulse buy. So will he be sold? “There’s always a number,” says club owner Adrian Hanauer. Which is true. There is.
Barcelona, Real Madrid or Man City. Where else. Its so obvious. But in all seriousness, midtable or lower half England will come calling. Delicate position imo. He must get games to develop into more than just speed, but this might be his big chance to get the pay day and move to the next level. I would take the chance if I were in his shoes.
I hope Yedlin goes to Europe. But does a dude's blog post in which he recommends Wil Trapp for Fulham qualify as a thread-worthy rumor?
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/live-transfer-news-latest-swansea-7356027 We mentioned earlier our Facebook debate about the two USA defenders who shone against Belgium last night. Here Gareth Rogers says why he thinks Ole Gunnar Solskjaer should move quickly to enter the race for DeAndre Yedlin and Matt Besler.
Yes. If I remember correctly his mother is Latvian, and Latvia is an EU nation.........................
I always thought a good rule of thumb was to jump to a country's top division from the US. So I'm not really a fan of moving from MLS to the Championship. Anybody who follows US youth stuff knows how talented Yedlin is. Just a matter of finding the right club situation for him when he leaves MLS.
If he doesn't qualify as an exceptional talent for a WP in England, I'll personally go and knock on the door of Number 10 Downing Street and ask them politely to reconsider.
Pace - 10 out 10 I'd stay away from England though, unless the money is too good to pass. And, much like with a potential Besler sale at SKC, the Sounders will actually benefit from the allocation money POV. In fact, they will benefit more, given their DP laden roster. As a member of the WC quarterfinalist - how's that last place in the group, Roy? - the guy should be a shoo-in.
Please, please, please, anywhere but Britain.... NL for 2 seasons, or France, or Germany (Hannover anybody? Tell me Cherundolo couldn't turn him into a monster...)
Where then? If last night was any indication, he can hang with the best attackers in the world. His crosses are good but not perfect, and I'm sure there is some decision making and technique that he can improve. I would love to see him go to Hannover and train with ol' Stevie C for a few years.
any league where he will be asked to do more than just run up and down his flank delivering and defending crosses...where he'll be asked to be flexible tactically, to move into the center and take part in multi-player movements Of course, if he plays in Britain he'll get a lot of exposure to making excuses for why doing the things that don't work were the right things to do.
If only he just...... what? Developed a soccer brain? Developed technique? Had better coaching? De Andre is a different player. They are both blazingly fast, but I don't know if the similarities extend much beyond that. De Andre is just 20. He has tremendous talent despite being raised in American academies. At 20, Wynne was nowhere near DeAndre in terms of ability.
What Yedlin did yesterday, Wynne did at the 2008 Olympics - just blew by his markers as if they were wearing cement shoes. There was a lot of talk of interest from Europe but he stayed in the MLS and was even (foolishly) converted to a central defender role by Oscar Pareja, a waste of talent if there ever was one.
My point is that DeAndre is doing that at age 20 against the best players in the world, not on the Olympic level, against guys like Mertens and Hazard who cost individually more than the entire value of our team on the open market. These are finished products, not rising stars.
Actually, Gary Smith moved Wynne to center back. Pareja just left him there. And it worked pretty well, making use of his recovery speed while limiting his technical deficiencies. We won an MLS Cup after all. Regardless, I think Wynne's development curve had plateaued before getting to Colorado. But now he's back at right back and actually looking maybe better than he ever has since those youth matches, which is a nice surprise. Your point stands, of course. Yedlin needs to view Wynne's career trajectory as a caution.
Wynne never had the touch. Wynne was blowing by people and being a problem at a youth tournament. This was the WC.