Top-rated player on Utrecht today. With the Feyenoord, win, Utrecht are locked into third. Could have been Paxten's last Utrecht match, with the next match not mattering and the team maybe wanting to rotate heavily.
Great campaign for Pax and Utrecht. I wonder if Frankfurt would be open to selling him. Europa league revenue on the way, but I'd imagine Utrecht would be better off buying multiple players rather than splash on Aaronson
Every player has his price, etc. but I doubt Utrecht will buy Paxten. They haven't paid 4m million for anyone in the last 12 years while Paxten is a better player than he was when Frankfurt paid that to sign him. This pre-season/season will be decisive. With 3 seasons left on his contract, it's time for a return on Frankfurt's investment and that can only come from first team play or a sale. And there's also the question of whether Paxten should agree to join Utrecht permanently rather than, say, PSV, AZ or Club Brugge with their guaranteed EL or even CL football. IMO he shouldn't. As for Utrecht, as you said, with CL qualifification gone the chances of them signing him permanently this summer are pretty low. A smart FO would avoid signings with large up-front transfer fees and look for guys similar Paxten back in July: young, not quite breaking through at quality sides but still rated by their club to sign on loan-with-an-option deals and trigger the options on performers if UEFA money becomes a revenue stream rather than a windfall gain.
Paxten on in the 72nd minute of a scoreless mostly meaningless match with Fortuna Sittard. Only a handful of touches in his potential farewell match.
Finished 20th in VI's Player of the Year ratings: VI's Speler van het Jaar: Malik Tillman overtuigend naar winst - Voetbal International
Bench of the Year! (kidding of course, was a very good season for Pax - and Utrecht, for that matter.)
❗️ After his successful loan spell, Paxten Aaronson will be back at Eintracht Frankfurt and will be given a fair chance.[@CMoffiziell] pic.twitter.com/KVYOs3nfwo— USMNT Otaku 🇺🇸 (@USMNTOtaku) May 30, 2025
I did not realize how food of a season this guy was having. Rare for us to have two brothers that are both good enough for the national team.
Who are some other brothers who were in the NT pipeline? All that comes to mind are Damarcus Beasley and his brother.
Now? Sullivans, Gomezes, Booths (all dependent on how deep one goes in the pipeline). Roldans though Alex never really made the youth Nats picture. Old school? Hendersons.
Paxten’s elder brother Brenden (the famously dubbed “Medford Messi”) had a rather poor stay in the Bundesliga. Lol
"One was a hotdog, one plays for Frankfurt..." It was fun following him at Utrecht. I have a kind of fondness for that weird little club every since JOB broke through down there.
The whole thing positively reeks of AI generation. Who puts Transfermarkt transfer values into an article?
For the fun of it someone should give it a try with an AI/Chatgtp or whatever it's called article with hints for AI to use Pepi, transfer to xx club and see what it makes from it.
"Pepi, also known as the El Paso Pele, would be a wise target for Bayern Leverkusen. His goals per minute ratio is among the highest in Europe's top 6 leagues, and many soccer players have recovered from serious injury to resume successful careers. In addition, Pepi is from Texas, where things are reportedly bigger and tougher than many other places."