The Kid's alright - Getting the last L'OL: Tanner Tessmann at Olympic Lyonnaise

Top Italian sides pay their starters and main rotators decent-to-good EPL money, with top Championship starter's salaries for the rest.

EPL sides pay their depth players incredible sums of money, but the advantage of staying in Italy is CL and EL football: if he joins a top Serie A side and does well there, any EPL salary will have at least another million pounds on it, possibly more

 

Unless you are mckennie

 

Yeah but wasn't Venezia a promoted team and it wasn't like he was anything more than a prospect coming off a season and a half of MLS. Still, good job for him!

 

I tried the first year he was at Venezia but while their kits are unique and cool they were always out. I think it's still the same. I've always like Fiorentina after my son grabbed a Nintendo sponsored one. A Batistuta one from that era would be amazing.

Berhalter said there were several players that would be better served as main starters at the Olympics than sitting on the bench at Copa. He and Parades were two specifically named. He said after these tournaments all the players would be competing for the main team. If Tessmann keeps on his current track he will have every opportunity to make the team. Berhalter hasn't yet not given talented players chances.

 

And yesterday La Stampa, a Turin-based newspaper, reported that Vanoli would still like to bring Tessmann with him to Torino:

https://www.toronews.net/rassegna-stampa/la-stampa-tutti-gli-uomini-di-vanoli/

 

Solidly mid table

 

He's from Alabama so it would not exactly be a Yank kid at Torino.

 

There's a shroud of Turin joke floating right out there that I will refrain from making, difficult as that is for me.

 

Even the Southerners were part of... "The Yanks are coming" to participate in WWI.

 

Maybe his ancestors were part of those Alabamans who fought for the Union during the Civil War.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_in_the_American_Civil_War#Unionists_in_northern_Alabama

 

You know Tessman is a German name right?

 

I think McKennie’s issue he is a very unique player for a midfielder and doesn’t necessitate a typical skill set you would expect for the position. But has done really well when called upon.

 

Feels like the right next move. Especially sticking with a coach who clearly rates him.

 

You know we were referring a guy from Alabama right?

 

He’s Dabo Swinney’s godson. That’s about as Alabamian as it gets.

 

Dabo Swinney is a name Thomas Wolffe or Percy Walker makes up to gently make fun of a character from Alabama.

 

Except they like themselves enough to not care what elites think of them as should everyone everywhere.

 

I'm not 100% sure what this is getting at, but if this is supposed to mean Dabo Swinney is less "elite" than Walker Percy... well, ok. lol. But not financially! (I mean, the social system that says a guy making 11 mill a year and is known, sometimes admired if not adored by significant segment of an entire region (for the most part) is not "elite" is a pretty... unique... social system.)

I just think it has always sounded like a funny, quintessential 'Bama kind of name

 

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Spoilsport

 

Think an Ivy Leaguer working at a low-level job. Elite in company, schooling and family.

 

Thomas Wolffe's mom ran a boarding house, Walker was an ivy league grad. Swinney has an MBA and could easily have gone to any Ivy had he wanted.

Imma propose they were all relatively elite... certainly relative to me! And Swinney by far the wealthiest.

It's OT, but I think folks have allowed the term "elite" to be corrupted by media and politicians to mean "folks I don't like" not "folks with relatively extreme ability, wealth, power and/or influence...." But, of course, I digress.

 

Worth mentioning that many players who go to Italy just end up loving the lifestyle. Tomori, RLC, and Pulisic have done interview ls about how much they love how peaceful and slow Italy is

 

Weather, architecture, lifestyle, cafe society, etc.

Definitely superior

 

I'm sure everyone has their own definitions but mine is a small group that mostly comes from Ivy league schools that ends up running the government and most influential jobs as executives. I would compare to soccer where very good players from the US may not be considered elite because they are not from the right country. Maybe I'm not saying it right but Pulisic would be considered elite if he was French or Argentine by many who seemingly don't think he is now matter how good he plays.

 

Now Napoli is said to be interested in him:

https://www.tuttonapoli.net/calciom...anche-il-napoli-interessato-a-tessmann-579527