Youth Yanks Abroad, ‘01-‘04 YOBs (and younger): 2020/21 thread

Says here Konrad to Marseille for 5 million.

📂💣 KONRAD DE LA FUENTE

Barça y Olympique de Marsella NEGOCIAN por Konrad

Los dos clubes estudian la fórmula de la operación

* Traspaso puro, inferior a 5M con opción de recompra FCB
* Cesión y obligatoriedad de compra#mercato en @EsportsRAC1 pic.twitter.com/tlqsVg8Dfv

— Gerard Romero (@gerardromero) June 13, 2021

 

Konrad de la Fuente Barca B Season Highlightspic.twitter.com/z27D914oWt

— Sanjiv (@USMNTvideos) June 14, 2021

 

Internacional is playing under an interim coach and with a huge list of injured players, but it's still great to see Johnny gets his first start, in a while, in a Brasileirão match. In the midweek, he scored his first pro goal, and now he's starting for Inter in an important game https://t.co/mfcKjDU2k3

— United States Soccer Center (@states_center) June 14, 2021

Johnny for Internacional in June:

✅4 games
✅200 passes
✅63 passes per 90
✅93% pass accuracy

19 years of age. Inter's Maestro. My second favorite deep-lying playmaker in Brazil after Matheus Martinelli. 🔴 pic.twitter.com/B2fJFvw5y8

— Football Talent Scout - Jacek Kulig (@FTalentScout) June 14, 2021

 

We might as well talk about this here, because he's as good as gone.
Bayern officials aren't coming over to Texas for doughnuts.
Goff refers to Justin as a fullback here, he's more likely to play at CB.
You never know, though. Bayern played Richards all along the backline after all.
Chris is better in the air. Justin has better technical ability and is much better with the ball at his feet.
[He's a converted forward after all.]
It'll be interesting to hear what this price tag is. Bayern got a DEAL, capital D, on Chris Richards.
Particularly when compared to Bryan Reynolds. Hell, compared to Aaronson and McKenzie.
The first one was at a discount. One gets the sense that Bayern's going to have to shell out more this time.
That could be why this has taken a little longer to complete, but it WILL be completed.

Bayern Munich officials expected in Texas Monday to continue transfer talks for FC Dallas's Justin Che, a 17-year-old fullback who spent months on loan with Bundesliga giants. Che was in USMNT camp in Switzerland. FCD probably seeking >> the $1.5m it got for Chris Richards #mls

— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) June 13, 2021

 

Richards is much improved passing the ball. Che is absolutely behind Richards there, although he’s about three years younger so Che could be better in three years. Richards is also a better athlete and defender at the same age. Too many people make that comparison, and it’s purely lazy. What’s funny is than Jalen Neal is very similar to Chris Richards. Better player than Che, but he has no EU passport and easy access to Bayern Munich.

As to getting a deal done, I wouldn’t be so sure that this will easily get done. FC Dallas played hard ball on Reynolds, and they are asking for a big fee, as Goff mentioned. You’d suspect it gets done, but I think if it was a certainty he wouldn’t have been returned to Dallas.

 

I don't think there's any doubt that the sides are close. I'm sure they've been negotiating behind the scenes and the Bayern guys don't make the trip over without an expectation that the deal will be completed. [Particularly during this COVID time.]

Indeed................I was trying to compare the players "at the same age."
Its difficult here, because we're talking about Richards at about the time he moved from Houston to Dallas. He was REALLY raw at first. We remember the doubts on these boards. He was so gangly and awkward at times. No doubt he was athletic, and hadn't filled out yet. That athleticism is what drew Bayern to him. It wasn't until I could see him against good competition at the Dallas Cup that I thought "there may be something more here."

Che seems to me to be quite a different type of CB to Richards. Guys who could have partnered together at FCD for a decade. C'est la vie. Instead we're stuck with a fading-fast Matt Hedges and whatever foreign veteran they can find.

You know what? I still don't understand why we traded Walker Zimmerman...................

Hell, why on Earth did we trade Drew Moor in 2009?

Two high quality draft picks that we traded for no apparent reason.

 

You don't fly to Texas during a pandemic unless you're planning on signing some paperwork. This will get done in the next couple days.

 

According to this:
-Sampaoli himself called Konrad and said he wants him at Marseille
-Konrad was disappointed with the lack of opportunities
-Real Betis might try to swoop in at the last second
-"A Bundesliga team" made an inquiry https://t.co/Gw400CDNYs

— Daniel (@DanielSmith1022) June 14, 2021

 

I love that Marseille opportunity. It just seems like the right-sized step. That club is now owned by an American. Frank McCourt, former owner of the LA Dodgers.

I won't be surprised to see a few elite American youngsters move there in the same way I wasn't surprised to see Roma make a move for a young American.

 

Jalen Neal is not better than Justin Che. We don’t have to overthink this.

 

mccourt was terrible and sold the dodgers fwiw

 

Maybe so, but you are "underthinking" it if your idea is simply that Justin Che should be with the senior national team because he is about to be bought by Bayern Munich and might be scooped up by Germany at any minute.

 

I don't know a lot about Jalen Neal, but I would appreciate your take on why you are so sure that he cannot be or is not better than Che.

 

You can ask the other poster as to why they think Neal is better!

 

Cap tie doesn’t mean he should start next to Brooks in WCQ. Perhaps that delineation is hard to grasp here.

 

The scuttlebutt out of Germany is that Che will be in pre-season training with Bayern's first team as Nagelsmann wants to work with the young players. If that's the case, he won't be at the Gold Cup.

We're not in the business of predatory cap-tying.
If that was the case, Berhalter would have done so with Musah at the Nations League.
Leave that to teams with less class.

 

We should be placing multiple players on this list every year.

Gio Reyna, Yunus Musah and Bryan Reynolds (?!) are up for Golden Boy award, given to player a player under 21 that had a fantastic season in Europe. https://t.co/zi09x436iN

— MLS Transfers (@MLSTransfers) June 15, 2021

 

Reyna and Musah will still be eligible for this award for another couple years.
They're both only 18, and its a U21 award.

I like it, but.....................Bryan Reynolds?
Is this based on transfermarkt player values and not performance?

 

Considering its a 100 name list, there aren't 100 U21 footballers in top leagues that are playing well or well enough. Reynolds is on the list because he's one of few teenagers whose gotten some game time in Serie A. There are other players on the list, like Balogun, that don't play much or don't play well.

 

It's a watch list. The Golden Boy is a single recipient, so the 100 or so on this list are people they are watching.

In that way, it's more about potential than just performance.

Also, to @ussoccer97531 's point, you'd be pretty surprised at the low number of teenagers who get high level minutes out there. People always seem to think it's regular for a 18 or 19 year old to play any kind of time, but it's really not.

 

‘01

Goalkeeper Brian Schwake has today joined League 2 side Edinburgh City on a season-long loan for the 2021/22 campaign.

The youngster will team up with Citizens manager Gary Naysmith, with the club having the option to recall the 'keeper in the January window.

Good luck, Brian!

— Livingston Football Club (@LiviFCOfficial) June 15, 2021

 

I think Americans are so spoiled they just think young players are all over the top leagues and teams and playing big minutes. Even someone like Sargent, at 21, with 70 games in the Bundesliga, who many here think of as a failure, is exceedingly rare.

Balogun is on this list for example and has never appeared in the league. Just early rotated Europa League and Cup games.

 

Napoli, Sampdoria, Lille, and Benfica all showing strong interest in FC Dallas midfielder Tanner Tessman, per source.

Bayern Munich is also still interested due to their relationship with FC Dallas. pic.twitter.com/z4uO1atemC

— MLS News (@willhansonmls) June 15, 2021

 

Tyler Boyd wants to continue his career with Beşiktaş and has made that clear to the club. However, the management and technical committee have not yet made a final decision on Boyd's future. #USMNT pic.twitter.com/Afdf2S300Q

— USMNT Universe (@UsmntU) June 16, 2021

 

Obviously posted the Tyler Boyd article in the wrong forum