the US Men's National Team transfer news and focus on
which u.s. players are on the Move. We got a lot of updates
here because there's been a flurry of transfer activity,
for u.s. players is plenty here on the move, right? With
the World Cup.
Just a few months away, that's in the back of their mind.
We're looking now, at the players that have already moved
on this summer, Jen's mean we have Aronson and Tyler Adams to
leads. Matt Turner has completed his move to Arsenal.
Carter Vickers went to Celtic on a permanent deal
Jordan P. Fop went to
UNI and In half of went alone to Luton Town, Luca Della Torre
de SEL of ego.
And then just as we're filming just before this axe, death and
complete. This loan move from Man City, the Middlesbrough and
Shaq more went to Tenerife. A to Nashville back to MLS. So
Nick, give me a breather here. What do you think of those
moves? Because there's plenty of them and it's a lot with
Jocelyn right now amongst the u.s. players and hopefuls to
make sure they're on the plane ticket, are
an incredible heart has Squad.
I've got to be very careful to just not steal all of
the Thunder from Andy because you Could literally name
all of these. All of the most of these transfers, I should
say,
as someone you love. I love the idea. You know, the reports of
Matt Turner going on loan, we could have two
USB MNT goalkeepers on Loan in the championship, which I think
is a good place to earn your metal ahead of a World Cup,
the Luca Della Torre signing. I think we shouldn't spend too
much time on. And if only because it's hard to talk about
Celta Vigo, right? I don't have a ton of the familiarity with
their pieces, but I'd love
Love the idea of him going to that team,
but the ones I think it's just going to be the easiest to
focus on
our pivec and Richards. We need answers at those positions,
Chris Richards, even being Premier League average at that
position. Makes me feel like we're pretty set at Center back
because Walker Zimmerman's more, the safe guy Richards and
he did
a great IG, excuse me, a great job of laying out why Richards
is the ideal
player. The way he progresses the ball, the way he picks.
Spots, underneath the numbers that Andy had in there, if you
thought you liked Chris Richards, you're going to love
Chris Richards from that
and then P Pocket Union, Berlin. Look,
we've seen so many times over the past few years.
Yes, scoring. At the Premier League is
is the is the kind of Beacon for us. But if you're looking
at International Football,
a good Bellwether, a good place to start your measuring is, can
you score in the Bundesliga? Can you beat down a league?
That is known for also being physical at centre-back but
also requiring a
bit of a now. So I believe is how you say it over there
at navigating that area
and if P, fa can get the job done
at Union Berlin.
I mean, I would go as far as to say, barring a seeing something
crazy happening from papay or somewhere else. If you can get
that job and be an in-form striker in the Bundesliga, you
might be starting the first day of the World
Cup for the United States of America,
absolute and of cool. Three dimension Chris Richards to
start with but you mentioned in the yes
he has been linked with a move to Crystal. This Bayern Munich
of confirmed that they are in talks with Palace and the time
of filming. It looks like he's going to go
there. So Andy, you wrote a great piece on PST
saying why it's a good idea. Do you think of Richard's goes to
Palace that he can be a starter because I mean Anderson and
margay, he had a really good partnership their last season
that be kind of tough to break into but
Richards has shown is very versatile if he plays it right
back or holding midfielder. I'm just a little bit skeptical
that is the right place for him. If he needs to play
a centre-back
ahead of the Wall come. Up to prep for that but for me, he
still the first choice alongside Walker Zimmerman
for the USA starting lineup on the World Cup. So what do you
think about that move and Chris Richards in particular to
Palace?
Yeah. It's interesting that Nick said if you thought you
liked Chris Richards, you'll really like Chris Richards now,
so I went into it unsure about Chris Richards because all
we've seen
are all I've seen I'll speak for me really is his
performances for the US Men's National Team. I don't watch
a ton of hoffenheim where he's been on alone the last 18
months from Bayern. Tunic and so I wasn't completely sure. I
know what's all the hype about this guy C in theory,
what he does well and how it could translate and how the US
Men's National Team could use that. But I hadn't seen it
really applied in the way that we had wanted to see for
the national team.
And so I looked at some of the club numbers and I was really,
really surprised with how high he ranked among centre-backs
across Europe stops five leagues over the last 365 days.
You know, he's in the 80th plus percentile and a lot of passing
numbers. And it's not just short
passing a lot of its in the middle third and the attacking
third, as a centre-back as well, his ball progression in
areas of the field where he's really, he's really
contributing to the attack to the build-up of play. It's not
just passing the sideways to his
partner, or back to the goalkeeper. He's pretty
proactive as a Defender. You know, a lot of pressures on
the ball, a lot of pressures in again the middle third and
the attacking third, we're
going to Crystal Palace. Patrick Vieira wants to have
the ball. He wants to win the ball back and so it does feel
like Make this is probably whether it was Viera himself or
he was shown,
you know, Chris Richards, tape and his work or the numbers
and the pet. Revere, I must have said,
I like what I see there, you know, there's a lot to work
with, I think in the system, the Crystal Palace played last
season, and we should also remember that was just vieira's
first season as well. They changed over about half
the team.
It looks like they're trying to change over the other half of
the team this summer. And so, if Richards is identified as
someone the Viera truly wants in one of those roles, whatever
it is,
I think it's a good move.
Because the quality that he will face for 38 games, this
season is going to really be a step up. I think it'll probably
be about the same competition for places in the team
as he saw at hoffenheim. But the competition, over 38 games
is going to be something really different. So if he's able to
get any sort of game time between now and the World Cup
and just kind of acclimating stabilize himself in that
situation.
I think it's good for the US Men's National Team out.
Obviously, there's a possibility that it doesn't
work out so well and we have to factor that in as well. It
makes it a little bit risky. But one other side here real
quick, 99th percentile Chris Richards
progressing the ball Under Pressure.
That is so so important. When you're talking about a Centre
back in the Premier League because what is it? It's a high
pressing, high intensity, very quick game, and centre-backs
are under a lot of pressure on the ball. Chris Richards is
comfortable with that. Chris Richards
is used to that and so I came away.
Cautiously
excited about Chris Richards to the Crystal Palace, and what it
could mean for the national team. Well, that's pretty
excited from the rest of us, have and these cool shoes Lee
excited, so
that's decent. I think
you pulled it up there, about Palace and vieira's philosophy
and playing style. Use up to look at the other young players
that he's developed over the last 12 months. I mean, Colin
Gallagher was on loan from Chelsea. What? Wonderful job we
did.
Nurturing his talent
to Rick Mitchell, obviously left back
cook. All up to the
When Squad ma ke exactly the same got called up to
the England squad and developed. And so you know some of
the other younger Talent attacking talents like Michael will you
say as well? So
he is very keen to work with young players take their game
to the next level. That's palaces philosophy. So there
are a lot of worse places that Chris Richards could go to in
the Premier League. Even if he isn't playing regularly to
start with, I think I'll get enough opportunities to stake,
his claim
and your Palace are very flexible tactically. And then
thinks the end of the world if Chris Richards comes in and
plays a Holding midfielder or as a right-wing back or
something like that. For Palace,
if he's playing regularly in the Premier League, you can
still pretty much slot back into the Centre back position
for the US and feel pretty comfortable. So, I like that
move. I like Zach, Stephen to Middlesbrough as well. We're
all been harping on about. He needs to play regularly for
probably the last, what?
Two seasons now, he's done. Okay, for Man City for the most
part apart from that FA Cup, semi-final mistake whenever
he's been called upon, but you needed this in his development
and he's twenty-seven years of age. Now,
he needs to go and
Somewhat regularly
and Middlesbrough watched a lot of them on the copper ions and
their push for promotion
from the championship last season. Chris Wilder, we know
he loves to play out from the back fluid kind of 352 system.
A lot of that depends on the goalkeeper being good with his
feet. Stephen is that it'll be a battle for him of the
challenge of the championship something
that he probably hasn't faced in terms of his career so far.
But I really like this that he's going to be primed and
ready and probably have at least 2020 old games under his
belt by the time the World Cup. Runs around and I think this is
made him. Mine
definite. Number one, if Matt Turner doesn't go out on low
and he just sticks around at Arsenal,
this is why I took
Stefan's made this move to get head of Turner.
I really liked it and it was a good fit of in Middlesboro,
really, right at the top of the championship. So, makes sense
on so many levels. And hey,
it's going to struggle to do so Edison, right and in
the future. So
if you ever have Middlesbrough, then it's not a bad place for
into play for the next few years with
Here, then maybe make that step up to a top team in
England, Germany, wherever, but I really like that movie
Stephen, Nick jump in, because
it goalkeeper and Striker and sent it back. Those are
the three positions, right? Where the u.s. really needs players
who are making these moves
to make you step up. But there's a big element of risk
as well and you mentioned it to you, but look no further than
the last time that
Chris Wilder nurtured a goalkeeper. We saw Dean
Henderson go on loan from Manchester United. When
It was team of the season in League one and the championship
and granted. It took some time he didn't really ever a job
David to Hell, which by the way happens, he's phenomenal.
But the profile was raised to the point where for two
straight Seasons, whether it's been Newcastle or another club,
the interest in acquiring a player like that has happened
and
you need that as a goalkeeper. This one thing that's
definitely and Matt Turner will need as well. If it doesn't
work out at that current spot teams want to see that you've
been a star at that level. Why
Ethan Horvath can get a move, that's why these others players
can. And again, the World Cup matters to me and these guys
are moving because they'll have a chance to get that number 1
shirt. But also,
this is also about the long-term and,
you know, you never know what happens with that Orson. You
never know what happens if Pepe was to leave man city in
an entirely different kind of goalkeeper is required. So
you know, I and he and I have had conversations about Keepers
before so I don't know
what you want to toss into the mix, but I think this is Is
very good. Yeah the more I think about these six months or
so leading up to the World Cup and where players and you know
kind
of questionable situations are
the more, I think about it, the more I'm less worried about
kind of the
the the tear or the level of club that they go to but I want
them somewhere where they're going to face pressure and
going to Middlesbrough the pressure to get to the Premier
League. The expectation, almost
after slowly building. The last couple of years to get to
the Premier League, I think is going to be really good for
Zach, Stephen because he can go. Play all the cup games
where you can play for a mid-table championship team, we
can say, oh, the championship. That's a good place,
you know, to do your work and it is, but then you're thrown
into the World Cup. What is the World Cup? It is pressure, it
is pressure of the entire world watching
you. And so I just think from the mindset perspective, having
the mentality being comfortable in that pressure, pressure
packed situation, Zach, Stephen
come November, assuming that he stays healthy through the first
half of the Season. He's going to be in a really good spot to
As Joe said, be the number one for the national team. Well,
the way it's full months until the World Cup can come
eventually. So there is not much time for these u.s. place
to stake their claim it and you clubs but it's certainly very
interesting
and very excited to see a lot of them moving
obviously with that in mind to be in the starting lineup
when the World Cup rolls around and it's risky
but it can work out for the better and a lot of their cases.