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Pass on Herdman. Canada has 2or 3 very good players and they made him look better than he is. He needs to prove himself at club level, probably in MLS. He’s coached New Zealand Women, Canada Women and Canada Men. No club football experience at all unless you count helping part time at Sunderland Academy when he was a university lecturer. There are much better candidates. He could end up being a great club manager, someday.

Sargent is still behind Jesus Ferreira, 16 goals and 5 assists in 26 starts in MLS and Jordan Pefok 2 goals in 4 starts for Union Berlin. Both have performed better for USA. I think Josh will make the final 26 but unless he keeps scoring AND does well in September friendlies he will just have great seats for Qatar

I suspect Attanasio is worth more than $700M since his baseball team is worth $1B more than he paid for it in 2005. He has the money to fund this on his own. I suspect he’s worth $700M plus $1.28B if he shifted the Brewers, which I doubt he would want or need to do. American owners cant buy a mid-lower tier team in the States now without spending Billions. The Dollar to Sterling rate is very good right now and it would cost about $1B less to buy the 21-23 best team in England than the 32nd best team in any sport in US. For instance when MLS adds its 30th team there is a fee of $325M just for the rights. No stadium, staff, or players. Just the right to start a team from nothing.

They are American owned. Surprised they teamed with Aeroflot but money talks and the Glazers love money

£10M Option to buy at end of season, which I’m certain they will exercise . So he’s not left for nothing at all

Not for me. Well out of his depth at Chelski

Only 9 points out of 10th place

Swansea, Plymouth, Wycombe just off the top of my head are American owned non-London teams. Even the Binners have American investment. London is certainly appealing but there are many more American owners of non-London sides then I think most people realize.

Well it is a superfluous “W”. Try getting an American to pronounce Worcestershire. Kind of similar to how English pronounce Michigan as Mich-Igan instead of Mish-igan or Orrygon instead of Ore-agon Separated by a common language.

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US press saying $10m US dollars and may not be completed for several days. That would come out at £7m

Having watched a lot of Bremen I can confirm that they were terrible. It seems like Sargent was listed as a Striker but played all over. He should benefit being away from that situation.

Deal is with a Foreign club per their manager. I know Leverkusen were in discussions so they can now be ruled out. Certainly looking like Norwich

I wouldn’t put too much stock on stats at Bremen, they were an almighty **** show. Manager stated he there is no Bremen starting 11 that doesn’t include his name. Rashica and Sargent were probably the 2 best WB players.

My dog predicted Italy 2-0. She is rarely wrong.