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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Sport
Ryan Baldi

January transfer window: the MLS stars European clubs should target

two footballers in red and black shirts
Thiago Almada was a member of the Argentina team that won the 2022 World Cup, making history as the first active MLS player to win it. Photograph: Kevin C Cox/Getty Images

In the last January transfer window, 33 players left Major League Soccer for Europe. Top European clubs are increasingly looking to US soccer in search of stars who, thanks to the American season finishing in December, are primed to hit the ground running upon arrival.

And after a season that drew more transatlantic attention than ever before thanks to Lionel Messi’s move to Inter Miami, several MLS stars will have caught the eye of Europe’s elite.

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