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The January transfer window seemed quite hectic from a U.S. international perspective, but six months later, it pales in comparison to this summer’s shakeup. With the 2022 World Cup beckoning and each player trying to position himself for both a place on the U.S. roster and a better club future, the stakes are high, and the moves are plentiful.
Some of the biggest transfer bombs to drop haven’t yet—and may not at all—before the Sept. 1 deadline. As of now, Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie and Sergiño Dest are staying put at Chelsea, Juventus and Barcelona, respectively. John Brooks, whose status within the U.S. program has been a hot-button topic for months, remains a free agent and will land elsewhere eventually (and if it’s up to Gregg Berhalter, based on his comments made to ESPN last week, it’ll be at a club that employs a high press so he can operate in a similar system for both club and country). Others on the periphery of the national team’s core, like Gianluca Busio and Matthew Hoppe, could also be on the go, a year after helping the U.S. lift the Concacaf Gold Cup.
