The Saudi Pro League is slowly becoming one of the most popular and trending soccer leagues to keep up with in the world and it’s no secret that this is all at the hands of former Europe’s elite players making a move to the Al-Akhdar league in 2023.
As the 2023-24 Premier League season approaches and players continue to transfer to new clubs it’s time to answer the all-important question. How many Americans play in the Premier League?
Here’s a list of the Americans expected to get some minutes in the EPL next season.
Arsenal won 2-1 vs. Forest on Saturday but it was a decent first EPL game for the United States men’s national team No. 1 goalkeeper, Matt Turner.
Turner never made an appearance for Arsenal in the Premier League last season. It was only fitting that after making a $9 million transfer to Nottingham Forest his first opponent in his first EPL start was his former club.
LONDON — West Ham United have agreed a deal in principle with Premier League rivals Manchester United for England defender Harry Maguire, media reported on Wednesday.
Sky Sports television and the BBC said the deal was worth around $38 million and personal terms were not expected to be a problem.
West Ham have reached an agreement in principle with Manchester United for Harry Maguire on £30m fee ⚒️
Aug. 1 was an incredibly dark day for me personally. On that day I happened to agree with an opinion from Alexi Lalas. His thoughts on the United States women’s national team’s 0-0 draw with Portugal matched mine.
No. 1 United States men’s national team goalkeeper Matt Turner could finally get his wish of starting in the Premier League as he nears a transfer to Nottingham Forest.
Turner, 29, made just seven appearances for Arsenal last season after around a $6 million transfer to the Gunners from the New England Revolution last summer.
None of those seven appearances were in the Premier League.
The San Jose Earthquakes acquired U.S. men's national team forward Matthew Hoppe on a 12-month loan from England's Middlesbrough F.C.
Hoppe, 22, is coming off a loan to Scotland's Hibernian F.C. He has also played with Mallorca in Spain and Schalke 04 in Germany.
Let's Hoppe right into it. pic.twitter.com/FmNfYGcgEl
Retired NFL great Tom Brady is now a minority owner of English second-tier soccer club Birmingham City FC.
The seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback's partnership with team owner Knighthead Capital Management LLC was announced Thursday, Brady's 46th birthday.
Welcome to the Blues family, @TomBrady! pic.twitter.com/ppPyLc6Zsf
Scoring with a volley from the top of the box straight off a corner kick is one of the game's most audacious tactics. It's pure poetry when it comes off (David Beckham to Paul Scholes, anyone?), but its execution requires pinpoint service and the perfect finish. The margin for error is minuscule, and if either the corner or volley isn't flawless, then you're simply hoping the shot flies into Row Z and you're not getting torn apart on a counter going the other way.
Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has retired from football, the 45-year-old announced on Wednesday, after 28 years in which he reached exceptional milestones for club and country.
Buffon, who in 2006 lifted the World Cup, won 10 Serie A titles with Juventus and a Ligue 1 title with Paris Saint-Germain.
"That's all folks! You gave me everything. I gave you everything. We did it together," Buffon said in a statement.