It’s a historic multi-level agreement. On Friday, Red Bull Salzburg officially announced what had been first reported through Transfermarkt on 9/11, the Austrian Bundesliga announced the signing of American mega-talent Brenden Aaronson, a 19-year-old midfielder, which has definitely been compared to the German national. Kai Havertz, the team player, will be enrolled in the club in the January 2021 move-in window.
“This is a vital next step for Brenden, the organization and football,” Philadelphia Union’s German sporting director Ernst Tanner said in a statement from the club. “That has been the purpose of the club at all times. they need to identify an exclusive identity for the progression of young players through our academy for the ultimate purpose of cultivating and improving their skill to the point that allows them to compete with the most productive in the world. We are incredibly proud that Brenden is leading the way as the first local Philadelphia Union player to oppose Europe’s most productive festival.
Tanner, who had worked in the past in Germany for 1860 Munich and Hoffenheim but was also concerned about Red Bull’s formula at one point, knows how to negotiate with the big European clubs. major League Soccer standards.
As reported through The Philadelphia Inquirer’s highly reliable Jonathan Tannenwald, the fee is $6 million, plus up to $3 million more with easily achievable performance-based add-ons. Even without additional performance-based fees, the move is worth it. ever paid for an American product from an MLS academy; he is the best MLS academy player after Canadian star Alphonso Davies. Philadelphia also received a sales clause, which is between 10 and 20%. “We are very proud of Brenden and what has completed it in such a short time,” said Jay Sugarman, the principal owner of the Philadelphia Union.
Salzburg was also excited about the new signing. ” Brenden Aaronson is regarded as one of MLS’s greatest talents, with an ordinary dynamism and presence in the area of a 19-year-old player,” sports director Christoph Freud said in a statement from the club: “Despite his young age, he has an incredible ability to make the right decisions in the area. “
But what can Aaronson expect in Salzburg? The list of players who evolved in Salzburg for the big clubs is long and becomes increasingly illustrative each season. Last January, the club transferred Erling Haaland to Borussia Dortmund and Takumi Minamino to Liverpool. and now they also play for Liverpool. Then there is a strong link with RB Leipzig. Marcel Sabitzer, Hee-chan Hwang, Dayot Upamecano, Amadou Haidara and Konrad Laimer evolved in Salzburg and are now stars of the German Bundesliga – a total of 17 players have moved from Salzburg to Leipzig, and this would not be surprising if Aaronson soon joins this list of players.
“I look to the next bankruptcy of my career,” Aaronson said from RB Salzburg on Friday. “As a young player, I focus on improving my skills, and I’ve noticed how Salzburg has developed so many incredible talents. The way they play football fits my own style. “
At RB Salzburg, Aaronson is regarded as a typical number 10, the kind of player that American coach Jesse Marsch has lately to have in Hungarian Dominik Szoboszlai, but also in the young German Karim Adeyemi, superspace, but Salzburg still has long-term plans. ; each player is necessarily evolved for some other club, either for Leipzig or for one of the other great European clubs. This is, in fact, a component of the club’s philosophy and motto, published in the press room of the club’s stadium in Walz-Siezenheim; the club needs to produce more productively while successful.
As a result, Aaronson is expected to fill the void left through Szoboszlai: he has to stay some other year but has donations from Italy and the Bundesliga. As Canadian journalist Peter Galindo pointed out, the two are not yet comparable. Still, anyone who has noticed aaronson playing in recent months knows: The sky is the limit for the U. S. national team player. But it’s not the first time
Manuel Veth is the editor-in-chief of Futbolgrad Network and Area Manager USA at Transfermarkt, and has also been to The Guardian, Newsweek, Howler, Pro Soccer USA and several other media outlets. Follow him on Twitter: @ManuelVeth