Who is the new Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Turner? USMNT Remittance Begins To Challenge Aaron Ramsdale
Arsenal has officially announced the capture of goalkeeper Matt Turner of the American men’s team, who is expected to compete for a starting spot next season.
This move, has been on the cards since it was originally reported by ESPN’s Taylor Twellman back on January 20, saw the New England Revolution goalkeeper arrive in the Premier League.
Arsenal have yet to announce the deal, but the revolution made it official on February 11th. Report in UK Arsenal will not announce the deal until the summer when Turner flies to England and completes medical procedures.
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Fabrizio Romano reports that the deal will cost Arsenal $6.7 million plus potentially $3 million in bonuses. New England is said to have a 10% credit provision for future sales.
Turner will stay with New England through the summer, allowing him to continue playing time with key World Cup qualifying matches for the United States, which are hoping to secure a spot in Qatar 2022 in the coming year. March.
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The #NERevs agreed to the Summer transfer of @headdturnerr participation @Arsenal in June 2022.
– New England Revolution (@NERevolution) February 11, 2022
Who is Matt Turner?
At the age of 27, Matt Turner has quickly risen to his current status as one of Major League Soccer’s best goalkeepers and is the starting No 1 for the US men’s national team in the absence of Zack Steffen. of Manchester City.
Turner’s story is a true rich sports story. The New Jersey-born goalkeeper didn’t even start playing the sport until the age of 14.
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“I used to go [my sisters’] practice all the time, and I will achieve the goal,” Turner said his beginnings in sports. “My parents didn’t know what to do with me, so they just put me in the net and I would flirt with all these girls. And luckily there was an injury to the keeper in [high school] trying on clothes, I raised my hand to try on, and it came naturally to me.”
Turner will continue to play team football at Fairfield and was not selected for the 2016 MLS college admissions list. He signed with Revolution after a successful pre-season trial, and played for the Richmond Kickers on the side. USL on loan until his MLS debut in March 2018 under head coach Brad Friedel, a longtime Premier League goalkeeping star.
As his rise continued, Turner was voted both by fans for Revolution MVP and as Player of the Year by his teammates in 2020, and in 2021 he was named Goalkeeper of the Year. year MLS. He made his USMNT debut in early 2021 in a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago, and has been Gregg Berhalter’s No 1 choice since playing every minute of the match against the Gold Cup-winning United States team. 2021.
OFFICIAL: USMNT goalkeeper Matt Turner will be participating @Arsenal in the summer. 🧤 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/vjmkA7HFiS
– CBS Sports Golazo ️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) February 11, 2022
Turner started all three of the United States’ most recent World Cup qualifiers in late January 2022, go virus for his experience in freezing cold Minnesota against Honduras. He has little to do as the United States beats its regional rival, much to Turner’s fear.
Turner is eligible for an English work permit thanks to his Lithuanian passport, which he obtained in 2020 through his great-grandmother, who moved to the United States during World War II. Turner said that his attempt to obtain a passport was a three-year process that began in his college days when playing football in Europe was still a pipe dream.
Will Turner challenge for a starting spot at Arsenal?
Turner will stay in New England for the first half of 2022, but after moving to Arsenal this summer, it looks like he will have every opportunity to challenge for the job to begin.
Still have work to do before June pic.twitter.com/z4NcDJY81E
– New England Revolution (@NERevolution) February 11, 2022
Based on Fabrizio RomanoTurner will “replace” Bernd Leno in the Arsenal squad, with the German leaving this summer. Leno was a starter at Arsenal for three seasons, until the Gunners lost their first three Premier League games this season 9-0 on aggregate. , and he was replaced by new buyer Aaron Ramsdale.
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Ramsdale has started since then, and has performed exceptionally well, being rated the tournament’s best goalkeeper by both WhoScored and SofaScore while placing second in the league with 11 clean sheets.
If Ramsdale remains in such fine form for the rest of the season, it will be difficult for Turner to topple the incumbent, but at least he could get his time in the Cup tournaments. Such was the case for fellow American Zack Steffen at Man City, where he was stuck behind Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson, one of the best-performing players in Europe.
Turner will join the list of established American goalkeepers in England, from Kasey Keller to Tim Howard, Brad Guzan, Friedel and Steffen among others.
