New England Revolution goalkeeper Matt Turner has found out it's far his "dream" to play in the English Premier League.
The 27-yr-vintage walked an unconventional direction to the pinnacle, playing college soccer until 2015 and going unselected inside the 2016 SuperDraft before eventually signing with the Revs.
But Turner has emerged as one of the best stoppers in MLS over the past couple of years and gained this season's Goalkeeper of the Year award. He's additionally posing a critical risk to Zack Steffen's status as USMNT No.1, selecting up 12 caps across the route of this 12 months.
Steffen, of course, left the Columbus Crew for Manchester City in 2019, and Turner is hoping to comply with a similar course from MLS to Europe.
"A hundred percent at the radar. [It is] some thing that I need to occur," Turner answered whilst requested through Yael Averbuch West about his European targets on 90min's Football Americana podcast.
"It's a problematic yr for it, manifestly with COVID it's been genuinely hard. Teams aren't spending quite as freely. Typically, come summer season months, the marketplace for goalkeepers is very one-of-a-kind. There's a variety of goalkeepers that pop out on free transfers, one. And range two is there's a variety of capable 2d-string goalkeepers inside the pinnacle five leagues around the arena, that are searching out games, are searching out locations wherein they are able to play and if golf equipment can offset their costs with the aid of bringing in a mortgage alternatively of buying a player, they're possibly going to lean that. It's tough."
Turner is also aware of the fact that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is much less than a year away. Is it worth risking his area on Gregg Berhalter's roster given how a great deal achievement he's enjoyed with the Revs?
"With the World Cup right across the nook, do you need to throw in a wrench into your playing state of affairs? I'm now not so positive right now," he introduced. "But inside the iciness, if some thing comes that we can't refuse, I've had a few definitely brilliant conversations with the Revolution business enterprise and that they'll help me and they'll be inclined to at the least listen to some offers.
"I don't have a dream membership. However, it is my dream to play inside the Premier League in England. Hopefully, that takes place in the future, however I'd be happy to play in any of the top five leagues for certain."
For now, Turner's attention remains on New England's MLS Cup Playoff marketing campaign, with the Supporters' Shield winners web hosting NYCFC in the Eastern Conference semi-finals on Tuesday.
