Michael Bradley's Buzz

In case you haven't been following his success, Michael Bradley is having a break-out year with Dutch club Heerveneen. Bradley has become the newest 'buzz-player' to be sough after by several European teams. It has been reported that Everton, Blackburn, Sunderland and German side Hamburg are all varyingly interested in acquiring the 20 year old American. These transfer speculations have been compounded by Bradley's publicly made aspirations to play in either England or Germany.


Bradley, son of US Men's National Team manager Bob Bradley, has been erasing all doubts of nepotism every time he steps onto the pitch (both here and abroad). All accounts out of Holland indicate his continual progression and development as a player. He has become an intelligent midfielder with a keen knack for find the back of the net. Bradley added two goals (which makes 15 on the season) today in his clubs 3-0 stomping of Dutch side De Graafschap. Olympic qualifying is at hand and with the "bragging rights" friendly against Mexico in the near future, Bradley must certainly be excited at the opportunity for continued success while wearing country's jersey.

With the rumor mills churning, its hard to know what to expect; however, this much is certain. Bradley is being scouted by Blackburn Rovers (lets hope Mark Hughes' men saw today's performance) and desired by Everton. Meanwhile interested Sunderland and Hamburg are doing their best to keep things exciting. This all makes for great drama, especially since the end of the European Transfer Window is looming (January 31st). You can expect to hear more as this develops.

Simply put, as an American soccer fan I am nothing shy of ecstatic of Bradley's current, and seemingly destined future successes. Let the buzz continue.