Welcome to the scuff podcast where we talk about U.S. soccer.

Welcome to the scuffed podcast.

Sanjay here, and I'm joined by U.S. men's national team and PSV striker,

Ricardo Pepe. RICO, thanks for coming on the pod. Thank you guys. Thanks for having me.

So let's address what everyone's talking about. Obviously a lot has happened with your potential transfer.

To Fulham, it's got to be frustrating in a way

for you what's going through your mind with that and does it feel like that's kind of hanging hanging over

you yeah man to be honest you know just looking back at the situation a little bit something that

you know in my head i'm just like okay if it happens and it happens incredible but at the end of day

you know i'm here with the national team i got a season to finish with PSV, so I'm just really focused on, you know, where I am. I take it day by day. Um, wherever you end up, it looks like the fee is going to be a lot, right? So, uh, do you feel like you're ready for the level of expectation that comes with that. Do you feel more pressure coming at this point in your career?

No, to be honest, I feel like,'re ready for the level of expectation that comes with that? Do you feel more pressure coming at this point in your career?

No, to be honest, I feel like, you know, I've, you know, just looking back at the last three years that I've been with PSV, I feel like, you know, I have some incredible numbers and, you know, I have had good teasings. So, you know, I'm ready for the next step. of course, you know, just wherever I am, you know, if I stay with PSV, it's a great club,

it's a good family, so, you know, just wherever I am, you know, if I stay with PSV,

it's going to be, you know, it's a great club, it's a good family, so, you know, I'm really happy there. But, you know, it's also, you know, if something good comes by, then we're obviously going to take a look at it. Pressure has been one of the themes of this week as the whole team gets close to the World Cup. There's a lot of talk about, you know, how guys a Christian Weston deal with it.

But how do you deal with pressure?

Is there anything you do or have developed as like a routine to kind of take your mind off things? Yeah, man, to be honest, I mean,

anytime I ever feel like there's some type of pressure, to be honest, you know, most of the time

I'm a big family guy, so I just talk it out with my family you know I've always said that you know there's not really much pressure whenever you're just you know enjoying and doing the thing that you love so you know at the end of the day it's something that you know it was a dream for all of us so you know we're used to this we live it day by day so you know everything's going to be fair um with fulham did the american American history of that club make it more attractive?

Does that appeal to you in terms of choosing where might be next?

Oh, to be honest, you know, obviously knowing that there were some American players that

played there, you know, obviously it's a thing that, of course, you take look at, but, you know,

to be honest, on a personal side, you know, I didn't really, you know, really affect my decision. You know, I know, I know that

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