Fact-checking Klinsmann & Feilhaber

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2016

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The winter transfer window in Europe is beginning to shut, and there are a number of factors in play that will determine which big names, if any, change addresses ahead of the stretch run. SI.com's Ben Lyttleton joins the Planet Fútbol Podcast to explain all the intricate reasons why players may be staying put (hint: few big names risk moving ahead of a major tournament like the Euros), which big names will actually move and how the transfer bans against Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid could complicate matters as well. But how do teams identify the players they want to go after? For that, we bring in analytics expert Daniel Altman, who speaks with SI's Grant Wahl about the not-so-obvious things teams and talent scouts may look for in a player. Finally, we conclude with the biggest stories in U.S. Soccer: Jordan Morris choosing Seattle over Werder Bremen and the Benny Feilhaber-Jurgen Klinsmann war of words. With Morris in the fold, does Seattle have the best NBA Jam-style (three-man team) attacking trio in MLS? Do Feilhaber and Klinsmann both have points? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.0	I am SI.com soccer, editor, Avi Creditor, joined today by SI senior writer Grand Wall,
0:42.4	SI dot com's Ben Littleton, a little later on,
0:44.8	we will welcome in SI.com's Brian Strauss and we also have an excellent interview grant
0:49.0	that you did with soccer analytics expert Daniel Altman.
0:53.1	So a lot of fun stuff to get into today.
0:55.5	Grant, first off, welcome back to New York.
0:57.3	You've been about seven different countries
0:59.1	in the last five days.
1:00.0	I've been, including Baltimore,
1:01.5	which I consider a separate country I love Baltimore actually
1:05.0	but Baltimore Antiga LA I'm leaving from Munich on Sunday
1:10.7	Wow that's crazy racking up the miles but fun and productive racking up the miles it's awesome
1:16.1	uh Ben welcome how how are you we're happy to have you back yeah I'm fine thank
1:20.3	here good to be here fantastic I want to start with some transfer talk.
1:24.0	Transfer window is open for another couple of weeks.
1:27.0	And Ben, I guess my first question for you is, you you know we hear a lot of names batted around
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