United States And AC Milan Midfielder Yumns MusaThe goal for the next year is as clear as it is ambitious.
“The closest goals for me and the achievement are winning the trophies here,” he explains ESPN. “This season we are likely to win three trophies [Serie A, Coppa Italia, Italian Supercoppa]I would like to win all three of them. And then go to the national team as well and win more trophies. ,
So, after a club treble in Italy FIFA World Cup“That’s it!”
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The possibility of becoming the reality of that scenario has been tested at the club and international level in this summer. As the Musa ESPN’s “The Football Journalists” sits in his matching house for an interview on Podcast, there are two pressure issues. First, the reason for their lapse from the USMNT squad that reached last month Concacaf Gold Cup Lost 2-1 in the last, narrow MexicoHead coach Maurisio Pocheto said that Musa “had given us a personal reason, so he needed to withdraw from participation.” what was it?
“Honestly, I came to know that I cannot go to Gold Cup,” says Musa. “The coaches were all disappointed that I did not go, but eventually I needed to make this decision because I needed to switch after a difficult season. I needed that time. Finally I was to shut down the period so that I could now be able to take the entire season and be able to give my best for the club and national team.”
This was a decision criticized by some people But in an era where concerns on player welfare are often voiced, but rarely action is taken on him, the 22 -year -old took charge of his position.
“It was a very difficult decision because people could easily say that ‘everyone else is playing, why are you not?” But no one else is in my body, no one else is in my head, “Says Musa.” Everyone who knows me that I know that I am honest and a hardworking man, but when the times are as if they were and I could not play for that heat, then I had to decide for myself.
“No one else knows how I feel and I hope people understand my decision and it was about being able to take care of itself and eventually come back and was able to give his best for the rest of the season.”
Musah is now likely to start that task in Milan, as Massimiliano Allegri despite facing difficulties after replacing Sérgio Conceição as head coach in May. Next month, Milan Sports Director Igli Tare claimed that Musah “There are no features“Elegri’s favorite three-man to play in the midfield, pointing firmly on its departure.
Napoli, Nottingham Forest And, recently, Atlanta has all tracked the Musa, but, among the reports that Elegri is more inclined to use them in this season, the remaining player in Italy is clearly focused on the player.
“I am happy in Milan,” they say. “This is a great club. I would like to win some of the best things here. It was really good to win the Super Cup in the last season, so I would like to win more things. It is what we hope to do here. I am only happy here and I want to do hard work and be a main player in the team.”
Mous Milan joined Valencia In 2023, finished second in their first season with the club. Rosonary Beat Paris Saint Germain At home and Newcastle United Away UEFA Champions LeagueBut missed the qualification for the knockout stage at the goal margin, fell down Europea League Where they exited the quarterfinal stage RomaLast season was hard last season, Seri finished eighth in A, but the Italian Supercopa won and Copa reached Italia’s final, lost 1-0 Bologna in Rome.
He has taken ChristianWhich came in the same summer two years ago, the company and the USMNT have become closer over time to the pair.
“We are actually tied very well since joining AC Milan,” says Musa. “Earlier, we were not so close, but now I would say that we are very close. I get to learn a lot from him every day and matches. He has a great season here. I am just learning him. He is a great man so I am enjoying playing with Christians.”
Recently, the positive and measured response of the Musa for challenges is a sign of a player who has performed bravery beyond his years when he turned down a new contract Arsenal In 2019, at the age of 16 to join Valencia.
“My parents were not so curious because it was not that Arsenal was releasing me or anything,” says Musa, who was born to Ghana’s parents in New York city, before going to Italy and then at the age of nine in London. “I was taking a bold decision to leave a club that still wanted me to gamble to go to another country if I was going to make it there or not. It was a big decision, but I really liked it because I was confident that I was at level and I was able to go to the first team as if I expected.
“There were some difficult things in that process, such as explaining my parents and then settling in Valencia, settling with language, style of playing, new people, new environment.
His Muslim belief is very important for him.
“When you go through good moments, you thank God and when you go through bad moments you also thank God because I think everything is for a reason,” they say. “When hard things are with me, I can focus on them for a minute, but later I understand that there is a big purpose. I do not take anything from the heart, I do not take anything deeply.”
And yet, it was not easy to talk to his parents. ,[There were] For many months, just don’t give up on it, “he continues.” There were many months that I just continued to move it forward, assured them and moving further about it. Finally, we managed to convince them somehow. My brother [Abdul] I was with me, he was on my side and we managed to convince them. ,
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Yunus Musa revealed the players who inspired them
Yunus Musa named a list of Premier League and Siri -e -great people, who helped them to inspire them to become today’s players.
Musa Mesut sees growing as inspirations citing özil and yaya tour Premier League And are fond of the arsenal – friends, even with many current players Bukeyo sakaHe reached out after support England Winger was abused after the last defeat of Euro 2020 to Italy, in which Saka, Marcus rashford And Jayden Sancho All missed the penalty shootout.
“I always lie for them because I have left so far,” they say. “Arsenal is really inherent in me. I always support them. I have friends who play in that team. It is good to see my old friends doing well, really doing well. I support the team that helped me reach where I am today.”
Musa saw a fast route for the first team’s football in Spain. “When I left the arsenal for Valencia, I told myself that if things came out of great or nothing, I don’t think what would happen if I go back to arsenal?” I would cling to the plan until this work was done, “he said.
And worked. So much that international teams started circling till the time they were creating eligibility for four nations till the point with their nomadic life: GhanaAmerica, England and ItalyMusa played for four England age groups until the Under -18, but the first contact by the USMNT came through auxiliary Nico Estevez in 2020, who had connections in Valencia, eight years after working at Laliga Club. Then in two mantras, the USMNT head coach Greg Burhelter started his attraction aggressive for five years.
“Greg called me and it was actually a big call to call a men’s national team coach at the age of 17,” says Musa. “It was amazing. He was very good. He was very keen to keep me among the group and made it really easy. He said that no wires were connected, I could just come to the camp, see what it is, enjoy it and I did it. I have never looked back.
“It was a difficult decision. I had a lot of options, which is a good thing. And I had a wonderful time with England setup. I went to so many camps, played with great players, great coaches and eventually I started my career in Valencia’s first team and then Greg called me to play. [U.S.] The first team of men at the age of 17. This was a huge opportunity that I could not reject and I was in love for every minute. ,
Musa went to play in Qatar to play in the 2022 World Cup and won that year’s American Football Young Player of the Year Award. Since then the bourhelter has been replaced – through interim stints for BJ Kailaghan and Mickey Varse – by Pochathino, who led a run in the final of the Gold Cup before this summer in the absence of Musa.
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Musa: Pochetino has brought intensity and fire in USMNT
Yunus Musa explains what the Maurisio Pchethino has brought to the USMNT since taking the job of head coach.
“I love Greg,” says Musa. “So, very grateful to all occasions. I had most of my cap under Greg. We have a great manager, so I am able to play under two great managers. Now I am just learning under Mauricio.
“First of all, we work very hard. We work very hard in training so that we are ready to be able to be able to play intensely. He is very curious for the energy we bring out on the field and how much we want it. This is something that we have to bring back to our team, we bring in matches that help in many games against big teams.
“Sometimes it is about who wants more. Maurisio is trying to get that fire in us and make sure that when teams come to play us they have a really difficult time.”
And Pocheto, the head coach in the east Tottenham Hotspur, Paris Saint Germain And ChelseyEveryone’s biggest tournament on the horizon is not far from the expectation: Men from the next year’s Men’s World Cup, Mexico and Canada.
“As we players, we go to every tournament, believing that we can win it,” says Musa. “This is the beauty of football. We are a very talented group in a tournament, where there are huge players, there are huge teams who are probably more expecting to win the tournament.
“But we have seen it again in time and time, where you can say that the underdog moves forward and does. We go to the tournament with that belief. I think if you go to the tournament, thinking that you are not going to win, it is quite meaningless, so we can do it and give our families to our families.
“I know that non-football fans, famous celebrities, you name it, are going to be behind the team because we are America. They are feeling very proud to support anyone from America. We are going to support so much, we are going to feel it and it is going to drive us to do great work, I am sure.”
