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USMNT boss Gregg Berhalter has revealed that he held talks with Folarin Balogun ahead of his move to Monaco.

He said: “I think with the national team, if you’ve seen how the ideas of the game model has evolved, the national team to me is always about you fitting to the players, because you have a limited player pool.

“So with Flo, it’s our obligation to work around what he can bring us because we know he’s got a tremendous amount of talent. I’ve already talked to him about what he thinks his best skill sets are and how to get him involved and active.”

Arsenal defender Kieran Tierney has explained that his motivations behind leaving the club are added game time.

He said: “I left because last season I couldn’t play a lot and what I wanted was to play a lot of games and I wanted to try to do it at Real. I don’t have any problem with Arsenal.

“Knowing that Real wanted to have me here, feeling all the love from the people here was very good. Being in the Basque Country, having the experience of living here and playing in La Liga, is something I am very proud of. I hope things are going very well for me here.”