German club would have reportedly needed to pay as much as $300,000 in solidarity payments to Sounders Academy and Eastside FC.
Jordan Morris is no longer training with Werder Bremen and is apparently focused on starting his career in the United States, presumably with the Seattle Sounders. While not an entirely unforeseen development, the turnabout was rather sudden.
Werder Bremen's statement was somewhat vague, only acknowledging that Morris was pursuing a career in the United States. But at least one German media report suggested that, while Morris may have essentially made the final choice, there were some other factors that made the move a bit more complicated.