Stars and Stripes FC · May 30, 2017
Report: John Brooks set for record transfer to Wolfsburg
Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty ImagesIf a report out of Germany is to be believed, John Brooks is set to become the most expensive U.S. international the world has ever seen. Famous outlet Bild is reporting that the German-American is on the move from Hertha Berlin to Wolfsburg for a transfer fee of €17 million.
Assuming the deal gets officially completed, it would smash the record for a transfer fee paid for a U.S. men’s national team player. That record is held by Jozy Altidore, two times, in fact. In 2013, Sunderland paid $13 million to AZ Alkmaar for Altidore. That’s currently the biggest fee. This transfer would value Brooks at around $18.9 million, destroying that record.