USA and Antalyaspor striker Haji Wright is attracting curiosity from relegation-threatened Southampton after 16 targets in 26 video games
Southampton has checked on USA worldwide striker Haji Wright after impressing in Turkey membership soccer.
The speedy frontman featured in all the USA’s video games on the World Cup and scored their solely objective towards Holland.
With the Dutch two targets to the great, Wright pulled one again within the 76th minute of their last-16 conflict in Qatar.
He was a shock inclusion in Gregg Berhalter’s 26-man roster for the showpiece match final November.
The 25-year-old was chosen forward of Ricardo Pepi following his kind in the Turkish Tremendous Lig.
Southampton have proven curiosity in USA and Antalyaspor striker Haji Wright (No. 9)
Wright scored the USMNT’s objective of their last-16 3-1 defeat by Holland on the World Cup final yr
He has grabbed 16 targets in 26 video games for Turkish facet Antalyaspor this season and that has alerted Southampton who want to bolster their assault.
Wright’s final targets got here in a 3-3 tie with Istanbulspor on April 19, during which he grabbed a brace.
Within the group stage, Wright made his solely begin of the match towards England – taking part in 83 minutes earlier than being taken off for Josh Sargent.
He was introduced on within the 67th minute of the Holland recreation – scoring a wild, looping objective in simply 9 minutes off an help from Christian Pulisic.
Wright has been making his means round Europe after rising up in Los Angeles and taking part in within the LA Galaxy academy.
He moved to Schalke’s academy – becoming a member of future USMNT teammate Weston McKennie.
In Gelsenkirchen, he logged seven appearances with the primary staff over two seasons – grabbing one objective. With the second staff, he put up 14 targets in 22 appearances.
For the 2017-18 season, he was loaned to 2. Bundesliga facet SV Sandhausen and solely managed one objective in 15 appearances.
Wright then moved to VVV-Venlo of the Dutch Eredivise and could not rating a objective, resulting in a pandemic-year transfer to SønderjyskE of the Danish Superleague.
Wright has grabbed 16 targets in 26 video games for Turkish facet Antalyaspor, attracting the Saints
In Denmark, Wright discovered his scoring contact – bagging eleven targets in 29 appearances.
The next yr, he was loaned out to Antalyaspor – a transfer that turned everlasting as SonderjyskE had been relegated.
Within the mortgage season in addition to this present one, Wright proved to be a useful scorer.
In the meantime, Fenerbahce is eager to take Southampton misfit Mislav Orsic.