TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: Reports
The US men’s national team and Fortuna Düsseldorf midfielder Alfredo Morales is in talks to move to New York City FC, according to reports from picture and The athlete.
In addition, the 2nd Bundesliga club announced on Twitter that there are “promising negotiations” about the 30-year-old joining an unnamed MLS club. He no longer has a contract this summer. In the above reports, NYCFC was identified as its landing site.
Alfredo Morales, his contract expires at the end of the season, is in promising negotiations for a transferable change in the MLS. Therefore, the team player did not participate in team training today.# f95 | 🔴⚪️ pic.twitter.com/fLLNzbNOt3
– Fortuna Düsseldorf (@ f95) March 30, 2021
Morales, who will turn 31 in May, has made 16 USMNT internationals since his international debut in 2013. The native German was entitled to represent the United States through his father, a Peru-born man who served in the US military.
The central midfielder has spent his entire professional career in Germany, first with Hertha BSC, then with FC Ingolstadt and Fortuna Düsseldorf. Over time in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2, Morales has played in almost 230 games with 12 goals and 16 assists.
Should Morales join NYCFC, he would join a midfield corps that includes James Sands and Keaton Parks as other options domestically. They also have young Uruguayan Nicolas Acevedo but traded longtime standout Alex Ring for Austin FC earlier this off-season.
