Manchester City on Tuesday ensured the american goalkeeper Zack Steffen in a rekordhandel for goalkeepers from Major League Soccer.
The 23-year-old keeper switches to the English club from the Columbus Crew from the summer of 2019, it shall inform the clubs.
the transfer fee is not disclosed, but the Columbus Crew affirms that Steffen becomes the most expensive goalkeeper ever sold from the MLS in the league’s 23-year history.
Zack Steffen was in this season won the goalie in the american league, and he is also a good suggestion for a future goalie for the US national team. Tentatively, he took the six matches.
the American began his professional career at Freiburg in Germany, where, however, he never got the debut for the first team. In 2016, moved to Columbus, where he was rented out to Pittsburgh in one of the lower divisions.
First, in 2017, he made his debut in the MLS for Columbus, where he quickly has developed into one of the league’s profiles.
the Goalkeeper switch to City in July next year and has signed a four-year contract with the English team.
In the City he should try to take målmandskampen up against the brazilian Ederson Moraes.