I’d say Americans are still very much not considered good technical players. With the exception maybe of Reyna at Dortmund, the best American players are very much good at elements of the game involving, pace, physicality and aggression rather than what to do with the ball at their feet

Burnley have made a massive shift in play style under new ownership and kompany was a huge part of that. The owners have a lot of loyalty to him as a result and a lot of belief that these are still temporary trouble as part of a shift.

At Sheffield it’s the opposite the owners been trying to sell for ages as a result he’s not been putting any cash in to replace key players like Ndiaye who left in the summer - the owner knows it’s a poor squad that no other manager is gonna do better with and sacking heckingbottam would just cost more money