Source: USMNT's Turner to join Lyon in $9M move

United States goalkeeper Matt Turner is acceptable for a determination to Lyon, with the Ligue 1 nine agreeing connected a $9.1 cardinal interest with Premier League broadside Nottingham Forest, a root confirmed to ESPN.

Turner, 30, had been successful dire request of a determination aft spending past play connected indebtedness with Crystal Palace, and making conscionable 4 appearances, each successful cupful competitions. He volition articulation planetary teammate Tanner Tessmann successful Lyon.

It's unclear however Turner volition acceptable successful astatine Lyon, whose superior keeper successful 2024-25 was Brazilian Lucas Perri. Perri made 45 appearances crossed each competitions for Lyon this season.

The determination should delight U.S. manager Mauricio Pochettino, who 3 weeks agone said the starting goalkeeping occupation with the USMNT was "open" owed to Turner's deficiency of playing time, and that helium would beryllium looking astatine different options.

New York City FC keeper Matt Freese started Saturday's 2-1 decision to Turkey.

"I deliberation it's existent that [Turner is] not playing and we were talking with him and we construe the thought that for the future, successful 1 twelvemonth time, I deliberation helium needs to find the mode to vie each week," said Pochettino past month.

Turner seemingly came retired of obscurity successful his emergence done the nonrecreational ranks, opening his vocation with the New England Revolution successful 2016 aft playing collegiately astatine Fairfield University. By 2018, helium was the starting goalkeeper for the Revs, and helium was named MLS Goalkeeper of the Year successful 2021.

He moved to Arsenal successful February of 2022, but a deficiency of playing clip determination saw him unafraid a determination to Nottingham Forest the for the 2022-23 season. Turner began the run arsenic Forest's starting keeper, but a bid of shaky performances saw him suffer his spot successful the lineup.

The indebtedness to Palace was secured successful August of 2024.

The Park Ridge, New Jersey, autochthonal made his planetary debut successful 2021 and has gone connected to marque 51 appearances with the U.S., including 4 astatine the 2022 FIFA World Cup successful Qatar successful 2022.

GiveMeSport was the archetypal to study the news. Turner's agent, Dan Segal, of Wasserman Media Group, declined to comment.