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American Striker
Brian McBride |
| Position |
Striker |
| DOB |
19/06/72 |
| P.O.B. |
Illinois |
| Height |
6'1" |
| Club |
Colombus Crew |
Fulham look set to soften the blow of losing their top scorer Louis Saha to Manchester United by sealing the signing of USA international Brian McBride.
Skysports report that the West Londoners' late bid to snatch the Colombus Crew striker from under the noses of Premiership rivals Blackburn Rovers, as reported on Friday, will be successful.
Graeme Souness had been confident of landing McBride, who has already proved his ability to score goals in the English top flight with Everton, but will be forced to look elsewhere after Chris Coleman bettered the terms on offer at Ewood Park.
It is believed a deal will be struck with MLS to take the imposing centre forward to Loftus Road, where he is due to link up with fellow US international Carlos Bocanegra.
Widely considered to the be the best American player ever in the air, he is one of the USA’s most accomplished forwards. He has the ability to maintain possession with his back to the goal as well as distribute and ranks fourth on the all-time U.S. goal-scoring list. His six goals in World Cup qualifying are the second most in U.S. history