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Postcard from Europe: Whispers abound on big US names

AMSTERDAM — While our boys in Red, White and Blue are taking care of business on the field at the Gold Cup, things are moving quickly off the pitch during the summer silly season. Here's a fresh snapshot of the potential transfer pictures developing around some of our finest American Exports.

Jozy Altidore (Villarreal)

It's hard to say where's Altidore's future lies until that of American-born Italy striker Giuseppe Rossi becomes clear. But Jozy suitors are hardly waiting around for Villarreal to announce definitively that he's for sale.

At the moment, a big Eredivisie club has taken a tentative lead for his services, MLSsoccer.com has learned. A source close to the talks says they have now progressed to the point where the sides are talking numbers.

It is worth noting here that only a handful of Dutch clubs at most would conceivably be able to afford a deal for Altidore, that both Ajax and PSV Eindhoven have scouted the US power forward before and that both of those clubs are expected to be in the market for a new striker this summer.

Looking beyond the low land of tulips, Altidore now has multiple Premier League sides calling — though according to his agent, nothing in England has blossomed beyond the initial seeds. Turkish reports claim Bursaspor, the club where Altidore was on loan this past season, have had a $4.3 million offer accepted by Villarreal, but they finally seem to be accepting that he won't be back.

Elsewhere, a weekend French report claimed that Saint-Étienne had made a loan bid for Altidore, but his agent told MLSsoccer.com that the story was untrue. Reports in the Spanish tabloids have recently linked him with interest from 2010 admirers Sporting Gijón and Osasuna.

Alejandro Bedoya (Örebro)

The midfielder is changing his own transfer picture, simply by continuing to work Gold Cup duty. An injury replacement for New England's Benny Feilhaber, Bedoya could end up with as many as five senior match caps from the tourney and 10 overall since last summer by Saturday's final.

A source told MLSsoccer.com that this development has given longtime admirers Rangers new confidence that they can obtain him a UK work permit on appeal. Factoring in the mutual admiration between the parties, the Scottish champs must be considered the current frontrunners.

Conversely, interest for Bedoya has died down in Belgium and the Netherlands. Multiple sources have indicated that Örebro are asking seven figures in August for a player set to go free in January, which would logically explain the sudden disappearance of suitors in the extra-thrifty lowlands.

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The AT&T National doesn't exactly have an ideal spot on the schedule when trying to attract worldwide names.

The tournament released its list of commitments on Friday, and none of the top 14 players in the World Golf Rankings will be visiting Aronimink Golf Club next week.

Seven of the top 14 in the world are Europeans and most of them are preparing for the lead-up to the British Open in three weeks. The French Open is the same week as the AT&T National, and that is followed by the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond.

At a quick glance, the only European in the field is Justin Rose, the defending champion.

The Americans also are resting up for the Open Championship. That means no Steve Stricker, no Phil Mickelson, no Matt Kuchar, nor Dustin Johnson nor Bubba Watson, all in the top 14.

So that leaves Nick Watney (No. 15 in the rankings), K.J. Choi (16), Jim Furyk (19) and Hunter Mahan (20) as the top 20 players in the field.

However, that doesn't exactly mean the cupboard is bare when it comes to the list of participants in Newtown Square. There are 11 winners of 2011 PGA Tour events competing at Aronimink, including two-time winner Mark Wilson.

The tournament may have just six of the top 20 on the money list but they also have 23 of the next 30, including Gary Woodland and Jhonattan Vegas, the talk of the tour earlier in the year.

You've got players of interest to the Philadelphia area in Furyk and Sean O'Hair. You've got three-time major champions Ernie Els and Vijay Singh. You've got three past winners of the AT&T National in Rose, Choi and Anthony Kim. And the fourth past winner -- Tiger Woods -- will be on site Tuesday and Wednesday while he recovers from injuries.

Speaking of majors, there are major champs such as Lucas Glover, Geoff Ogilvy and Justin Leonard. There's also Robert Garrigus and Kevin Chappell, who tied for low American honors at the U.S. Open at Congressional.

How about crowd favorites such as Rickie Fowler, Camilo Villegas, Rocco Mediate, Boo Weekley and Adam Scott? Trevor Immelman has won the Masters, and he also finished as runnerup in the 1997 U.S. Junior Amateur played at Aronimink.

Then there's the courageous Erik Compton, who has undergone two heart transplant surgeries.

So there's plenty going on next weekend. If you're hot on big names, maybe the field is a little disappointing. But it's your last chance to see PGA Tour golf in the Philadelphia area for a while, and that could be worth a few hours of your time.

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