Tanner Tessmann lors d'OL – Besiktas (Photo by MUSTAFA YALCIN / ANADOLU / Anadolu via AFP)
Selected with the United States during the last two winter breaks, Tanner Tessmann is starting to find a place at OL. The midfielder concedes that the step has been big between Venice and Ligue 1.
Called at the last minute in October, Tanner Tessmann did not need a package in November to head to the United States. The midfielder was called directly by Mauricio Pochettino and even received praise from his coach after the two matches against Jamaica. Holder every time, the middle of theOL scored points for the national team, as he has recently for the club. Arriving on tiptoe in August, Tessmann first took up this new adventure after three seasons at Venice. “It was a big step for me”declared the midfielder to the New York Times.
“In the middle, there are World Cup and Champions League winners…”
Although 23 years old, Tanner Tessmann went from Serie B to Ligue 1 and the gap could have been quite significant as he admits. We therefore had to get up to speed to convince Pierre Sage. His first steps in Toulouse could have been fatal for him with a subsequent non-call to Glasgow, but the American held on and racked up more and more minutes. Despite fierce competition in the midfield. “In midfield we have World Cup winners, Champions League winners, players who have won the championship in different countries. So it's a sector that knows how to win. And I think the level of training and level of requirement are different.”
Assuring that he wants to learn as much as possible from a player like Nemanja Matic for example, Tanner Tessmann adapts more and more to his life in Lyon. Having found a house with his wife, the one who almost signed onInter Milan at the start of the summer now wants to gain momentum with OL, whether in Ligue 1 “where the game is much more one-on-one with athletic players” than in the Europa League. It is not Pochettino who will say the opposite, the coach wanting to see his player play even more at club level.
