NOAH DAVIS – During the World Cup, the United States improved in each of the three second halves when Benny Feilhaver played. Despite the strong showing, he doesn’t have any “official” offers for his services. The midfielder is currently with relegated AGF Aarhus but hopes to move somewhere else. However, while there have been inquires about his services, nothing concrete has materialized.

The lack of interest surrounding the 25 year old is a bit surprising. In South Africa, there were rumors that his form floated between bad and terrible during the second half of the season, so USA 10 Kit reached out to Yanks Abroad Danish expert David Smith to learn if there was any truth to that statement.

“I don’t know if I’d say that Benny specifically struggled during the spring so much as the whole Aarhus team was just generally atrocious and had a horrible run of luck with injuries. He did miss nearly the first month of the spring with a bad ankle injury which also slowed him down during his first few games back. I got the impression the team had wanted to ease him back with shorter substitute appearances for his first few games following the injury, but one of the main attacking mids/support strikers (Georgian guy named David Devdriani) got injured right at the start of Benny’s second game back and he had to cover, so he was pushed back into the starting lineup almost immediately with insufficient time to get back up to speed. The situation was so bad with injuries that the coach had to play Benny way out of position as a support striker one or two times, which unsurprisingly didn’t work out so well.”

So what’s going to happen to Feilhaber? Don’t expect a move soon.

Although he told the Associated Press that “The intent is there to sell me. They want to try to get some money for me,” Smith contends that his current club is in good financial shape and wants to get back into the Superligaen next season.

“I’ve also gotten the impression that Benny is an up-front guy and isn’t the type to go all Mascherano on the the team to force a transfer even if he’d prefer to play on a higher level (I’ve seen some article where he says he doesn’t mind staying for the season if nothing comes up). Even if it’s due to injuries and extenuating circumstances, he’s just not shown enough to make any teams outside Denmark blow the bank on him, and the Danish teams that are more familiar with him from when he’s been healthy won’t really have the cash to spend on a transfer.”

There you have it: Three solid showings in a substitute role at the World Cup don’t sway clubs much, probably for good reason. It looks like Feilhaber will remain at Aarhus through the winter transfer window. He needs at least half a season to plead his case.

by noah