Eric Wynalda’s been uncharacteristically quiet of late, but he spoke to Andrea Canales about Landon Donovan’s current training stint with Bayern Munich and a possible long-term move to Europe.
“This is a gut check to see how much heart you have,” Wynalda said. “It’s not how much skill you have. It’s a test. My only criticism of Landon is that I don’t think he has done everything to test himself and make himself better.” Last time in Germany, with Bayer Leverkusen, “he gave up. So let’s see how long this lasts. I’m just as curious as the rest of us.
“Anyone like me,” Wynalda went on, “who has put heart and soul into a sport to hope that it would grow, finds it discouraging to know that Landon would make the comments that he did last week, that basically the past six years didn’t mean that much to him, that he’s finally learned how to be a professional and now that he’s ready, he’s going to go.”