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Tom HamiltonMar 10, 2025, 05:00 PM ET
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- • Joined ESPN in 2011
• Lined two Olympics, a couple of Rugby International Cups and two British & Irish Lions excursions
• In the past rugby editor, and become senior creator in 2018
United States males’s nationwide staff megastar Antonee Robinson has informed ESPN he’s ignoring hypothesis over his long run and needs to play in Eu competitions with Fulham.
Robinson, 27, has had a outstanding season with Fulham and has helped the staff succeed in the FA Cup quarterfinals and upward push to 9th within the Premier League desk. He used to be additionally named the 2024 U.S Football male participant of the 12 months in January.
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His shape has stuck the attention of different groups, with reviews linking Liverpool with a summer time transfer for the left-back.
There used to be pastime from golf equipment in January, however a supply has informed ESPN that Fulham had no want or purpose to let the left-back go away the membership. That stance stays the similar heading into the summer time window, and Robinson is treating all reviews of out of doors pastime with a grain of salt.
“I have been within the recreation lengthy sufficient now to roughly know it’s a must to block out the out of doors noise and such things as that as a result of I have been at the finish of it when I have now not been enjoying smartly,” Robinson informed ESPN. “I noticed grievance when I used to be more youthful, seeing other folks doubting me and issues. So I do know that there is two facets to the coin.
“You simply need to take the whole thing with a grain of salt. It’s important to imagine in your self and when issues are going dangerous, center of attention on your self, and when issues are going just right, center of attention on maintaining going.
Antonee Robinson has been in impressed shape for Fulham this season. Mike Hewitt/Getty Photographs
“So, switch rumors and stuff like that, I take a look at now not to have a look at. Particularly like with the Liverpool one, all my family and friends are from Liverpool, so it is extra of them messaging me than me seeing newspaper stuff. And I’ve to mention, glance, it is simply, only a tale within the paper and any person who is doing smartly goes to get related to a staff.”
Chatting with ESPN’s Herculez Gomez on Fútbol Americas, Robinson stated he has Eu aspirations and he hopes to comprehend them at Fulham. “I am really involved in simply achieving the extent I believe I will be able to, which takes numerous paintings off the pitch as smartly, attempting to ensure I stay my frame proper, doing all of the extras and coaching, such things as that to ensure I am on my absolute best degree.
“Sooner or later I need to carry out on the perfect degree that I will be able to. Whether or not that is enjoying Champions League, enjoying Eu competitions with Fulham, on the other hand I am getting there, I need to ensure that I am getting there.”
Robinson took Fulham’s fourth penalty within the staff’s FA Cup 5th spherical penalty shootout win over Manchester United at Outdated Trafford on Sunday.
Robinson stated the win felt “private” after contemporary historical past between the 2 groups. They met within the FA Cup quarterfinal in Would possibly 2023 and misplaced 3-1, after having and Willian and Aleksander Mitrovic each despatched off within the 72nd minute at the side of supervisor Marco Silva, however Fulham made amends for that on the weekend as they drew 1-1 sooner than successful 4-2 on consequences.
“I imply it used to be a large second of aid,” Robinson stated in their penalty shootout triumph. “I feel simply normally, the quantity of instances we performed Manchester United and they have got beat us like within the ultimate minute when we’ve got outplayed them. So it like felt truly private as a result of it is stung so much. After which clearly we had the quarter ultimate incident the place we had 3 despatched off and misplaced out to them. So I feel it simply felt somewhat of aid not to essentially get revenge, however to only in any case, you realize, deservedly beat them and advance thru to the following spherical.
“You recognize that during a recreation like that, even if, you realize, we are upper than Manchester United within the league this season, they nonetheless would’ve been the favorites for the sport. And we felt as a staff the power used to be just about all on them. The one power we placed on ourselves is to roughly play the most productive we will be able to. And if we give the whole thing, then at the day we will be able to try to beat any person. So when it were given to consequences, even if the ambience, used to be very loud, very noisy, I simply were given the sense they are those underneath power right here now not us.”
