LIFE AS A FREE AGENT

in Soccer News by albion — September 2, 2010 at 9:34 am | 1 comment

The life as a pro can be amazing, but it can also kick you when you are down.

Jay DeMerit, for example, is far too capable to be cast into the footballing wilderness and the defender, who was a regular for Watford during their 2006-07 Premier League season, is hoping that his situation will develop now the window has closed.

He started all four of the USA’s games at the World Cup in South Africa but spent the weeks following his side’s elimination on a beach in Bali contemplating his future.

The central defender had six years with the Hornets and felt he was ready for a new challenge, parting company with the Championship club on amicable terms at the end of last season.

“It is not that there has not been any interest but nothing has really bitten me,” DeMerit told me.

“I am not suggesting that I am going to get a move to Chelsea or anything like that but I am hoping there are teams in England or around Europe that can test me at the highest level.

“I like to think that I have got a lot to offer. That was the original thinking, but things haven’t really gone to plan.”

DeMerit expected to have found a new club by the start of the season but instead found himself watching from the stands at Vicarage Road as Watford hosted a Coventry team managed by former Hornets boss Aidy Boothroyd.

“I was there watching all my mates playing, it was all a bit surreal,” he added.

DeMerit has found it frustrating waiting for a sluggish transfer market to kick into life but told me he always has the possibility of returning home and joining a Major League Soccer club if nothing emerges in Europe.

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