US National team phenoms Jozy Altidore and Charlie Davies have both made moves to benefit their playing careers - Altidore to Olympiakos (Greece) and Davies to Sochaux (France).
Altidore, the 19-year-old striker who scored in the USA's 2-0 upset over Spain at the Confederations Cup, is reportedly headed to Greek champion Olympiakos from Villarreal (Spain). Altidore played most of this past season on loan with Spanish second division leader Xerez. He had joined Villarreal, for which he made six appearances and scored once, from the New York Red Bulls on a $10 million transfer.
Davies, 23, who has spent the summer playing in the Confederations Cup, is moving from Swedish club Hammarby to French club Sochaux. Davies left Boston College after his junior season for Europe in 2007 and scored 14 times for Hammarby this past season. He had four goals in nine games in this season in Sweden before leaving for national team duty.
"Naturally it's sad that a player like Charlie is leaving us," Hammarby chief executive Michael Andersson said on the club's Web site. "But when a player develops like Charlie has done we don't have resources to keep him. It's a problem we share with other teams in Sweden."
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