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The kid’s no longer a kid, even though he’s still 20 years old.  Since he’s netted 19 goals in all competitions so far this season for Heerenveen, there’s been a ton of talk about Michael Bradley moving on to bigger and better clubs.  With names like Hamburg, Everton and Blackburn easily rolling off the tongues, Heerenveen coach Gertjan Verbeek has come out and made his stance on Bradley public.

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We don’t get to see it, unless he’s scoring a hat trick from his defensive midfield position like last month, but Michael Bradley has a knack for scoring goals. Yeah, the club Johnny O’Brien used to play for Utrecht came back to tie up the game, but with all the controversy surrounding Heerenveen with Alves’ transfer, Bradley and his boys are only 8 points behind leaders PSV.