US Soccer are ready to poach former Chelsea and Aston Villa winger Declan Frith from England.
The 21-year-old is applying for a passport to play for the United States in March, with his grandmother’s heritage making him eligible.
Frith has been tracked by US scouts since joining Chelsea from non-league Welling United in 2021, having been released by Charlton Athletic.
The forward, who has also played as a left-back, left Chelsea after just five months to join Aston Villa, where he scored 12 goals and got eight assists in his final season.
Frith joined Valencia this summer, and after a delay in processing his documents, he has two goals and one assist in his first two youth matches.
He has also made three appearances for Valencia B in the third division. The cash-strapped former Spanish giants increasingly rely on youth and will fast-track Frith into the first team in the coming months.
The United States will likely initially select Frith for the Under-23s but he could soon follow AC Milan midfielder Yunus Musah, an English-born US international who used to play at Mestalla.
Jamaica’s rumoured approach for Frith is understood to be a non-starter.
