United States men's national team coach Mauricio Pochettino said he hasn't spoken with U.S. and AS Monaco striker Folarin Balogun about his aborted move to Everton, but plans to in the coming days in order to offer his support. Last Tuesday, Balogun walked away from a potential transfer to Everton on deadline day. It appeared that terms had been agreed between the two clubs and the player. But questions raised by Everton about his medical saw the 25-year-old reconsider, and he remains with Monaco.

The next day, Monaco sporting director Thiago Scuro said "The allegation of Balogun is that, 'I'm not feeling well by the way the club treated me, the way the medical team brought doubts about my future or my health. I'm not comfortable to sign a long contract here the way we finished the transfer window here.'"

During a roundtable with reporters on Monday, Pochettino said he only wants Balogun to find a place where he can be at his best. "It's difficult because you cannot influence the decision and only you need to support what they are doing with the people making the decisions," Pochettino said via video conference from London. "Of course, in some special case, [like] Flo, I will call in the next few days because I want to give a little bit of space after all that happened with his situation in Everton." I want to know from him what happened, but always offering our support and be with them and that's it. I think he's an important player for us, was an important player in the World Cup and hope that he can find being in Monaco, in another place, his best place to perform in the best way."

It is unclear whether Balogun will remain with Monaco as his transfer options dwindle. The Saudi Pro League transfer window is open until Oct. 12, so that remains an option as do the Portuguese League (Sept. 15), Brazil's league (Sept. 11) and Mexico's Liga MX (Sept. 11).