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Published 19:49 15 Nov 2016 GMT
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Wolfsburg defender Marcel Schäfer, who won eight caps for his country between 2008 and 2010, had been linked with a move Stateside at the end of the Bundesliga club's current campaign.
But the 32-year-old, whose contract will end in the summer after a decade with Wolfsburg, is now not so sure relocating to the United States would be the right option in the current political climate.
"This option is still there, but I'm not quite so sure," Schäfer told Wolfsburger Allgemeine.
"The outcome of the election has started a thought process. When I look at the election campaign, a lot has happened which is incompatible with my values, especially because I am an athlete."
German internationals are no strangers to MLS, with Lothar Matthäus and Torsten Frings both ending their careers on the other side of the Atlantic (though Frings did so with Canadian outfit Toronto FC), while several Germans currently ply their trade in North America.
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