Southampton trying to sign Freddy Adu

[Southwick_Seagull]

Southampton trying to secure permit for Benfica’s Adu | MLS News | tribalfootball.com

Dunno if I'm gonna be fixtured for this but it's quite a random story. As a side note there's no way this guy is only 20. There's strong rumours he's at least 25.

 

[WhingForPresident]

I reckon he would FLOP in League One.

 

[Rookie]

Currently at some Greek team on loan. Would be some drop for him though was meant to be the best American player and catapult them on to world cup glory

 

[HalfTimeOrange]

Wasn't he dubbed "The Next Pele" a few years back?

 

[Philzo-93]

Yep, pile of shit

 

[BHAFC4EVER]

Im sure his real age is 20 i remember his name from a few years ago when he was only something like 15 and he was going to be the best player in the world! I guess he hasn't fulfilled his potential.

 

[Southwick_Seagull]

Im sure his real age is 20 i remember his name from a few years ago when he was only something like 15 and he was going to be the best player in the world! I guess he hasn't fulfilled his potential.

It's based on that his height and weight has not changed from the ages of 12-20 and He's originally from Ghana a country known for rampant documentation fraud. "Sources" whoever they are, are fairly certain he's quite a bit older then he claims.

 

[Forster's Armband]

Seriously it's like Pardew has a copy of Football manager 2006 and goes on how good the players are on that (or just waits till Poyet is interested in a player). What a f***ing joke of club Southampton are.

 

[folkestonesgull]

I think when he was meant to be 15 he was actually 18 or so...hence why he seemed better than he is.

 

[astevens76]

http://twitter.com/freddyadu11

his 'tweet' to some person called 'Hypochondriac1' is in reply to that person (who seems to be a southampton fan) asking him about a southampton move...


adu says hes heard nothing...

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Much Adu about nothing?

 

[folkestonesgull]

The Curious Case of Freddy Adu - The Portugeezer - FourFourTwo

 

[Southwick_Seagull]

"If Adu was indeed 14 when he made his MLS debut in 2004 (and became the youngest pro athlete in a U.S. team sport in more than a century), he would hit a major growth spurt in his midteens. And if he was that good as a true 14-year-old, his natural arc of improvement in his late teens would propel him into the elite of global soccer.

Neither happened.

A Sports Illustrated story from 2003, when Adu was 13, says he was 5-feet-8, 140 pounds. His current size at age 20 as listed on U.S. Soccer’s Web site: 5-8, 140.

Adu also hasn’t appreciably improved as a soccer player, certainly not at the expected rate of someone with a birth certificate that says June 2, 1989. Forward Jozy Altidore plays in the English Premier League, commanded a $10 million transfer fee to Europe and is a projected U.S. starter at the 2010 World Cup, and is five months younger.

Adu’s career, meanwhile, is looking more and more like all those African players who were all-world at 16 and merely average a few years later.

Adu was born in Ghana, among the nations most often accused of fudging birth certificates for international youth tournaments. Four times in the 1990s, Ghana reached the final of the under-17 World Cup with what opposing coaches insisted was closer to an under-27 roster. African players privately talk about having two ages — their real age and their considerably more youthful “football age.”

This is from San Diego's newpaper.

 

[Mellotron]

Much Adu about nothing?

Winner!

 

[Barrel of Fun]

http://twitter.com/freddyadu11

his 'tweet' to some person called 'Hypochondriac1' is in reply to that person (who seems to be a southampton fan) asking him about a southampton move...


adu says hes heard nothing...

350,000 people following Freddy Adu? Christ on a bike.

 

[Perkino]

Sign him up Gus.

He may not be a great player but it would be nice to get one over Pardew

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Sign him up Gus.

He may not be a great player but it would be nice to get one over Pardew

He's probably older than Nicky Forster.

 

[Ernest]

Wasn't he CALLED the WHITE Pele when he WAS younger ?

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

So when he was banging Miley Cyrus he was actually 30-odd then?




Cool....

 

[HalfTimeOrange]

Adu's 21.