Much Adu from ManU [Archive]

bigtoga

01 May 2003, 06:15 PM

http://tinyurl.com/as2c

Pretty cool rumour

ggmanutd

01 May 2003, 06:47 PM

we beter get this freddie adu guy,, he is even bin on soccernet.com,, 1 million ,, if thats what they want for him they can have it,, because a star like this can blossom in the future lol

Stinkey Turner

01 May 2003, 06:50 PM

yawn....

sch2383

01 May 2003, 07:50 PM

There are UEFA rules preventhing teams from bringing in players under a certain age if the players are not from Europe. But if he really wants him, there should be no limit to how much we spend on him. If you have seen the clips of him running through 6 players all within the box, your jaw just drops.

prk166

01 May 2003, 08:11 PM

Originally posted by bigtoga
http://tinyurl.com/as2c

Pretty cool rumour

I hope Adu keeps away from ManU while he's young.

bigtoga

01 May 2003, 10:05 PM

Originally posted by prk166
I hope Adu keeps away from ManU while he's young. Why? Seems to be one the best youth system going now to me.

sch2383

01 May 2003, 11:51 PM

Originally posted by bigtoga
Why? Seems to be one the best youth system going now to me.

Its the fear of him being like Kirvoski. Didn't he come through this youth system?

Soccerholic

02 May 2003, 12:50 AM

Originally posted by sch2383
Its the fear of him being like Kirvoski. Didn't he come through this youth system?

Well, I must say that I never thought that I would hear Adu compared to Kirovski.

sch2383

02 May 2003, 03:16 AM

Originally posted by Soccerholic
Well, I must say that I never thought that I would hear Adu compared to Kirovski.

I'm not compaing them, just afriad that we could compare them.

skipshady

02 May 2003, 03:30 AM

Originally posted by sch2383
Its the fear of him being like Kirvoski. Didn't he come through this youth system? Problem for Jovan was that (a) he couldn't qualify for a UK work permit and (b) probably wasn't that good.

Manure system did just fine developing Becks, Giggs and Scholes.

profiled

02 May 2003, 04:11 AM

Originally posted by bigtoga
Why? Seems to be one the best youth system going now to me.

You need to look at Ajax.

Darr

02 May 2003, 09:23 AM

Interesting little Alex tidbit...

Father Ted

02 May 2003, 10:51 AM

Originally posted by sch2383
Its the fear of him being like Kirvoski. Didn't he come through this youth system?

Kirovski went downhill after he LEFT ManUtd. He was ranked right up with Beckham, Scholes and co and Fergie wanted to keep him but then the work permit issue came up. He went to Dortmund. I wonder if he would had progressed more if he would have been able to remain at United.

bigtoga

02 May 2003, 11:05 AM

Originally posted by profiled
You need to look at Ajax. I think your notion was definately true 20-30 years ago - Ajax had the best youth system. I'm not so sure that is true anymore. I base it on the quality of players, the value added to the team, and the ability to sell/integrate these players and, to me, Ajax hasn't done better than Man Utd.

sch2383

02 May 2003, 12:49 PM

Originally posted by bigtoga
I think your notion was definately true 20-30 years ago - Ajax had the best youth system. I'm not so sure that is true anymore. I base it on the quality of players, the value added to the team, and the ability to sell/integrate these players and, to me, Ajax hasn't done better than Man Utd.

I think the problem is that Ajax has to sell many of their players off because they cannot afford to keep them, while we have the money to keep most of our products.